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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Main Author: Moorman, Marissa Jean (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Athens : Ohio University Press, [2019]
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.
Physical Description:xxi, 257 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780821423691
082142369X
9780821423707
0821423703