New Media and Religious Transformations in Africa

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Acknowledgments Foreword Francis B. Nyamnjoh Introduction: New Media and Religious Transformations in Africa Rosalind I. J. Hackett & Benjamin F. Soares Part I. Old Media: Print and Radio 1. A History of Sauti ya Mvita (Voice of Mombasa): Radio, Public Culture, and Islam in Coastal Kenya, 1947-1966 James R. Brennan 2. Between Standardization and Pluralism: The Islamic Printing Market and its Social Spaces in Bamako, Mali Francesco Zappa 3. Binary Islam: Media and Religious Movements in Nigeria Brian Larkin 4. Muslim Community Radio Stations: Constructing and Shaping Identities in a Democratic South Africa Muhammed Haron Part II. New Media and Media Worlds 5. Mediating Transcendence: Popular Film, Visuality, and Religious Experience in West Africa Johannes Merz 6. The Heart of Man: Pentecostalist Emotive Style in and beyond Kinshasa's Media World Katrien Pype 7. Islamic Communication and Mass Media in Cameroon Hamadou Adama 8. We Are on the Internet: Contemporary Pentecostalism in Africa and the New Culture of Online J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu 9. Conveying Islam: Arab Islamic Satellite Channels as New Players Ehab Galal 10. Religious Discourse in the New Media: A Case Study of Pentecostal Discourse Communities of SMS Users in South-western Nigeria 'Rotimi Taiwo Part III. Arenas of Exchange, Competition, and Conflict 11. Media Afrikania: Styles and Strategies of Representing Afrikan Traditional Religion in Ghana Marleen de Witte 12. Senwele Jesu: Gospel Music and Religious Publics in Nigeria Vicki L. Brennan 13. Managing Miracles: Ambiguities in the Regulation of Religious Broadcasting in Nigeria Asonzeh Ukah 14. Living across Digital Landscapes: Muslims, Orthodox Christians, and an Indian Guru in Ethiopia Samson A. Bezabeh 15. Zulu Dreamscapes: Senses, Media, and Authentication in Contemporary Neo-shamanism David Chidester List of Contributors Index