Media Accountability and Corruption in Africa

Contestations and Controversies

Ufuoma Akpojivi, Tendai Chari (Herausgeber)

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288 Seiten

2026
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
9781350587311 (ISBN)

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Scholarly voices and case studies from 10 sub-Saharan African countries show how media influences governance, accountability, and public perceptions of corruption on the continent.

Gathering scholarly voices and case studies from 10 sub-Saharan African countries, Media Accountability and Corruption in Africa shows how media influences governance, accountability, and public perceptions of corruption on the continent.

The book offers an outline of the media's role in corruption in sub-Saharan Africa, then guides readers along as it examines specific countries and issues in depth via four thematic sub-sections: these explore media representations of corruption; media corruption and accountability; social media and corruption; and media capture and journalistic safety. Both editors and all contributors are based in sub-Saharan Africa, and their real-world, lived experiences of the contexts they write about enable new and critical insights into how media sometimes aids corruption and sometimes helps to expose and fight it. For its fresh theoretical interventions and detailed examples, this collection is valuable resource for scholars, practitioners, and policymakers interested in development, media accountability, and political transparency in Africa.

Ufuoma Akpojivi is Policy, Research and Learning Lead at Advocates for International Development, as well as a Research Associate at both the University of South Africa and the University of Ghana. Prior to this, he was Associate Professor and Head of Media Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. He is a C2 rated researcher of the National Research Foundation, South Africa. Tendai Chari is Associate Professor of Media Studies and a National Research Foundation (NRF) C1 Rated Researcher at the University of Venda, South Africa. He holds a PhD in Media Studies from the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. Previously he lectured at several universities in Africa, including the University of Zimbabwe, where he was Head of the Media Programme in the English and Media Studies Department.

Introduction: Media and Corruption in Africa: Between the Watchdog and the Enabler
Ufuoma Akpojivi (A4ID, UK, and University of South Africa) and Tendai Chari (University of Venda, South Africa)

Part I. Media Representation of Corruption

1. The Racialisation of Corruption in South Africa: A Case Study of News24
Aiseng Kealeboga and Lethabo Ngoasheng (Rhodes University, South Africa)

2. Unmasking Mozambique: Media Narratives on Corruption
Dercio Tsandzana (Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique)

3. (Re)imagining Discourses of Political Corruption in the Malawian Newspaper
Victor Chikaipa (University of Malawi, Malawi)

Part II. Media Corruption and Accountability

4. After the Satchwell Report into Ethical Breaches in the South African Media: Now What?
Glenda Daniels (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)

5. Commissioned Investigative Reporting and Accountability in Africa: A Zimbabwean Case Study
Tendai Chari (University of Venda, South Africa)

6. Media and the Fight Against Corruption in Cameroon: Roles, Challenges, and Faults in Exposing the CDC Land-Grabbing Saga 2014-2021
Kingsley Ngange, Stephen Moki, and Jonas Matute (University of Buea, Cameroon)

7. Southern African Media Council: An Analysis of Media Councils and the Responsiveness to Digitalisation
Taryn De Vega (Rhodes University, South Africa)

Part III. Social Media and Corruption

8. Combating Corruption, Promoting Accountability and Sustainable Development in Nigeria’s Democracy: The Role of Social Media
Anne Odoh and Alex Tolu (Pan-Atlantic University, Nigeria)

9. It’s Our Turn to Eat: Ethnicisation of Corruption, Activism, and the Fight to Save Nigeria
Ufuoma Akpojivi (A4ID, UK & University of South Africa, South Africa)

Part IV. Media Capture and Journalistic Safety

10. Media as Watchdog: Journalistic Practices and Safety of Media Practitioners in Ghana
Akwasi Bosompem Boateng (University of Education, Winnneba, Ghana)

11. The Fourth Estate Under Siege: Political Capture of Media Stalwarts in Ghana
Jacob Nyarko and Samuel Danso (University of Cape Coast, Ghana, and Pentecost University, Ghana)

Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	20.8.2026
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Journalistik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
	Wirtschaft
ISBN-13	9781350587311 / 9781350587311
Zustand	Neuware