Media boom in Kenya and celebrity galore.
In the past twenty years, Kenya has witnessed an explosion of many private television stations and numerous FM radio stations, creating a cacophony of sounds, similar to the biblical Tower of Babel. Kenya's media have certainly played a substantial role in mediating relationships between citizens an...
| Publicado en: | Journal of African Cultural Studies Vol. 25; no. 1; pp. 14 - 30 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Mar2013
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