Routledge African Media, Culture and Communication Studies
About the Book Series
This series features innovative and original research on African media, culture and communication from scholars both within and outside of Africa. With Africa still under-represented in media and cultural studies literature, this series provides a much-needed platform for comparative and interdisciplinary research that highlights the perspectives and needs of Africans as consumers and producers.
The series welcomes submissions from established and junior authors of cutting-edge and high-level research on key topics that feature in the news and public debate. To submit proposals, please contact African Studies Editor, Helena Hurd ([email protected]).
Climate Change Communication in Africa: Emerging Trends and Practices
1st Edition
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By Tendai Chari, Allen Munoriyarwa
December 26, 2025
This groundbreaking collection explores the complex intersections of communication and climate change in Africa. From legacy media’s framing of climate narratives to the mobilising potential of digital media, the volume examines the multi-faceted ways in which climate change is mediated through ...
Generative AI in African News Media: Opportunities and Challenges
1st Edition
Edited
By Trust Matsilele, Lungile Tshuma
December 16, 2025
This pioneering volume presents a comprehensive assessment of generative artificial intelligence's impact on African journalism, bringing together insights from academics, technologists, and practicing journalists across the continent. Featuring diverse case studies from South Africa, Nigeria, ...
Critiquing Generative AI in Africa’s Media Ecosystems
1st Edition
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By Lungile A. Tshuma, Trust Matsilele
December 08, 2025
This book takes a critical approach to the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) within the media and communication landscape. The book argues that as technology is a social construct reflecting existing power dynamics, those in the Global South, and in Africa in particular, are bound to be ...
Nigeria’s Cultural and Creative Industries: Perspectives, Problems, and Prospects
1st Edition
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By Ikechukwu Obiaya, Kizito Ogedi Alakwe, Emmanuel Nzeaka
December 08, 2025
This book offers a compelling exploration of Nigeria’s vibrant cultural and creative industries, unpacking their core components, challenges, institutional frameworks, and transformative potential for national development. From the role of government and regulatory bodies to the power of local ...
Shifting Journalism Boundaries in Zimbabwe: Digital Disruption and Innovation at the Margins
1st Edition
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By Mphathisi Ndlovu, Lungile Tshuma
December 03, 2025
This book investigates the ways in which peripheral news actors in digital media are transforming journalism in Zimbabwe. Journalism boundaries have become blurred, porous and fuzzy as non-traditional news actors such as bloggers, social media influencers, citizen journalists, start-ups, satirists,...
African Englishes: Contemporary Trends and Sociolinguistic Shifts
1st Edition
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By Collen Sabao, Esther Mavengano
September 25, 2025
This book investigates the functions and linguistic forms of African Englishes, and what this means for languages indigenous to Africa. It examines the historical imposition of English on the continent, as part of a broader project of cultural imperialism, and traces its transformation from a ...
The BBC's Legacy in Africa: Continuities and Change
1st Edition
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By Albert Sharra, Jimmy Kainja, Anthony Mavuto Gunde
August 19, 2025
This book critically examines the historical and ongoing influence of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on African broadcasting, tracing its colonial roots through to its post-colonial legacy. The book details how in the 1930s the BBC established radio transmitter sites in East and Central...
African Radio and Minority Languages: Participation and Representation
1st Edition
By Limukani Mathe
April 03, 2025
Within Africa, radio provides an important platform for accommodating diverse linguistic groups and enabling speakers to express themselves in their own local languages. This book investigates how radio broadcasting across the continent provides a platform for cultural participation and the ...
Decolonising Media and Communication Studies Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
1st Edition
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By Selina Linda Mudavanhu, Shepherd Mpofu, Kezia Batisai
January 30, 2025
The book provides insights on decolonising media and communication studies education from diverse African scholars at different stages of their careers. These academics, located on the continent and in the diaspora, share an interest in decolonising higher education broadly and media and ...
Marketing Communication in African Languages
1st Edition
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By Abiodun Salawu, Kehinde Oyesomi
December 23, 2024
This edited volume considers the use of African languages for marketing communication. The importance of an indigenous language stems from its benefits, which include increased comprehension and a sense of resonance among the target audience, which makes it more memorable as opposed to foreign ...
Communication Rights in Africa: Emerging Discourses and Perspectives
1st Edition
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By Tendai Chari, Ufuoma Akpojivi
December 18, 2024
This ground-breaking volume examines enduring and emerging discourses around communication rights in Africa, arguing that they should be considered an integral component of the human rights discourse in Africa. Drawing on a broad range of case studies across the continent, the volume considers what...
Digital Activism in Zimbabwe: Dissent and Hegemony in the Information Age
1st Edition
By Tenford Chitanana
October 21, 2024
This book investigates the role of the internet and social media in political processes in non-western and non-democratic contexts. Using Zimbabwe as a case study, the book demonstrates how activists and ordinary people deploy social media, particularly Facebook, to subvert an enduring hegemonic ...