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<p></p><p>1.&nbsp;Re-Imagining Communication in Africa and the Caribbean: ‘Releasing the Psychic Inheritance'.- 2.&nbsp;New Optics on Digital Media Cultures in Africa.- 3.&nbsp;Globalisation from Within: Enhancing Digital Productivity and Technology Transformation in the South.- 4.&nbsp;Towards an Integrated Caribbean Paradigm in Communication Thought: Confronting Academic Dependence in Media Research.- 5.&nbsp;Tracking Two Waves: Transnational Influencers in Africa’s ICT Policy Formulation.- 6.&nbsp;Decolonising in the Gaps: Community Networks and the Identity of African Innovation.- 7.&nbsp;The Commodification of Mobile Communications in Cuba: Tracking Political and Economic Change.- 8.&nbsp;From Global to National:&nbsp;Mapping the Trajectory of the South African Video Game Industry.- 9.&nbsp;Indigenous Hip-hop: Digital Media Practices Among Youth of the South African San People.- 10.&nbsp;Creating a Home Community Online During Carnival: Trinidad’s Diaspora and Social Media Use.- 11.&nbsp;Philanthropy-funded Journalism: Implications for Media Independence and Editorial Credibility in South Africa.- 12.&nbsp;Business News making practices in Zimbabwe.- 13.&nbsp;Displacement and Substitutability Effects of Online Newspapers on Traditional Media: A Zambian Perspective.- 14.&nbsp;Diversity in Broadcast Television in Botswana: Prospects and Challenges.- 15.&nbsp;Back to the Village: Integrating Folk Media into Rural Food Security Communication in Ethiopia.- 16.&nbsp;Popular Culture as Alternative Media: Reggae Music, Culture and Politics in Malawi’s Democracy.- 17.&nbsp;Ruling Minds: The Media and State Propaganda in British-Ruled Nyasaland, 1945-1964.- 18.&nbsp;Communicating Politics in Small States: Preferred Sources of Political Knowledge in the Jamaican Society.- 19.&nbsp;Dancehall Music’s Resistance: Upstaging Diageo’s Prescriptive Marketing Rules in Jamaica.</p><p></p><p><br></p>

<div> <div><p><b>Hopeton S. Dunn</b>&nbsp;is Professor of Communications Policy and Digital Media, based at University of Botswana, Botswana. He is the former Director of the Caribbean School of Media and Communication, The University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica.</p><p><b>Dumisani Moyo&nbsp;</b>is Professor of Communication and Vice Dean, Academic, at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.</p></div><p><b>William O. Lesitaokana</b>&nbsp;(PhD)<b>&nbsp;</b>is Senior Lecturer and Head at the Department of Media Studies at the University of Botswana, Botswana.&nbsp;</p><p><b>Shanade Bianca Barnabas</b>&nbsp;(PhD) is Senior Lecturer and Head at the Department of Communication Studies, School of Communication, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.</p></div><div> </div>

<p></p><p>"A unique, rich, and timely contribution to the growing literature in communication and media studies, directed at strengthening the voice and visibility of scholars from the Global South."</p>

<p>- <b>Professor Tawana Kupe</b>, Vice Chancellor, University of Pretoria, South Africa</p>

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<p>"An intellectually stimulating and varied collection that re-imagines and analyses digital innovation, culture and media practices in Africa and the Caribbean."</p>

<p>- <b>Professor Rupert Lewis</b>, Emeritus Professor of Political Thought, University of the West Indies, Jamaica</p>

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<p>This book advances alternative approaches to understanding media, culture and technology in two vibrant regions of the Global South. Bringing together scholars from Africa and the Caribbean, it traverses the domains of communication theory, digital technology strategy, media practice reforms, and corporate and cultural renewal.&nbsp;The&nbsp;first section tackles research and technology with new conceptual thinking from the South. The book then looks at emerging approaches to community digital networks, online diaspora entertainment, and video gaming strategies. The volume then explores reforms in policy and professional practice, including in broadcast television, online newspapers, media philanthropy, and business news reporting. Its final section examines the role of village-based folk media, the power of popular music in political opposition, and new approaches to overcoming neo-colonial propaganda and external corporate hegemony.&nbsp;This book therefore engages critically with the central issues of how we communicate, produce, entertain, and build communities in 21st-century&nbsp;Africa and the Caribbean.</p><p><br></p><p><b>Hopeton S. Dunn</b>&nbsp;is Professor of Communications Policy and Digital Media, based at University of Botswana, Botswana. He is the former Director of the Caribbean School of Media and Communication, The University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica.</p>

<p><b>Dumisani Moyo&nbsp;</b>is Professor of Communication and Vice Dean, Academic, at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.</p>

<p><b>William O. Lesitaokana</b>&nbsp;(PhD)<b>&nbsp;</b>is Senior Lecturer and Head at the Department of Media Studies at the University of Botswana, Botswana.&nbsp;</p>

<p><b>Shanade Bianca Barnabas</b>&nbsp;(PhD) is Senior Lecturer and Head at the Department of Communication Studies, School of Communication, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.</p><br><p></p>

<p>Brings together scholars from Africa and the Caribbean to provide a sustained and rigorous exploration of media, culture, and technology in diverse countries of the Global South</p><p>Covers diverse forms of media--including print journalism, broadcast radio and television, digital media, popular music, and video games--in a range of national and cultural contexts</p><p>Pays particular attention to the role of media and technology in the experiences of disadvantaged groups, including women and indigenous communities</p>

<p>"This book is a unique, rich and timely contribution to the growing literature in communication and media studies, that represents a de-colonial turn in the field. This de-colonial turn is characterised by a conscious and deliberate adoption of critical analytical approaches that critique the dominant paradigms of the Global North.&nbsp; The book is timely because of the focus on digital communication, discourses and practices at a time globally of rapid change and disruptions. The book privileges and creates spaces for scholars from the Global South - Africa and the Caribbean - which share histories and living legacies of colonial domination and subjugation. The book is a valuable addition to traditions of intellectual reflection that rethink historical and contemporary developments in communication by centering media practices, culture and technology."</p><p>-&nbsp;<b>Professor Tawana Kupe</b>, Vice Chancellor, University of Pretoria, South Africa<br></p>

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<p>"The editors have put together an intellectually stimulating and varied collection that re-imagines and analyses digital innovation, culture and media practices in 12 countries in Africa and the Caribbean.&nbsp;This volume provides fresh insights into the thinking of scholars from the South on the unfolding ICT revolution and associated professional practices. The volume compels us to examine ICT’s pervasive impact on all aspects of media and national life. The contributors insist that countries in the South cannot simply accept these profound global technological changes, but must think and re-imagine their own landscapes and become creative in the application of development solutions. This is urgent especially in light of the pressing social and economic challenges faced by countries in the South and the need to dismantle the dominant colonial heritage and create new, decolonized societies.The essays discuss, among other issues, the new uses of digital media, the challenges faced by traditional media such as newspapers, radio and television, and the adaptation of hip hop and reggae culture by young people to express fresh aspirations for freedom. The collection is bold in advancing discussion of ‘smart technology, emerging robotics, machine learning and neural networks,’ and provides the basis for a framework to further deepen the discussion in the countries of the South with implications for new directions in policy-making by governments, businesses and community networks."</p><p>- <b>Professor Rupert Lewis</b>, Emeritus Professor of Political Thought, University of the West Indies, Jamaica</p>