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 Wilson's 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 Wilson's 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: Nigerian Performing Proverbs for Advice and Warning in Film 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 About the Contributors