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5 - Africans at the Margins

from Part II - Narrating an Atrocity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 November 2024

j. Siguru Wahutu
Affiliation:
New York University
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This chapter shows that while African journalists are upset at being marginalized in the global narrative construction about events in Africa, they, too, are vital players in marginalizing African voices in the source selection processes. Thus, an African reader is much more likely to know what an American senator thinks about an international event on the continent than they are likely to hear from a regional expert immersed in the unfolding event. It empirically shows that African journalists are crucial players in silencing African voices despite their complaints of marginalization in Chapter 4.

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In the Shadow of the Global North
Journalism in Postcolonial Africa
, pp. 96 - 118
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • Africans at the Margins
  • j. Siguru Wahutu, New York University
  • Book: In the Shadow of the Global North
  • Online publication: 13 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009431941.008
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  • Africans at the Margins
  • j. Siguru Wahutu, New York University
  • Book: In the Shadow of the Global North
  • Online publication: 13 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009431941.008
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  • Africans at the Margins
  • j. Siguru Wahutu, New York University
  • Book: In the Shadow of the Global North
  • Online publication: 13 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009431941.008
Available formats
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