Media, social movements, and protest cultures in Africa : hashtags, humor, and slogans / edited by Lungile Tshuma, Trust Matsilele, Shepherd Mpofu, ad Mbongeni Msimanga.
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Lanham : Lexington Books, [2024] |
| Copyright Date | ©2024 |
| Description | vi, 279 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Tshuma, Lungile Augustine, editor, author. |
| Other author/creator | Matsilele, Trust editor, author. |
| Other author/creator | Mpofu, Shepherd, editor, author. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjyqXw68rVCB9hVTJg7XMP |
| Other author/creator | Msimanga, Mbongeni Jonny editor, author. |
| Contents | Introduction: Contesting Africa: A Theoretical Appreciation of Media, Social Movements and Protest Cultures / Lungile Tshuma, Trust Matsilele, Shepherd Mpofu and Mbongeni Msimanga -- Part I: Social Media and Social Movements -- Chapter 1: Violence as A Decolonizing and (De)humanizing Force, and Social Media(ted) Protests in Africa / Shepherd Mpofu -- Chapter 2: Disrupting Patriotic Discourse in Zimbabwe: Reading Evan Mawarire's #This Flag as Counter-Hegemony / Blessing Makwambeni -- Chapter 3: Testing the Illusory Truth Effect: An Analysis of Comments to Nigerian Army's "fake news" Tweets on Lekki #EndSARS Shootings / Raheemat Adeniran and Kunle Adebajo -- Chapter 4: #VoetsekANC: (un)Civil Disobedience as Protest Action in South Africa's Twittersphere / Trust Matsilele and Blessing Makwambeni -- Chapter 5: #EndSARS: The Role of Social Media Influencers in Raising Awareness of Police Brutality in Nigeria / Temitope Opeyemi Falade and Lungile Tshuma -- Part II: Online Protest Strategies -- Chapter 6: Online Protests and Government Countermeasures in Zimbabwe: A Decolonial Perspective / Tawanda Mukurunge and Lorenzo Dalvit -- Chapter 7: #I DON'T PAY HIDDEN DEBTS: An Analysis of Public Integrity Center (CIP) Digital Communication Campaign in Mozambique / Tânia Machonisse -- Chapter 8: Of Protests and Satire: Representations of #EndSARS Brutality in Selected Nigerian Hip-Hop Music / Ruth Karachi Benson Oji -- Chapter 9: Ironic Activism and Social Justice: A Case Study of Political Satire and Social Media in Zimbabwe / Mbongeni Msimanga -- Part III: Media Texts Production -- Chapter 10: Protesting for Change: Ethiopia's Diasporic Media and the Fight for Democracy / Solomon Kebede and Abit Hoxha -- Chapter 11: Gukurahundi Memory, Subversive Pleasures, and Protest Cultures in Zimbabwe / Mphathisi Ndlovu and Nkosini A. Khupe -- Chapter 12: Theorising Graffiti as a Novel Alternative Public Sphere in Zimbabwe's Contested Politics / Nyasha Cefas Zimuto -- Chapter 13: Publishing as Revolutionary Tools from Pre-Independence to Post-independence Kenya / Job Mwaura -- Chapter 14: Photographs, Protest and Memory: A Case of #Blacklivesmatter in South Africa / Lungile Tshuma. |
| Abstract | "This collection explores diverse protest cultures in Sub-Saharan Africa, delving into motivations, tactics, and responses to protests. It sheds light on post-colonial regimes' brutality and highlighting movements striving for societal change"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Media, social movements, and protest cultures in Africa Lanham : Lexington Books, 2024 9781666970142 |
| LCCN | 2024024763 |
| ISBN | 9781666970135 |
| ISBN | 1666970131 |
| ISBN | (ebook) |