African Communication Systems and the Digital Age
eBook - ePub

African Communication Systems and the Digital Age

  1. 156 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

African Communication Systems and the Digital Age

About this book

The book covers African communication systems, discussing modes and forms of communication across West, East and Southern Africa and comparing them with traditional and new media.

African Communication Systems and the Digital Age contextualizes communication by bringing to the table African contributions to the field, examining the importance of African indigenous forms of communication and the intersection of African communication systems and the digital age. The book covers various concepts, models, theories and classifications of African communication systems, including instrumental communication, types of African music and their communication properties, indigenous writing systems, non-verbal communication, and mythological communication. Through careful analysis of communication in Africa, this book provides insights into the various modes of communication in use prior to the advent of traditional and new media as well as their continued relevance in the digital age.

African Communication Systems and the Digital Age will be of interest to students and scholars of African communication.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. List of illustrations
  7. 1. Background and context of African communication systems: Decolonizing and contextualizing communication
  8. 2. Conceptualizing African communication systems: Classification, theories and models of African communication systems
  9. 3. Instrumental communication: Devices and instruments
  10. 4. Demonstrative communication: Music
  11. 5. Iconographic communication: Icons
  12. 6. Extra-mundane communication: Africa and the realm of the supernatural
  13. 7. Visual communication: Non-verbal communication
  14. 8. Institutional communication: Traditional institutions
  15. 9. Venue-oriented communication, structure and features: Sites of communication
  16. 10. Mythological communication: Myths and legends
  17. 11. Taxonomic communication: Names as communication
  18. 12. Axiomatic communication: Folktales and proverbs
  19. Appendix: Devices and instruments
  20. Index