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Cambridge Scholars publication, 2022

This volume examines the effects of the decolonization of communication studies. It shows that th... more This volume examines the effects of the decolonization of communication studies. It shows that the discipline has undergone a rapid paradigm shift since the launching of the Ferment in the Field special edition of the Journal of Communication, in which scholars were called upon to rethink the field because of the crisis it was facing. Please click here to view the Table of Contents. A Word from the Editor With the knowledge that writing as mankind knows it originated with the hieroglyphics of Kemet a thousand years before Christ, there is no fundamental rationale for the discipline to be so heavily Europeanized and Americanized. Authors of this volume, two centuries after the Berlin Conference of 1884/1885 that subjugated Africa and Africans to the lowest rung of human growth on planet earth, have unearthed what seems to be the rationale for why the communication studies discipline needs to be decolonized and to some extent de-westernized to accommodate and include all humankind involved in all forms of communication.

Non-western modes of education within the Historically Black Colleges and Universities educationa... more Non-western modes of education within the Historically Black Colleges and Universities educational system. Western curricula have 'colonized' Black world educational systems for centuries making it hard to inculcate African ontological and epistemological ideologies in most universities. As a result, the birth of HBCUs was a welcome relief as African Americans and Blacks from Africa, Latin America, Caribbean and Europe found a 'home' to be 'historically aware' of their lineage and ancestry. This chapter makes a case through critical literature to argue that sustaining and empowering these Black Colleges and Universities through Western and Non-western educational traditions constitute the barometer for success. This would ensure their long lasting role in higher education in the United States and the world.

This paper examines the issue of social media interper-sonal human interactions. The onslaught of... more This paper examines the issue of social media interper-sonal human interactions. The onslaught of social networking sites on the Internet for inter-human synchronous and asynchronous communication has revolutionized interactive communication. The fragmentation of audiences from the cultural, gender, class, race and value perspectives has complicated a unique theoretical dimension for understanding these forms of communications on social media. This paper attempts to conceptualize a theoretical benchmark for understanding identity formation when it comes to interpersonal communication level.

Papers by Kehbuma Langmia

The solution to Africa’s problems especially with regard to issues plaguing her culture is still ... more The solution to Africa’s problems especially with regard to issues plaguing her culture is still far-fetched even with the presence of digital cultures, henceforth referred to as digi-culture. The west will continue to dictate the pace of cultural and social realities on the continent thereby asphyxiating the growth of traditional communicative patterns. Nevertheless, a few start-ups mobile companies on the continent have begun to create virtual presence on the cybernetic cultural sphere of communicative influence. But their presence may be fraught with psycho-cultural and social problems that constitute the subject of this chapter. Why is Africa always late in the game? Why is Africa always seeking to create secondary presence? When will the rest of the world follow an initiative from Africa with enough security that warrants confidence? That is the subject of this chapter using some African-driven mobile Apps as points of reference.

DOES BIGGER MEDIA EQUAL BETTER MEDIA?, 2006

The study's goals were to explore patterns in news consumption in ethnic minority communities... more The study's goals were to explore patterns in news consumption in ethnic minority communities and to discern the relationship of that consumption to community participation. We interviewed 196 participants in three Washington, DC, metro ...

Black Communication in the Age of Disinformation

$Research paper thumbnail of Coping with Smart Phone \u27Distractions\u27 in a College Classroom$

The influx of smart phones in most college classroom is impacting instruction in a way that was n... more The influx of smart phones in most college classroom is impacting instruction in a way that was never anticipated. Thus, a survey of full-time faculty members at a local university in the United States was conducted to test three hypotheses, followed by a one-on-one interview with a random sample of the same respondents to ascertain the effect of smart phones in the classroom. Results showed conflicting approaches by faculty on how to handle the situation. While some faculty members use smart phones for pedagogic reasons and experience positive results, most of them apply strict classroom phone policy with little success. Thus, a university social media tolerant policy for everyone to abide by in the 21st century seems to be the solution

$Research paper thumbnail of The Secret Weapon of Globalization: China\u27s Activites in Sub-Saharan Africa$

The continent of Africa has become the place where advanced nations have resorted to scramble for... more The continent of Africa has become the place where advanced nations have resorted to scramble for its natural wealth. Since the era of slave trade and colonization, Africa has become the victim of exploitation from external forces

Invited Lecture on Bridging the gap between Africans and African American

University Press of America, 2014

Social Media: Pedagogy and Practic

Media in the Global Context, 2019

The internet revolution has opened the floodgates for unrestricted freedom of speech for the down... more The internet revolution has opened the floodgates for unrestricted freedom of speech for the downtrodden mostly in the developing economies of the world while state-controlled radio and television broadcast has suffered the fate of heavy-handed government censorship in Africa by being intolerant to voices of dissent. Consequently, social media has become the alternative outlet of publishing uncensored messages to the rest of the world using a VPN or the internet. The case of Anglophone Cameroonians in West Africa constitutes the focus of this study. In the attempt to protest yearlong marginalization by the central government of Cameroon, the Anglophone Cameroonians of the southern part have been sharing gory pictures of police brutality on them for daring to raise a voice of dissent to the 35 years old government of President Paul Biya. They have found the internet as the pathway to trumpet their 56 years old marginalization, inequalities, arrests, and detention to the rest of the world. This chapter content analyzes two significant events in the struggle for political independence by the Anglophone Cameroonians from two critical social media portals dedicated to the struggle: Baretta Facebook images and Southern Cameroon Television (SCTV) YouTube video posts of September 22 and October 1, 2018.

Social media and society, 2016

This paper examines the issue of social media interpersonal human interactions. The onslaught of ... more This paper examines the issue of social media interpersonal human interactions. The onslaught of social networking sites on the Internet for inter-human synchronous and asynchronous communication has revolutionized interactive communication. The fragmentation of audiences from the cultural, gender, class, race and value perspectives has complicated a unique theoretical dimension for understanding these forms of communications on social media. This paper attempts to conceptualize a theoretical benchmark for understanding identity formation when it comes to interpersonal communication level.

Most Western-driven theories do not have a place in Black communicative experience especially in ... more Most Western-driven theories do not have a place in Black communicative experience especially in Africa. A lot of scholars interested in Black communication scholarship are on the cross road of either using a Western-driven theory to explain a Black communication dynamic or use hypothetical rule to achieve their objectives since they cannot find compelling Black communication theories. African slave trade and colonization brought with it assimilationist’s tendencies that dealt a serious blow on the cognition of most Blacks on the continent and abroad. As a result, their inter-personal as well as in-group dialogic communication witnessed dramatic shifts. This edited volume titled Black/Africana Communication Theory has assembled skilled communicologists that have proposed Black-driven theories that can stand the test of time in the 15 chapters of the book. The theories covered in this volume include, but not limited to Afrocentricity, Afro-Cultural Mulatto, Venerative Speech Theory, Africana Symbolic Contextualism Theory, HaramBuntu-Government-Diaspora Communications Theory, Consciencist Communication Theory and Racial Democracy Effect Theory.

Cambridge Scholars publication, 2022

DOES BIGGER MEDIA EQUAL BETTER MEDIA?, 2006

Black Communication in the Age of Disinformation

$Research paper thumbnail of Coping with Smart Phone \u27Distractions\u27 in a College Classroom$

$Research paper thumbnail of The Secret Weapon of Globalization: China\u27s Activites in Sub-Saharan Africa$

Invited Lecture on Bridging the gap between Africans and African American

University Press of America, 2014

Social Media: Pedagogy and Practic

Media in the Global Context, 2019

Social media and society, 2016

International Communication Gazette, 2015

From a globalization and glocalization lens, this article has examined two interdependent communi... more From a globalization and glocalization lens, this article has examined two interdependent communication traditions (socio-cultural and rhetorical), outlined by Robert Craig in his magnum opus 'Communication theory as a field' published in Communication Theory in 1999; and how African thought and, to an extent, emotion can be repositioned through the local and international legal system, more specifically in the popular Bhe Case in South Africa. African thought can effectively and efficiently be explained through a theoretical binocular of what Molefi Asante has aptly called 'Afrocentricity.' The African thought on which this article is anchored is what Karenga also called 'Maat,' which means 'rightness in the spiritual and the moral sense in three realms: the divine, the natural and the social.' We conclude that yoking globalization influences on the socio-cultural and rhetorical traditions of the African and Black people can create uncomfortable bedmates.

Although major strides have been made in adopting Information Communication Technology (ICT) in e... more Although major strides have been made in adopting Information Communication Technology (ICT) in education, there are concerns about the lack of reading culture among Africans in general and university students in particular. This paper investigates the use of ICT and how it can improve reading habits among university students. Based on university students in Uganda, this study answers the research question; how does ICT influence the reading habit of university students in Uganda? A cross-sectional analysis was used and data which captured ICT that influences reading habits from eight universities in Uganda were collected. Correlation and linear regression analyses were run and the hypothesis testing was conducted using t-tests. Major findings indicate that ICT usage impacts the reading habit of a person. This study provided a unique contribution in terms of providing empirical evidence that ICT indeed impacts one’s reading habit and thereafter propose policy implications that may i...

Journal of Black Studies, 2007

This study stands as a progressive attempt to investigate the intercultural communicative dynamic... more This study stands as a progressive attempt to investigate the intercultural communicative dynamic between African and African American college students enrolled in historically Black colleges and universities. As these two distinct cultures share more of the same space, it becomes increasingly pertinent to evaluate and understand the ways in which perception and stereotype affect intercultural interactions. Utilizing focus group sessions, various cultural nuances and stereotypical perceptions of each culture are candidly discussed. A combination of Hans-Georg Gadamer's phenomenology and Martin Buber's dialogue act as the theoretical lenses that organize the invaluable data collected from a focus group discussion. The underlying significance of this study is that the African diaspora created two distinct cultures that currently experience dissonance that may have otherwise not existed.

This book is dedicated to my wife, Irmagard Nambu Langmia and my two sons, Brandon Kehbuma Langmi... more This book is dedicated to my wife, Irmagard Nambu Langmia and my two sons, Brandon Kehbuma Langmia and Gabriel-Phil Anchang Langmia ... Table of Contents List of Figures vii List of Tables ix Foreword xi Acknowledgements xv 1 Introduction ] Background Information Brief ...

The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this p... more The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use.