Winston Mano
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Winston Mano is a Zimbabwean author, academic and professor of media and communication at the University of Westminster in London, United Kingdom.[1] He is a member of the university’s Communication and Media Research Institute (CAMRI), where he has served as Director of the Africa Media Centre and Course Leader of the MA in Media and Development.[2]
Education
[edit]Mano was educated in Zimbabwe, Norway and the United Kingdom. He received a Diploma from the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry, a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Zimbabwe, a postgraduate diploma from the University of Zimbabwe, a Master of Philosophy degree from the University of Oslo in Norway, and a PhD from the University of Westminster in England.[3]
He is also a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa and the founder and editor-in-chief of the Journal of African Media Studies. His research and teaching focus on African media and communication, media audiences, journalism, radio, new media, democracy, development, decoloniality, and China-Africa media relations.[4]
Career
[edit]Mano joined the University of Westminster’s Communication and Media Research Institute (CAMRI) after working at the University of Zimbabwe. At Westminster, he has taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses in media audiences, global media, communication policy, media and development, and related areas. He has also supervised doctoral research and examined PhD theses at other universities.[5] He became Director of the Africa Media Centre at the University of Westminster and was involved in the development of the CAMRI Africa Media Series, a programme of conferences addressing media and communication issues in Africa. The series included conferences on Zimbabwean journalism, media and social change, media and democracy, media and development, African-Arab media audiences, racism and ethnicity, youth and children and the media, information and communication technologies, public service broadcasting, African film and politics, and media and elections.[6] He is the Founding CAMRI Director of the Africa Media Centre (now called the CAMRI Africa Media Initiative). In 2026, he was elected to be co-Chair of the IAMCR Media Sector Development Group.[7]
Mano was also involved in the creation of the MA in Media and Development at Westminster.[8] The university identifies him as the course leader and Director of the programme. The programme examines the relationship between media, communication and development, with particular attention to media systems and societies outside the industrialised world.[6] While at the University of Johannesburg, Mano is listed as a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Communication and Media.[9] His academic work there is associated with research on global media, media development, audiences, communication policy, social media and democracy.[10] Mano’s research has focused on media and communication in Africa.[11] His stated research interests include Afrokology, decoloniality, African radio and music, media audiences, new media and democracy, China-Africa media relations, African democracy and development.[12] His research has also addressed media ownership, journalism, public service broadcasting, political communication, digital media, media development and the relationship between media institutions and democratic processes.[13] His earlier work included research on Zimbabwean broadcasting and the country’s media and political environment.[6]
Books
[edit]- Racism, Ethnicity and the Media in Africa: Mediating Conflict in the Twenty-First Century (2015).[14]
- China's Media and Soft Power in Africa: Promotion and Perceptions (2016), co-edited with Xiaoling Zhang and Herman Wasserman.[15]
- Everyday Media Culture in Africa: Audiences and Users (2017), co-edited with Wendy Willems.[16]
- African Film Cultures: Contexts of Creation and Circulation (2017), co-edited with Barbara Knorpp and Anuli Agina.[17]
- International Media Development: Historical Perspectives and New Frontiers (2019), co-authored/edited with Nicholas Benequista, Susan Abbott and Paul Rothman.[18]
- Social Media and Elections in Africa (2020), edited with Martin N. Ndlela, in two volumes.[19]
- Routledge Handbook of African Media and Communication Studies (2021), co-edited with Viola C. Milton.[20]
- Media Ownership in Africa in the Digital Age: Challenges, Continuity and Change (2023), co-edited with Loubna El Mkaouar.[21]
- African Media and Communication, Foundational Conversations, Edited by Viola c. Milton, Winston Mano.[22]
- Decolonising Approaches to Users and Audiences in the Global South Context, Theory and Method.[23]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Mano, Winston | University of Westminster". Westminster.ac.uk. Retrieved 2026-09-18.
- ↑ "Winston Mano". Intellect Books. Retrieved 2026-09-18.
- ↑ "Prof. Winston Mano". CAMRI. Retrieved 2026-09-18.
- ↑ "Mano". African Scientists Directory. Retrieved 2026-09-18.
- ↑ "Professor Winston Mano – editorial board member". African Century Journal. 2024-01-01. Retrieved 2026-09-18.
- 1 2 3 Huang, Yujie; Li, Peng (2026-07-29). "Tarik Sabry, Winston Mano, and Andrea Medrado (Eds.), Decolonising Approaches to Users and Audiences in the Global South: Context, Theory and Method". International Journal of Communication. 20: 2146–2148. doi:10.65476/5pbzpe37. ISSN 1932-8036.
- ↑ "Winston Mano; Professor". Bohrium.com. Retrieved 2026-09-19.
- ↑ "Winston Mano". podcasts.ox.ac.uk. 2014-06-25. Retrieved 2026-09-18.
- ↑ [dead link]
- ↑ Zhang, Xiaoling; Wasserman, Herman; Mano, Winston (2016). "China's media and soft power in Africa: promotion and perceptions". Africabib.org.
- ↑ "Book Review: Everyday Media Culture in Africa: Audiences and Users edited by Wendy Willems and Winston Mano". Blogs.lse.ac.uk. Retrieved 2026-09-19.
- ↑ Xiang, Yu (2023-09-01). Winston Mano; Viola c. Milton (eds.). "Routledge Handbook of African Media and Communication Studies". Journal of African Media Studies. 15 (3). Intellect: 363–366. doi:10.1386/jams_00115_5. ISSN 2040-199X.
- ↑ "Jane Thorburn - Africa Media Centre". Janethorburn.co.uk. Retrieved 2026-09-18.
- ↑ "Racism, Ethnicity and the Media in Africa: Mediating Conflict in the..." commbox.org. Retrieved 2026-09-18.
- ↑ Zhang, Xiaoling; Wasserman, Herman; Mano, Winston (2016), "China's Media and Soft Power in Africa Promotion and Perceptions", Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies, Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies, Springer, pp. 1–33, retrieved 2026-09-18
- ↑ Willems, Wendy; Mano, Winston, eds. (2016-12-07). Everyday media culture in Africa: audiences and users. Routledge Advances in Internationalizing Media Studies. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-138-20284-9.
- ↑ "African Film Cultures". Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Retrieved 2026-09-18.
- ↑ Benequista, Nicholas; Abbott, Susan; Rothman, Paul; Mano, Winston (2019-04-15). International Media Development. ISBN 978-1-4331-5149-1.
- ↑ Faimau, Gabriel (2020-09-01). "Martin N Ndlela and Winston Mano (eds), Social Media and Elections in Africa, Volume 1: Theoretical Perspectives and Election Campaigns and Social Media and Elections in Africa, Volume 2: Challenges and Opportunities". International Sociology. 35 (5). SAGE Publications Ltd: 570–575. doi:10.1177/0268580920957942a. ISSN 0268-5809.
- ↑ "Handbook African Media and Communication Studies". Scribd.com. Retrieved 2026-09-18.
- ↑ ""Media Ownership in Africa in the Digital Age: Challenges, Continuity and Change"- Winston Mano - ERA ENVIRONNEMENT". Retrieved 2026-09-18.
- ↑ milton, viola c.; Mano, Winston (2025-01-02). African Media and Communication: Foundational Conversations (1 ed.). London: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781003133483. ISBN 978-1-003-13348-3.
- ↑ Sabry, Tarik; Mano, Winston; Medrado, Andrea (2025-11-06). Decolonising Approaches to Users and Audiences in the Global South: Context, Theory and Method (1 ed.). London: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781003452669. ISBN 978-1-003-45266-9.