From Angola and Mozambique, to Namibia, Zimbabwe and South Africa, the new technology of radio provided the liberation movements in exile with a platform to address their followers at home, to propagate their ideologies and to counter the propaganda of the oppressive white minority regimes. As the cheapest and most direct medium, guerrilla radios transcended the boundaries imposed by the settler regimes and were widely listened to, albeit within the realm of illegality.
Transnational in its approach, the book explores the workings of these radios from their areas of broadcast in exile, international solidarity, to reception at home where listeners often huddled around their receivers to listen to the messages from the liberation movements, often beyond the gaze of the state. These radios shaped the nature of resistance campaigns that the liberation movements embarked upon in the various countries in the region.
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Copyright year
2020
ISBN-Print
978-1-78661-560-2
ISBN-Online
978-1-78661-561-9
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
German
Pages
279
Product type
Edited Book
Table of contents
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Contents No access
Abbreviations and Acronyms No access
Acknowledgments No access
1 Radios of the Liberation Struggle in Southern Africa No access Pages 1 - 18
2 A Voz da Frelimo and the Liberation of Mozambique No access Pages 19 - 40
3 Guerrilla Broadcasters and the Unnerved Colonial State in Angola, 1961–1974 No access Pages 41 - 64
4 Broadcasting Chimurenga—Engineering a Postcolonial Zimbabwe No access Pages 65 - 84
5 Spirit Mediums and Guerrilla Radio in the Zimbabwe War of Liberation No access Pages 85 - 104
6 Zapu’s “Voice of the Revolution” and the Radicalization of the Nationalist Struggle No access Pages 105 - 120
7 Reminiscences of Zimbabwe’s War Radio Broadcasters No access Pages 121 - 136
8 SWAPO’s Voice of Namibia as an Instrument of Diplomacy No access Pages 137 - I
9 The Struggle for the Airwaves in South Africa No access Pages 154 - 183
10 Radio Freedom, Black Consciousness, and the Struggle for Liberation in South Africa No access Pages 184 - 201
11 International Solidarity and Support for the ANC’s Radio Freedom No access Pages 202 - 229
12 In Search of PAC Footprints in Broadcasting No access Pages 230 - 255
