Indigenous African Communication and Media Systems in a Digitized Age

Foreword
Des Wilson
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Des Wilson and the Enduring Legacy in Preserving African Indigenous Communication and Media Systems
Unwana Samuel Akpan and Eddah Mbula Mutua
Part I: Importance of African Indigenous Communication and Media Systems
Chapter 1: Relevance of Des Wilsonâs African Indigenous Media Research Track in a Digitized Age
Kehbuma Langmia
Chapter 2: Examining the Impact of Digital Technology on African Indigenous Media in Botswana: A Potential Challenge to Sustainability/Longevity
Shirley Marang Kekana
Chapter 3: African Traditional Communication System in the Age of Hybridity: Habitual Media Customs and the Digital in the Nigerian Glocal Spaces
Muhammad Hamisu Sani and Paul Obi
Part II: Adaptation and Co-existence in the Digital Age
Chapter 4: Communicating Emerging Science, Technology, and Innovation in Nigeria for Development in the Digital Age: Where Does Des Wilsonâs Trado-modern Media Come In?
Herbert Batta
Chapter 5: Ifa Divination, Extra-mundane Communication and Internet: An Overview
Akinola Moses Owolabi, Bernice Oluwalaanu Sanusi, Oyinloye Oloyede, and Isaac Olajide Fadeyi
Chapter 6: New Media Versus Traditional Media: 27 Years After Emergence of Internet in Nigeria
Ibitayo Samuel Popoola and Paul Agada
Chapter 7: African Language Media and BBC Yoruba Service Sports Headlines: Influence on Audience Engagement Online
Unwana Samuel Akpan, Chuka Onwumechili, Abayomi Bamidele Adisa, and Abigail Odozi Ogwezzy-Ndisika
Chapter 8: Egbe Bere Ugo Bere (Live and Let Live) Cultural Experiment as a Case Study on Igbo Traditional Public Relations Practice in Contemporary Digital Culture
Nnamdi Tobechukwu Ekeanyanwu, Henry Chibueze Ogaraku, and Aloysius Chukwuebuka Ifeanyichukwu
Part III: Enduring Relevance of African Indigenous Communication Systems in the Digital Age
Chapter 9: Traditional Town Criers in Kenya and Nigeria: Enduring Relevance in the Digital Age
Shamilla Amulega, Unwana Samuel Akpan, and Eddah Mbula Mutua
Chapter 10: Nurturing Indigenous African Communication Modes in a Digital Age: Performing Igbo Proverbs in Film for Advice and Warning
Ihuoma Okorie
Chapter 11: Implications of the Two Step Flow Theory on Traditional Leadership in the Digital Age: The Case of Annang People in Akwa Ibom State in Nigeria
Iniobong Courage Nda
Chapter 12: Survival of Musical and Nonmusical Indigenous Namibian Media in the Digitized Age
Perminus Matiure
Chapter 13: Digital Technology in Breaking Information Barriers and the Preservation of Musical Arts in Zimbabwe
Richard Muranda, Absolom Mutavati, Khulekani F. Moyo, and Almon Moyo
Chapter 14: Vimbuza and Gule Wamkulu Traditional Dances as Enduring Malawian Indigenous Media Systems in the Digital Age
Jerry Rutsate
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