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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 t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Moorman, Marissa Jean (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Athens : Ohio University Press, 2019.
Series:New African histories series.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Sonic Colony: Whiteness, Fast Cars, and Modernity, 1931-74
  • Guerrilla Broadcasters and the Unnerved Colonial State in Angola, 1961-74
  • Electronic Warfare: Radio and Counterinsurgency, 1961-74
  • Nationalizing Radio: Socialism and Sound at Radio Nacional de Angola, 1974-92
  • "Angola: The Firm Trench of the Revolution in Africa!": Our Anti-Imperialism, Your Cold War, 1975-92
  • Radio Vorgan: A Rebel Voice from Jamba, 1985-97
  • Epilogue. Jamming