Powerful frequencies : radio, state power, and the cold war in Angola, 1931-2002 /
Radio technology and broadcasting played a central role in the formation of colonial Portuguese Southern Africa and the postcolonial nation-state, Angola. Moorman details how settlers, the colonial state, African nationalists and the postcolonial state all used radio to project power, while the latt...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Athens :
Ohio University Press,
[2019]
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| Series: | New African histories series.
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| Summary: | Radio technology and broadcasting played a central role in the formation of colonial Portuguese Southern Africa and the postcolonial nation-state, Angola. Moorman details how settlers, the colonial state, African nationalists and the postcolonial state all used radio to project power, while the latter employed it to challenge empire. |
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| Physical Description: | xxi, 257 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780821423691 082142369X 9780821423707 0821423703 |