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 latter employed it to challenge empire.

About the author

Marissa J. Moorman is a professor in the Department of African Cultural Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is the author of Intonations: A Social History of Music and Nation in Luanda, Angola, 1945 to Recent Times and Powerful Frequencies: Radio, State Power, and the Cold War in Angola, 1931-2002. She is on the editorial board of Africa Is a Country, where she regularly writes about politics and culture.

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.

Product details

• Authors: Marissa J. Moorman
• Publisher: University of ohio press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9780821423707
• ISBN: 978-0-8214-2370-7
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: New African Histories; New African Histories
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science