Abiodun Salawu is professor of journalism, communication and media studies and director of the research entity, Indigenous Language Media in Africa (ILMA) at the North-West University, South Africa.Tshepang Bright Molale is senior lecturer at the University of Mpumalanga’s School of Social Sciences, specializing in communication for development and social change.Enrique Uribe-Jongbloed is professor and researcher at the School of Social Communication and Journalism, Universidad Externado de Colombia.Mohammad Sahid Ullah is professor in communication and journalism at the University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

“This book offers a critical appraisal of the centrality of indigenous language media in the formulation of the theory and practice of development communication. This collection of chapters reminds both development scholars, students, and policymakers not to ignore indigenous languages and their media, for they offer genuine understanding of marginalized people's development aspirations. This book makes a powerful observation: Indigenous languages were at the center of anticolonial struggles, and they will remain at the center of the global South's determination for a world that is equal, just, and democratic.”

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction – Enrique Uribe-Jongbloed and Tshepang B MolaleSection I: Indigenous Language Media and Development Communication: Current Debates.1-Towards a Model of Indigenous Language for Development Communication– Abiodun Salawu2-Rethinking the Role of Indigenous African Language Newspapers in Development Journalism: The Case of uMthunywa, Zimbabwe – Thulani Tshabangu3-Enhancing Political Knowledge and Opinion Through Indigenous Language Radio Programmes in Oyo State, Nigeria– Olayinka Egbokhare and Seun Idowu4-Zimbabwe’s African Language Press and Development Communication Nexus- The Missing Link– Philip Mpofu5-Harnessing the Potentials of Indigenous Media Systems in South/East Nigeria for Rural Development - Kingsley Chukwuemeka Izuogu, Emenike Ikedichi Ubani and Dennis Ugochukwu OmeonuSection II: Journalism, Gender and Empowerment of Marginalised Groups 6-Women Journalists in National Language Radio: A Voice to Mobilize and Foster Female Leadership - Vi