New Media and Religious Transformations in Africa casts a critical look at Africa's rapidly evolving religious media scene. Following political liberalization; media deregulation; and the proliferation of new media technologies; many African religious leaders and activists have appropriated such media to strengthen and expand their communities and gain public recognition. Media have also been used to marginalize and restrict the activities of other groups; which has sometimes led to tension; conflict; and even violence. Showing how media are rarely neutral vehicles of expression; the contributors to this multidisciplinary volume analyze the mutual imbrications of media and religion during times of rapid technological and social change in various places throughout Africa.
#2061633 in Books 2014-10-17Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x 1.00 x 6.00l; .0 #File Name: 0252080475296 pages
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. First-rate history; scholarly and humaneBy ScholumbaI admit I came to this book with an interest in the specific geographical area (northern Maryland); and specifically in slavery there; which is part of what Max Grivno writes about here. But I didn't expect this book to be a revelation on every page--which it was. It's a magnificent; nuanced; tour de force of a history book. Grivno has mined the archives to find not only statistics but also the dozens of personal stories that make every chapter full of human drama. He tells the stories of both black and white laborers and employers in nineteenth-century rural Maryland--slave and free; male and female--and the personal and economic pressures they faced living just south of the Mason-Dixon Line. It's given me a whole new way of thinking about slavery; and about the history of this region. I'm so glad I read it. Absolutely invaluable.
