Department of English, Literature, Journalism and Mass Communication

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    Community radio and the development agenda of slum areas in Kenya: The case of Pamoja FM in Nairobi, Kenya
    (KIBU, 2019-11) Manje, Isaac Wamalwa
    This study sought to examine the role of community radio in promoting the development agenda of slum areas with a specific focus on Pamoja FM that serves Kibera slums in Nairobi. The main objectives of this study were to investigate the role of community radio in the development of slum areas; to analyse the relevance of existing regulatory framework of community radios in Kenya in reference to the development agenda; and to explore the development messages and programmes disseminated by community radios. This case study utilised a descriptive design using qualitative approaches. The study utilised interviews, observations, and review of documents as the strategies of collecting data. Data was collected from a census sample of five newsroom staff and thirty regular listeners of Pamoja FM together with key informants who were interviewed and also participated in focus group discussions to provide information on the role of Pamoja FM in promoting the development agenda of their communities. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data based on study objectives and field work. Data was presented in narrative form and direct quotations. The role of community radio in the provision of information and knowledge for development in slum areas were found to include fostering of peace building, promoting security, overcoming language barrier challenges in communication, encouraging community participation and mobilisation in development matters, acting as a government watchdog, empowering communities economically, and providing communities with a form of communication that they can closely identify with. The study concluded that community radio is a crucial part of the communication process that aids in social change because of its potential to facilitate participation and inclusion in development agenda. Most times, if community radio is part of the communication process in development agenda, the results include peace building, achievement of development goals, accountability, good governance and reduction of poverty. Regulatory restrictions greatly limit the income of community radio stations, thus hindering them from effectively carrying out their mandate. This study established that while community radios would effectively deliver information and knowledge about development to members of their communities, it does not necessarily mean that those people are paying particular attention to that information. The community radio has played its role of transmitting that information but this study recommends that it is important to also carry out an impact assessment to find out if people are really using that information which is readily available to them, or whether the information they receive is even useful to them or if it has any impact to them. The study further recommends that the government should make the regulatory framework friendlier for community radios and that community radios should find sustainability mechanisms to help them promote the development agenda of the communities they serve.
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    Dialectics of power and resistance in Francis Imbuga’s betrayal in the city and the return of Mgofu
    (KIBU, 2019-11) Wekesa, Inviolata Naliaka
    This study is an examination of dialectics of power acquisition, maintenance and resistance as depicted in Francis Imbuga’s two selected plays. The study addresses literature as a mirror of the society in relation to power discourses. The objectives of the study are: to investigate Imbuga’s use of characters to show how power is acquired and maintained in his two plays, to establish how Imbuga uses characters to resist power through diversified dialectical approaches and to examine the language use by Imbuga to dramatize the power discourses in Betrayal in the City and The Return of Mgofu. This study is guided by Karl Marx’s theory of Marxism particularly the strand of Dialectical materialism and revolution. Marxism theory is used to help explain power discourses in the society as portrayed by the playwright and also to establish the force behind the playwright that makes him present his ideas in the manner he does in the selected texts. The study is complemented with Sigmund Freud’s Psychoanalysis Theory to help explain and analyze Imbuga’s diversified approaches to power discourses and the forms of resistance used in his works of art. The study is qualitative in nature that entails close reading and analysis of texts. The two texts, Betrayal in The City and The Return of Mgofu written in a span of about 35 years are selected to help investigate and identify the trend in Imbuga’s approach to power discourses in society. The major findings of this study are the shift in leadership from the concentration of power among individuals to council leadership, careful use of literary language is a safe means of addressing societal ills without brushing state harassment and the most appropriate approaches of resisting power is inclusion and use of diplomacy. This study is significant as it may be used to address the power obsession problems among African leaders who cling to power; which in turn lead to protests from the masses and civil strife in their countries. It is noted that Dialectical materialism and revolution strand of Marxism is the most appropriate way of negotiating for space in a highly polarized society. This is because those in authority do not feel directly attacked as compared to other Marxist approaches. This study can be used to recommend that literary artists should embrace Imbuga’s way of enlightening society by applying Marx strand of Dialectical materialism and revolution. This does not take leaders head on while cautioning the use of other strands of Marxism that are likely to cause more destruction of life, property and the general disintegration of society. Similarly, it recommends that writers should embrace literary language aspects that avoid direct confrontations with the authorities like the use of Horatian satire that Imbuga uniquely uses to achieve his objectives.
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    The redefined roles of women in Buchi Emecheta's the joys of motherhood and Tsitsi Dangarembga's nervous conditions
    (KIBU, 2018-11) Masika, Maureen Nasambu
    The redefined roles of women in Buchi Emecheta's the joys of motherhood and Tsitsi Dangarembga's nervous conditions