This report is the result of research that started in 2008 with the aim of collecting, collating and writing up information about regulation, ownership, access, performance as well as prospects for public broadcasting reform in Africa. The Zimbabwe report is part of an 11-country survey of African broadcast media, evaluating compliance with the agreements, conventions, charters and declarations regarding media that have been developed at regional and continental levels in Africa. The research was carried out by Dr Sarah Chiumbu who has worked in different capacities in media in Zimbabwe and...
This report is the result of research that started in 2008 with the aim of collecting, collating and writing up information about regulation, ownershi...
From infrastructural problems to a depreciating currency, this collection of essays examines the Zimbabwean people's struggle to survive through a historic series of socioeconomic crises. The book explores not only their resilience in the face of censorship, rapid militarism, disease, and economic instability, but also how they have employed social media as a tool to fight against these issues. Thorough and hard-hitting, this study is an invaluable guide to Zimbabwe's history of crisis, corruption, migration, and survival.
From infrastructural problems to a depreciating currency, this collection of essays examines the Zimbabwean people's struggle to survive through a his...
This book explores the convergence of urban radio with digital media technologies in Africa, focusing on how youth are riding on the rapid (though uneven) internet rollout on the continent to participate and drive the production and consumption of urban radio. With thirteen original chapters, the book sheds new light on the changing landscape of radio in a diverse set of African countries, illustrated with rich case studies from Zimbabwe, South Africa, Eswatini, Nigeria and Kenya. This book covers the following themes: youth agency and cultural power; civic engagement and political...
This book explores the convergence of urban radio with digital media technologies in Africa, focusing on how youth are riding on the rapid (though une...