SECTION I: AUDIENCE PERCEPTION, PARTICIPATION, ETHNIC, IDENTITY FORMATION AND INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE MEDIA.- 1. Appreciating indigenous African language media'' practices and processes- a transdisciplinary approach, Philip Mpofu, Israel A. Fadipe and Thulani Tsabangu.- 2. Kulfi is like a Tanzanian : The reception of an Indian Television Drama dubbed in Kiswahili, by Daines Nicodem Sanga, Mona Mwakalinga and Issau Athumani Mbura submitted Tanzania.- 3. Language Politics, Development and Sustainability of Books in the Nigerian Languages, by Osarobu Emmanuel Igudia .
- 4. Time to be Represented: The Imperative for Investment in Igbo Language Radio, by Malachy O. Udejinta.- 5. Slang and the Semantic Sense of Sameness: A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Shona Back Slang, by Enock Nyambo.- 6. Mass Communication and African Indigenous Societies: The Meeting Point, by Charles Oguntoye.- 7.
Mission Statements, Role of Political Actors in Community Radio Stations-The Ghanaian Experience , by Mavis Essandoh.- 8. Expanding Language? Struggles that characterise the development of new words and meanings on Eswatini''s national radio, by Maxwell Vusumuzi Mthembu and Nqobile Ndzinisa .- 9. African Languages and the Rhetoric of Gender Identity in Marginal Films Made Outside the Mainstream Film Industry in South Africa , by Gilbert Motsaathebe .- SECTION II: MEDIA REPRESENTATIONS, TEXT, CONTEXT AND INDIGENOUS INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE MEDIA.- 10. Re-tooling the Nigerian Society to combat Crime and Criminality: The Strategic importance of Proverbs in Child and Personality Development, by Mustapha Olalekan Rufai.
- 11. Evaluation of an African indigenous Language Programme on Poly Ilaro 92.1 FM, Ogun State Nigeria, by Odu, Adejare Samuel & Alabi Oluwole Folaranmi .- 12. Examining the place of female musicians in Zimbabwe''s music industry, by Edith Katiji and Richard Muranda .- 13. Ivbie edo nuzomo, wa ghima kweko kugbe:Themes in Edo (Bini) language Nollywood movies as development communication, Francis Amenaghawon.- 14.
Use of non-verbal cues as Alternative to Verbal Communication before Tyrants in Selected Yoruba Films, Matthew Kolawole Oni.- 15. Multilingual online responses on the ''Hollywood-style'' arrest of a defence lawyer in a high-profile case, Gilbert Motsaathebe.- SECTION III: HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS AND INDIGENOUS INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE MEDIA.- 16. Impact of Covid-19 on an indigenous newspaper, Kwayedza, by Takunda Maodza.- 17. Imole Yoruba Coverage of COVID-19 Pandemic in South West Nigeria, by Hassan Biodun Suleiman.
- 18. Exploring Music Videos in Indigenous Languages and Behavioural Change towards Waste Management in Lagos State, Nigeria, by Babatunde Adeyeye, Evaristus Adesina, Darlynton Yartey and Emeka Uwam.- SECTION VI: BEAT ANALYSIS, PEACE JOURNALISM AND INDIGENOUS INDIGENOUSE LANGUAGE MEDIA.- 19. Indigenous Language as a Factor for Sustainable Development, by Akinwalere Ifedayo Nigeria.- 20. A Study of the Yoruba Language Newspapers in the Colonial Era, by Akangbe Adeniyi Clement.-21.
Coverage of Development Issues, And Identity Formation in Alaroye Newspapers, by Stephen Odebiyi.- 22. Livelihood Improvement Through Participatory Mass Communications; A Study on Community Radio and the Lives of Women in Northern Ghana by Manfred Kofi Antwi Asuman and Subeshini Moodley .- 23. Building a Culture of Peace and Conflict Resolution through Indigenous Language Media (ILM), by Toyosi Olugbenga Samson OWOLABI & Hassan Adeniyi OLALEKAN .- 24. Indigenous Language Use in Advertising Campaigns: A Study of Airtel Nigeria''s Users, by Adeniji O.C.
and Akinbode S.A .