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SUMMARY:Non-European Newspaper Culture in Kenya: Mumenyereri\, the Daily C
 hronicle and the Colonial Times\, 1945-51 - Professor Bodil Folke Frederik
 sen  Department of Society and Globalization\, Roskilde University
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CONTACT:Judith Weik
DESCRIPTION:Non-European Newspaper Culture in Kenya: Mumenyereri\, the Dai
 ly Chronicle and the Colonial Times\, 1945-51\n\nIndian and African newspa
 pers like the Colonial Times (1932-62)\, the Daily Chronicle (1947-62) and
  Mumenyereri (1945-52) contributed significantly to the creation of a publ
 ic sphere in Kenya’s late colonialism. What Karin Barber terms a ‘colo
 nial print culture’ matured in a contested field of forces where African
  and Indian anti-racist and broadly nationalist and more narrowly cultural
  nationalist discourses competed and entered into dialogue with local Euro
 pean print cultures. Newspapers are unique in providing material on the 
 ‘whole way of life’ of particular communities. News copy\, editorials\
 , commentary\, debate and background analysis are usually thought of as re
 presenting the essence of ’newspaperness’. However\, marginal and ephe
 meral material such as advertisements and announcements (of eg. festivals\
 , political meetings\, film shows\, arrivals and departures) - constant in
 gredients in the newspaper format - provides additional insights into the 
 circulation of ideas and possible sources of social identities. This paper
  will examine particularly the ‘marginal’ features of a sample of pape
 rs in their interplay with the journalistic features in order to character
 ize non-European newspapers in Kenya and their role in convening audiences
  and addressing individuals.
LOCATION:Seminar Room S1 Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cambridge
  CB3 9DT
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