African Media and Communication Foundational Conversations

Conversations with boundary- spanning African media scholars: An Introduction

1. Doing Journalism and Media Studies in Ghana

Conversation with Kwame Karikari

2. Doing Media Studies in South Africa

Conversation with Pieter J. Fourie

3. Doing Journalism and Media Studies in Nigeria

Conversation with Ralph Akinfeleye

4. Doing Television and Media Studies in Nigeria

Conversation with Oluyinka Esan

5. Institutionalising Media Studies in Zimbabwe and South Africa

Conversation with Tawana Kupe

6. Cultural Approaches to Media Studies in South Africa

Conversation with Keyan G. Tomaselli

7. Political Economy and Semiotics: Television Studies in South Africa

Conversation with Ruth Teer-Tomaselli

8. Doing Media Studies in Kenya

Conversation with Levi Obonyo

9. Doing Media Studies in Uganda

Conversation with Monica B. Chibita

10. Challenging the Single Story : Digital Media and Innovative Storytelling on Africa

Conversation with Sean Jacobs

11. Doing Media Studies and Influencing Policy in Morocco

Conversation with Bouziane Zaid

12. Journalism Education, Freedom of Expression, Regulation and Media Development in Africa

Conversation with Guy Berger

13. Media Studies, Positionality and Geopolitics of Knowledge

Conversation with Herman Wasserman

14. Doing Media Studies in the Decolonial Turn

Conversation with Sarah Chiumbu

15. Rethinking Africa’s Role in Global Knowledge Production

Conversation with Wisdom Tettey

16. Finding Africa in Communication Studies: Incompleteness and Convivial Epistemologies

Conversation with Francis B. Nyamnjoh

17. Communication as Soul Food: Decolonising the Communication Space

Conversation with Colin Chasi

18. Conclusion: Reflections on Relational Approaches to Teaching, Research and Praxis

Biography

viola c milton is a Full Professor in media studies in the Department of Communication Science at the University of South Africa. Her research focuses on the negotiation of media policy in South Africa as well as issues of media, citizenship and identity. She is a working group member of the Support Public Broadcasting Coalition (SOS). The Coalition is committed to, and campaigns for, broadcasting in the public interest. In addition, viola runs a project with Professor Winston Mano, that theorises the practice of PSB in the Southern African region from an Africanist perspective. viola authored and co-authored numerous articles and books. She is the Editor-in-chief of Communicatio: South African Journal for Communication Theory and Research.

Winston Mano is a Full Professor and member of the University of Westminster’s top-rated Communication and Media Research Institute (CAMRI). He is a Course Director for the MA in Media and Development and Founder/Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of African Media Studies. He is the Director of the Africa Media Centre and was co-Director of the Chevening Africa Media Freedom Fellowship programme (2020-2023). Mano has published widely and his research interests span Afrokology, Decoloniality, African radio, music, media audiences, digital communications policy and development, China-African media relations, and African media and democracy. Mano is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.