(Re)visiting African communication scholarship

Critical Perspectives on Research and Theory

Dados Bibliográficos

ID7512262
AutoresEddah M Mutua (0009-0004-4215-5315, Department of Communication Studies, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, U.S.A., autor correspondente), Bala A Musa (0000-0003-0326-3108, Azusa Pacific University), Charles Okigbo (North Dakota State University)
Ano2022
Volume22
Fascículo1
Páginas76-92
Data de publicação2022-01-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoReview of Communication (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1535-8593 • E-ISSN: 1535-8593
EditoraRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15358593.2021.2025413
OpenAlexW4210938897
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas15

The study of communication in Africa, much like the continent, has been the subject of controversy and consternation, with widely changing fortunes that wax and wane at different times. Africa’s colonial experience and the imposition of Western communication constructs inform the theoretical and methodological approaches to African communication scholarship. This essay examines the accomplishments of African communication scholarship attained out of a long history of engagement with intellectual debates about de-Westernization. We discuss how African communication scholars can foreground their commitment to maintaining the integrity of African scholarship in advancing African perspectives in communication studies

Colonialism · Media studies · Political science · Scholarship · Social science · Sociology · Westernization · Media Studies and Communication · Gender Studies · Law