Wunpini Fatimata Mohammed

Media, Culture, and Decolonization

Re-Righting the Subaltern Histories of Ghana

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Through Dagbä epistemologies and knowledge systems, this book examines media by highlighting how African languages, cultures and traditions can shift how we think of knowledge. By focusing on Ghana, the book demonstrates the potential that African language media hold as tools of cultural and epistemological decolonization.  

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Dezember 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 286g
• ISBN-13: 9781978841642
• ISBN-10: 1978841647
• Artikelnr.: 73785990

Autorenporträt

WUNPINI FATIMATA MOHAMMED is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication at Cornell University. She is coeditor of African Women in Digital Spaces: Redefining Social Movements on the Continent and in the Diaspora.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Decolonizing African Media Studies  
1          Bilchiinsi Philosophy, Media and Global Indigenous
Epistemologies                                  
2          Technology, Literacy and Media Development in Northern Ghana 
3          Subalterns, Griots and Media
4          African Cinemas, Globalization and Resistance         
5          Movie Distribution, Urban Architecture and the Newsification of
Movies 
6          Television for Social Change            
Conclusion: Resisting Cultural Imperialism 
Acknowledgments
Index