TY - JOUR
T1 - It's a political jungle out there
T2 - How four African newspaper cartoons dehumanized and 'deterritorialized' African political leaders in the post-cold war era
AU - Eko, Lyombe
PY - 2007/6
Y1 - 2007/6
N2 - This article analyses cartoon images of African political leaders published in three African satirical newspapers: Le Cafard libéré (The Liberated Cockroach) of Senegal, Le Messager Popoli (Popoli Messenger) of Cameroon and Le Marabout (The Marabou) of Burkina Faso, and one 'traditional newspaper', The Daily Nation of Nairobi, Kenya, during the post-Cold War period (1995-2004). The cartoons used transilience, the African narrative device whereby human beings are given animal attributes for purposes of satire, and 'deterritorialization', whereby they are symbolically taken out of their natural 'territories' in order to denounce the excesses of authoritarianism. Transilience and deterritorialization are counter-discourses that present the idea that authoritarianism is animalistic and self-destructive.
AB - This article analyses cartoon images of African political leaders published in three African satirical newspapers: Le Cafard libéré (The Liberated Cockroach) of Senegal, Le Messager Popoli (Popoli Messenger) of Cameroon and Le Marabout (The Marabou) of Burkina Faso, and one 'traditional newspaper', The Daily Nation of Nairobi, Kenya, during the post-Cold War period (1995-2004). The cartoons used transilience, the African narrative device whereby human beings are given animal attributes for purposes of satire, and 'deterritorialization', whereby they are symbolically taken out of their natural 'territories' in order to denounce the excesses of authoritarianism. Transilience and deterritorialization are counter-discourses that present the idea that authoritarianism is animalistic and self-destructive.
KW - Africa
KW - African cartoons
KW - African satirical press
KW - Cartoon discourse
KW - Deterritorialization
KW - Media and democratization
KW - Transilience, visual communication
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34247877484&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1748048507076577
DO - 10.1177/1748048507076577
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34247877484
VL - 69
SP - 219
EP - 238
JO - International Communication Gazette
JF - International Communication Gazette
SN - 1748-0485
IS - 3
ER -