Radio Soundings : South Africa and the Black Modern (Paperback)

Introduction: radio, the SABC and the politics of culture; Part I. Sound and 'Migration': 1. K. E. Masinga, Zulu Radio and the politics of 'migrant' aurality; 2. Remembering the past, making the present: the radio worlds of Alexius Buthelezi 1961?1978; Part II. Distance and Intimacy: 3. Exile: Bloke Modisane and the BBC 1959?1987; 4. 'Africa on the rise': the early 1960s, and the radio Voice of Lewis Nkosi; Part III. Drama, Language, and Daily Life: 5. Untidy boundaries, restless identities: Zulu serial drama in the 1970s; 6. Radio drama in the time of violence: Yiz' Uvalo (In Spite of Fear) December 1986?May 1987; 7. 'Ikusasa Lethu' (Our Tomorrow): the 'glorious decade'? Radio drama of the 1990s; 8. Finding a centre; Conclusion: dances of power; References; Index.