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Converged Radio, Youth and Urbanity in Africa

Emerging trends and perspectives

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Editors:
  1. Stanley Tsarwe

    1. Department of Journalism and Media Studies, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

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  2. Sarah Chiumbu

    1. School of Communication, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa

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  • Covers a broad range of digital media technologies
  • Explores the relationship of technologies to both radio and young people
  • Provides contemporary updates on African radio, youth and civic agency

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Radio Convergence and Youth: An Overview on African Perspectives

    • Stanley Tsarwe, Sarah Chiumbu
    Pages 1-14

  3. Converged Radio, Youth, and Participatory Politics in Harare, Zimbabwe

    • Lazarus Sauti, Tendai Makaripe
    Pages 15-35

  4. An Alternative Arena for “Communities of Resistance”? Podcasting, Democratic Spaces, and Counterpublics in Zimbabwe

    • Makhosi Nkanyiso Sibanda, Mphathisi Ndlovu
    Pages 37-53

  5. ‘Mobile Radio’ and Youth Identity Formation on the Streets of Harare

    • Stanley Tsarwe
    Pages 55-70

  6. Strategic Diversion and Commercial Exploitation: The Dumbing Down of Converged Youth Radio Programming in Zimbabwe

    • Pedzisai Ruhanya, Wellington Gadzikwa
    Pages 71-91

  7. Mis(Understanding) Youth Engagement: Role of Commercial Youth Radio in Promoting Political Engagement in South Africa

    • Sarah Chiumbu, Allen Munoriyarwa
    Pages 93-107

  8. Radio as Self-expression and the Limits of Public Debate

    • Thabo Godfrey Mokgosi
    Pages 109-122

  9. Youth Audiences and Social Media Integration in Community Radio Stations in South Africa: A Case Study of Zibonele FM and Bush Radio

    • Trust Matsilele, Blessing Makwambeni, Sisanda Nkoala, Gqibile John Bulani
    Pages 123-153

  10. Social Media Use and Maturity in a Youth-Orientated Community Radio Station: The Case of Rhodes Music Radio

    • Mudiwa A. Gavaza, Noel J. Pearse
    Pages 155-184

  11. The Language of Audience Engagement in Converged Radio Through Facebook and Twitter: The Case of NRG Radio and Ghetto Radio in Nairobi, Kenya

    • Benson Oduor Ojwang
    Pages 185-208

  12. Audience Participation in Information Dissemination for National Renaissance: Nigerian Youths’ Engagement of Radio Contents Via Social Media Platforms

    • Adeola Obafemi Mobolaji, Dickson Oluwasina Ogunkunle, Stephen Damilola Odebiyi, Babatunde Raphael Ojebuyi
    Pages 209-227

  13. Campus Radio in the Digital Era: A Case Study of UNESWA FM

    • Rosemary K. Musvipwa, Carolyne M. Lunga
    Pages 229-246

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 247-250
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About this book

This book explores the convergence of urban radio with digital media technologies in Africa, focusing on how youth are riding on the rapid (though uneven) internet rollout on the continent to participate and drive the production and consumption of urban radio. With thirteen original chapters, the book sheds new light on the changing landscape of radio in a diverse set of African countries, illustrated with rich case studies from Zimbabwe, South Africa, Eswatini, Nigeria and Kenya. This book covers the following themes: youth agency and cultural power; civic engagement and political participation; youth, identity and belonging; youth cultural expressions as well as the impact of capitalist imperatives on commercial radio programing in Africa. Vibrant and innovative, Converged Radio, Youth and Urbanity in Africa reveals the creation of a new public sphere, through which African youth project their voices and identities, participating in and shaping national discourse.  

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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Journalism and Media Studies, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

    Stanley Tsarwe

  • School of Communication, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Sarah Chiumbu

About the editors

Stanley Tsarwe (PhD Rhodes University) lectures Journalism at the University of Zimbabwe. He is a Senior Research Associate in the Faculty of Humanities with University of Johannesburg. His research interests are at the intersection between smart phones, the internet and talk radio.



Prof Sarah Chiumbu is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication and Media in the School of Communication, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Her research interests are in media, democracy, citizenship and representation. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Converged Radio, Youth and Urbanity in Africa

  • Book Subtitle: Emerging trends and perspectives

  • Editors: Stanley Tsarwe, Sarah Chiumbu

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19417-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-19416-0Published: 02 March 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-19419-1Published: 03 March 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-19417-7Published: 01 March 2023

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 250

  • Topics: Media and Communication, Digital/New Media, African Culture, African Culture

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