ABSTRACT
This edited volume considers why the African language press is unstable and what can be done to develop quality African language journalism into a sustainable business.
Providing an overview of the African language journalism landscape, this book examines the challenges of operating sustainable African language media businesses. The chapters explore the political economy and management of African language media and consider case studies of the successes and failures of African language newspapers, as well as the challenges of developing quality journalism.
Covering print and digital newspapers and broadcast journalism, this book will be of interest to scholars of media and journalism in Africa.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|40 pages
Political economy of African language media
part II|82 pages
Mixed bag
chapter 3|19 pages
In the dead end
chapter 6|15 pages
Indigenous language newspapers in Zimbabwe
chapter 7|15 pages
Indigenous language media and the survival game
part III|50 pages
Management and sustainability of African language media
chapter 10|18 pages
The challenges of sustaining African language newspaper businesses
part IV|56 pages
Towards quality
chapter 12|20 pages
African language journalism in Ghana and the quest for quality and sustainable broadcast journalism
part V|24 pages
Focus on the broadcast media
chapter 14|22 pages
News syndication and local language broadcasting in South Africa
part VI|24 pages
Borrowing a leaf
