In this season of the podcast, we will be focusing on different regions of the world and explore how language, and usage of certain words, in media reportage by journalists have a much deeper impact on the narrative formation and shaping of the sensibilities of the public. We will be delving deeper into journalism cultures in different parts of the world and how they function.

In our third episode, our focus is on Africa. Through the course of this episode, we try to explore the stereotypes and the constant western gaze that is often seen in mainstream media’s reportage of the region and problems with homogenisation of an entire continent in the language of reportage.

Caleb Okereke. Caleb is the Co-founder and Managing Editor of Minority Africa, a digital publication using data-driven multimedia journalism to tell minority stories from across Africa. He is a Nigerian journalist and filmmaker working out of Kampala, Uganda, and has written and produced features for the BBC, CNN, Aljazeera, NPR, and Deutsche Welle. As a journalist, he has extensively reported from eastern and western Africa. He is a 2019 Media Challenge Fellow, One World Media fellow, and a Solutions Journalism Network, LEDE fellow as well.

Producer: Shriya Roy

Host: Shriya Roy

Concept: Shriya Roy