This ground-breaking volume examines enduring and emerging discourses around communication rights in Africa, arguing they should be considered an integral component of human rights discourse. The book will interest those in the fields of media studies, journalism, human rights, political science, public policy, as well as general readers.

Introduction: Communication Rights in Africa: Theoretical and Practical Considerations Part I: Cultural and Minority Rights 1: Language-Cultural Barrier in Ubang Community: A Critical Assessment of the Communication Rights of Women and the Girl-Child 2: Silicon Savannah or Digitising Marginalisation? A Reflection of Kenya's Government Digitization Policies, Strategies and Projects 3: Please do not call it human right: a Southern Epistemological perspective on the digital inclusion of people with disabilities in South Africa 4: The Interdependence of Communication, Political, and Socio-Economic Rights: Examining the Lived Experiences of Digitally Marginalised Netizens Before and During the COVID-19 Lockdown in Lagos State, Nigeria. Part II: Digital Citizenship 5: Cabo Delgado Também é Moçambique: The Paths of Youth Digital Activism in a Restrictive Context 6: Citizen journalism and the entrenchment of communication rights in Zimbabwe Part III: Freedom, Censorship and Intellectual Property Rights 7: 'The right to tell my story as I please': Regulation and self-censorship in the Nigerian film industry 8: A critical review of intellectual property rights: The case of Nigeria 9: Internet shutdowns in semi-authoritarian regimes: The case of Cameroon 10: Fake news v Freedom of expression. Legislating media trademarks infringements on Social Media Platforms in Kenya and South Africa Part IV: Politics of Digital Infrastructures 11: Politics of Digital Infrastructures in the Global South: The Case of #DataMustFall Campaign in South Africa 12: Silence and Silent the SóróSoké Generation: The Politicisation of Social Media in Nigeria