Prologue / Kimani Njogu / John Middleton
Part I. The Media, Community and Identity
1. Orality, the Media and New Popular Cultures in Africa / Karin Barber
2. The Media in Social Development in Contemporary Africa / Paul Tiyambe Zeleza
3. Language and the Media in Africa: Between the Old Empire and the New / Alamin Mazrui
4. Reflections on the Media in Africa: Strangers in a Mirror? / Goretti Linda Nassanga
5. Africa's Media: Democracy and Belonging / Francis B. Nyamnjoh
6. Representation of Africa in the Western Media: Challenges and Opportunities / John Kiarie Wa'Njogu
7. Media Consumerism and Cultural Transformation / Eric Masinde Aseka
8. African Intellectuals in a Hostile Media Environment / Macharia Munene
Part II. The Media and Identity: The Global Media
9. Publishing in Africa / Cecilia Kimani
10. Pentecostalism and Modern Audiovisual Media / Birgit Meyer
11. Rekindling Efficacy: Storytelling for Health / Kimani Njogu
12. The Media in Education / Charles Ngome
13. Horn of Africa and Kenya Diaspora Websites as Alternative Media Sources / Ann Biersteker
14. Popular Dance Music and the Media / John Collins
15. Media Parenting and the Construction of Media Identities in Northern Nigerian Muslim Hausa Video Films / Abdalla Uba Adamu
Part III. The Media and Identity: The Local Media
16. 'To Make Strange Things Possible': The Photomontages of the Bakor Photo Studio in Lamu, Kenya / Heike Behrend
17. Musical Images and Imaginations: Tanzania Music Videos / Kelly M. Askew
18. Political Ridicule: Medialized Notions of 'Transparent Concealment' / Bantu Mwaura
19. Names, Cloth and Identity: A Case from West Africa / Michelle Gilbert
20. Museums in Africa / Simiyu Wandibba
21. Literary Prizes, Book Prizes and African Writing / Walter Bgoya
22. Innovating 'AlterNative' Identities: Nairobi Matatu Culture / Mbugua wa Mungai
23. Bringing Change through Laughter: Cartooning in Kenya / Patrick Gathara / Mary Kabura Wanjau
24. Demonic Tradition: Representations of Oathing in Newspaper Coverage of the 1997 Crisis in Coastal Kenya / Diane M. Ciekawy
Epilogue: In the Name of Similitude / V. Y. Mudimbe
