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INTRODUCTION: LANGUAGE, STRUCTURE AND AGENCY: OPTIMISING MEDIA DIVERSITY IN AFRICA USING THE INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES -- INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA / Abiodun Salawu -- INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE MEDIA AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN UGANDA / Monica B. Chibita -- ISIZULU LANGUAGE AND ILANGA NEWSPAPER AS CATALYSTS FOR PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY IN SOUTH AFRICA / Thabisile Buthelezi -- THE RETURN OF THE LOCAL: COMMUNITY RADIO AS DIALOGIC AND PARTICIPATORY / Brilliant Mhlanga -- TOWARDS EFFECTIVE DEVELOPMENT OF INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES IN NIGERIA: COMMUNITY MEDIA AS THE WAY FORWARD / Chima Onwukwe and Uzoma C. Okugo -- INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE BROADCASTING IN GHANA: RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT / Ufuoma Akpojivi and Modestus Fosu -- INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE RADIOS IN KENYA AND THE NEGOTIATION OF INTER-GROUP RELATIONS DURING CONFLICT PROCESSES / Philip Onguny -- MOBILISING NIGERIANS TOWARDS NATIONAL POPULATION CENSUS: THE ROLE OF INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE MEDIA / Sunday Oloruntola -- THE DYNAMICS OF LANGUAGE POLITICS IN RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION IN AFRICAN INDIGENOUS CHURCHES / Ijeweimen Solomon Ikhidero -- POVERTY, PROPHETS AND POLITICS: "MARXIST" DISCOURSES IN MALAWI MUSIC, 1994-2012 / John Lwanda -- List of figures.