Pressing Interests The Agenda and Influence of a Colonial East African Newspaper Sector 1st edition by Phoebe Musandu 077355601X 9780773556010

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• ISBN 10: 077355601X
• ISBN 13: 9780773556010
• Author: Phoebe

During the first six decades of the twentieth century, when the majority of present-day Kenya was under the control of the British Empire, many secular newspapers emerged as the products of tensions between Asian and European immigrants, the British administration, and the African petite bourgeoisie. In Pressing Interests Phoebe Musandu shows that, far from expressions of public opinion or vehicles of a free market, these periodicals served as powerful tools for the colonial government and the elite to shape political and economic conditions in their favour. Following the development of the most important newspapers established in colonial Kenya as they evolved to reflect the priorities and ambitions of their owners, investors, publishers, journalists, and editors, Pressing Interests explores the roles and contributions of the press in the country’s political and economic history. Shedding light on newspapers as business ventures, Musandu focuses on the management, financial, and production aspects of media.

Table of contents:

1 Of Discontent, Contractual Wars, and the Birthing of Secular Newspapers in British East Africa, 1899–1905

2 “Political Apathy Is Commercial Atrophy”: The East African Standard and the Interests of the European Press, 1904–1963

3 “The Position of the Proverbial Sandwich”: Asian Newspapers in British East Africa, 1920s–1960s

4 “The Paper Is Their Meeting Ground”: African Newspapers, 1920s–1952

5 Leviathan’s Cranky Press: Government Newspapers, 1920–1962

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