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October 10, 2013 00:44:32

Guests: Lekgoathi, Sekibakiba Peter

Host: Alegi, Peter
Limb, Peter

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Episode 075

Radio and Resistance in South Africa

Sekibakiba Peter Lekgoathi (U. Witwatersrand/Michigan) on radio, ethnicity and knowledge production in South Africa, both apartheid's Bantu Radio and the liberation movement's Radio Freedom, including broadcasts and audiences, idioms, songs and slogans. Also discusses formation of Ndebele ethnicity and role of popular radio in forging a strong ethnic consciousness, and histories of African interpreters and research assistants.

00:00:00 - 00:01:26 Introduction
00:01:26 - 00:03:39 Interest in African History
00:03:40 - 00:13:52 Radio Announcers in Africa
00:13:52 - 00:16:08 Idiom and African Radio
00:16:08 - 00:25:04 Radio Freedom and Fighting Apartheid
00:25:04 - 00:28:08 Researching Radio in History
00:28:08 - 00:32:53 The Politics of Radio
00:32:53 - 00:38:18 Language on Radio
00:38:18 - 00:43:20 Anthropology and African Studies
00:43:21 - 00:44:32 Outro

Cite this Episode

Alegi, Peter, Peter Limb, and Sekibakiba Peter Lekgoathi. "Radio and Resistance in South Africa". Africa Past and Present, October 10, 2013. https://afripod.aodl.org/fullPodcast/episode=075/.