The role played by guerrilla radio in the liberation struggle will not be lost to history, thanks to books like this.
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Radio audiences have not declined despite an increase in streaming service options.
Apps like WhatsApp have connected more voices to participate in live talk radio - but this comes with new challenges.
The Portuguese colonisers were not the only ones who could use radio for control. A new book tells how popular radio broadcasts from Angola’s liberation fighters were used as weapons in the struggle.
Even though they were a product of apartheid’s propaganda broadcasting machine, Zulu language radio dramas proved subversively powerful by reflecting communal black life and creating new stars.
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Associate Professor of History, Indiana University
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Visiting Research Professor in the School of Languages, University of Johannesburg
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Associate Professor in Media Studies and Production, University of Cape Town
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Senior Lecturer in Media Studies, University of Cape Town
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Journalism Researcher and Lecturer, University of Zimbabwe
