Mufunanji Magalasi
Biographic Data
| ID | 1744030 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mufunanji Magalasi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mufunanji |
| FAMILY NAME | Magalasi |
| SIGNATURE | MAGALASI M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Malawi |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3616-6630 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Between rhetoric and practice of localisation in aid and development: Poetic interventions
The localisation agenda has become mired in obfuscation, distraction, justification and contradiction, with many of the genuinely transformative, systemic changes being steadily sidelined. This article explores the gap between the rhetoric and practice of localisation. We approach the debates from the perspective of a Malawian NGO, as well as from our recent research collaboration. Using a series of poetic and metaphorical interventions from arts…
Communication for Localisation: Making” the Paralympics Malawian
Paralympic Broadcasting in Sub-Saharan Africa: Production Politics and the Reimagined Postcolonial
The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games was broadcast for the first time on free to air (FTA) television across 49 territories in Sub-Saharan Africa. This article charts the story of this historic development and marks the first study to explore Paralympic broadcast production beyond the cultural specificities of Global North/Western-centric media practices, infrastructure availability and disability discourses. Drawing on an integrated qualitative datas…
Paralympics as a Tool for Communication for Social Change: Audience Perceptions, Affect and the Social Change Potential in Rural Malawi
The Paralympics was broadcast in Sub-Saharan Africa for the first time during the 2020 Tokyo Games. This offered a unique opportunity to approach this phenomenon from a communication for social change perspective. Specifically, in this paper we conceive of the Paralympic broadcasts as a form of Edutainment. This conceptual intervention raises a number of pertinent empirical questions. Would the Paralympics be relevant and meaningful to these audi…
Paralympic Broadcasting in Sub-Saharan Africa: Sport, Media and Communication for Social Change
The purpose of this commentary is to discuss how Paralympic coverage in sub-Saharan Africa can be effectively mobilised to stimulate discursive and structural change around disability. Paralympic coverage has demonstrated its pedagogical power to engage public(s) and challenge stigma toward disability. Yet, the Global picture of Paralympic broadcasting is deeply uneven, with audiences in parts of the Global South afforded limited opportunities to…
Farming for change: Developing a participatory curriculum on agroecology, nutrition, climate change and social equity in Malawi and Tanzania
Malawian Popular Commercial Stage Drama: Origins, Challenges and Growth
This article explores the factors that influenced the birth and development of popular commercial stage drama in Malawi. It analyses the origins and changing political relations of the main popular drama groups, examines the social networks that linked key artists and emphasises the important role of formal educational institutions. It also investigates the production methods used by different groups at different times, their directing styles and…
Farming for change: Developing a participatory curriculum on agroecology, nutrition, climate change and social equity in Malawi and Tanzania
Paralympic Broadcasting in Sub-Saharan Africa: Sport, Media and Communication for Social Change
The purpose of this commentary is to discuss how Paralympic coverage in sub-Saharan Africa can be effectively mobilised to stimulate discursive and structural change around disability. Paralympic coverage has demonstrated its pedagogical power to engage public(s) and challenge stigma toward disability. Yet, the Global picture of Paralympic broadcasting is deeply uneven, with audiences in parts of the Global South afforded limited opportunities to…
Paralympics as a Tool for Communication for Social Change: Audience Perceptions, Affect and the Social Change Potential in Rural Malawi
The Paralympics was broadcast in Sub-Saharan Africa for the first time during the 2020 Tokyo Games. This offered a unique opportunity to approach this phenomenon from a communication for social change perspective. Specifically, in this paper we conceive of the Paralympic broadcasts as a form of Edutainment. This conceptual intervention raises a number of pertinent empirical questions. Would the Paralympics be relevant and meaningful to these audi…
Malawian Popular Commercial Stage Drama: Origins, Challenges and Growth
This article explores the factors that influenced the birth and development of popular commercial stage drama in Malawi. It analyses the origins and changing political relations of the main popular drama groups, examines the social networks that linked key artists and emphasises the important role of formal educational institutions. It also investigates the production methods used by different groups at different times, their directing styles and…
Malawian Popular Commercial Stage Drama: Origins, Challenges and Growth
This article explores the factors that influenced the birth and development of popular commercial stage drama in Malawi. It analyses the origins and changing political relations of the main popular drama groups, examines the social networks that linked key artists and emphasises the important role of formal educational institutions. It also investigates the production methods used by different groups at different times, their directing styles and…
Farming for change: Developing a participatory curriculum on agroecology, nutrition, climate change and social equity in Malawi and Tanzania
Paralympic Broadcasting in Sub-Saharan Africa: Sport, Media and Communication for Social Change
The purpose of this commentary is to discuss how Paralympic coverage in sub-Saharan Africa can be effectively mobilised to stimulate discursive and structural change around disability. Paralympic coverage has demonstrated its pedagogical power to engage public(s) and challenge stigma toward disability. Yet, the Global picture of Paralympic broadcasting is deeply uneven, with audiences in parts of the Global South afforded limited opportunities to…
Paralympics as a Tool for Communication for Social Change: Audience Perceptions, Affect and the Social Change Potential in Rural Malawi
The Paralympics was broadcast in Sub-Saharan Africa for the first time during the 2020 Tokyo Games. This offered a unique opportunity to approach this phenomenon from a communication for social change perspective. Specifically, in this paper we conceive of the Paralympic broadcasts as a form of Edutainment. This conceptual intervention raises a number of pertinent empirical questions. Would the Paralympics be relevant and meaningful to these audi…
Paralympic Broadcasting in Sub-Saharan Africa: Production Politics and the Reimagined Postcolonial
The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games was broadcast for the first time on free to air (FTA) television across 49 territories in Sub-Saharan Africa. This article charts the story of this historic development and marks the first study to explore Paralympic broadcast production beyond the cultural specificities of Global North/Western-centric media practices, infrastructure availability and disability discourses. Drawing on an integrated qualitative datas…
Between rhetoric and practice of localisation in aid and development: Poetic interventions
The localisation agenda has become mired in obfuscation, distraction, justification and contradiction, with many of the genuinely transformative, systemic changes being steadily sidelined. This article explores the gap between the rhetoric and practice of localisation. We approach the debates from the perspective of a Malawian NGO, as well as from our recent research collaboration. Using a series of poetic and metaphorical interventions from arts…
Communication for Localisation: Making” the Paralympics Malawian
Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Disability Rights and Representation (3 works) · Broadcasting (networking (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport (2 works) · Law (2 works)