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Book Synopsis1. Introduction: The Nexus between Media, Language and Political Communication in sub-Saharan Africa.- 2. Civic Engagement, Public Participation and Trust in Digital Space: The Emerging New Face of Democracy in Africa.- 3. Mass Media and Politics in Africa: A Qualitative Appraisal.- 4. A Multimodal Discourse Analysis of the Construction of Socio-political Ideologies in Selected sub-Saharan African Films.- 5. Subverting State Censorship: Social Media and the Struggle for Human Rights and Democracy in Uganda.- 6. Invectives of Language in Ghanaian and Zimbabwean Political Discourse: Participatory Politics and Social Media.- 7. Challenges Confronting South African Government in Transforming Public Governance and Enforcing Leadership Accountability.- 8. The Architecture of Political Expediency in Zimbabwean Politics: Post-Event Functionality and Image Repair.- 9. Political Party Factionalism and Tabloidization in Zimbabwe.- 10. Data Accessibility and Digital Democracy: Unpacking the Political Transformation Problem in Zimbabwe.- 11. The Motifs of Necropolitics, Rulership and Zombification in Zimbabwe's Polemics of Governance: A Case Study of Julius Chingono's Not Another Day.- 12 Conclusion: Notable Lessons for the Future of the sub-Saharan Africa Region.
