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"Pype's book is a contribution to 'anthropology of media', an upcoming sub-discipline of cultural studies, and this (but not only this) makes this publication so important., and] inspiring." - PentecoStudies

"By offering a vibrant ethnography of the trajectories of evangelizing TV actors', their personal ambitions, anxieties, and disagreements with one another, Pype deconstructs the content of the melodrama...the ethnography offers insight into the role of religious media in the public sphere and its impacts on morals, even in secularized societies." - Sociology of Religion

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Theoretically literate, based on superb ethnography, this book provides one of the best studies of television we have yet in African studies... that] promises to open up a new field of analysis and define the standards for how this research is to be conducted...a landmark that will make a significant contribution to some of the main fields in African studies and anthropology. - Brian Larkin, Columbia University

A] tour de force. This very elegantly and evocatively written ethnography of Congolese television drama is a path-breaking example of what it means to conduct and construct...

In-depth ethnographic analysis provides the pan-African evidence and analysis needed to move forward debates about who and how to address the long term care needs of older people in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Featuring case studies from different regions of the continent (Southern, Central, East and West Africa), this book provides the pan-African evidence and analysis needed to move forward debates about who and how to address the long term care needs of older people in Sub-Saharan Africa.