Harri Englund: 2 books
Gogo Breeze
Zambia’s Radio Elder and the Voices of Free Speech
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018
When Breeze FM, a radio station in the provincial Zambian town of Chipata, hired an elderly retired schoolteacher in 2003, no one anticipated the skyrocketing success that would follow. A self-styled grandfather on air, Gogo Breeze seeks intimacy over the airwaves and dispenses advice on a wide variety...
Human Rights and African Airwaves
Mediating Equality on the Chichewa Radio
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2011
Human Rights and African Airwaves focuses on Nkhani Zam'maboma, a popular Chichewa news bulletin broadcast on Malawi’s public radio. The program often takes authorities to task and questions much of the human rights rhetoric that comes from international organizations. Highlighting obligation and...