Fackson Banda
SAB LTD-UNESCO Chair of Media and Democracy, School of Journalism and Media Studies, Rhodes University, South Africa
Winner of the 2008 MISA Press Freedom Award, Prof. Fackson Banda is the SAB LTD-UNESCO Chair of Media and Democracy in the School of Journalism and Media Studies at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. A scholar of African political thought and media, he has published in the areas of postcolonial theory and media, technology and development, civic education and communication as well as community media and policy, among others. Prior to his appointment at Rhodes University, Prof. Banda worked as executive director of Panos Southern Africa, an organisation dedicated to communication and sustainable development. Prof. Banda is currently a columnist on the Zambian The Post newspaper.
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