The Center for African Studies invites you to attend the next Africa @ Noon lecture. The lecture will take place virtually on Wednesday, November 18, and will feature Abdul Rashid Gbambu, a scholar of media and security communication and a lecturer in the Department of Liberal Studies at Kumasi Technical University in Ghana.
In his lecture, titled ‘Media Miscommunication in the West African Security Complex’, Gbambu will examine the complexities of security communication across West Africa and the Sahel, focusing on how security-related information is produced, circulated, and sometimes distorted by various actors, including state institutions, security agencies, journalists, political actors, citizens, and digital platforms. Drawing on a qualitative comparative multiple-case study involving Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Nigeria, his study explores how media- information disorder emerges through the production, framing, verification, circulation, amplification, and interpretation of security information. Particular attention is given to how these processes shape public perceptions of security threats, institutional trust, and governmental responses to insecurity. The study seeks to contribute to broader discussions on security communication, media-information disorder, and national-security governance in Africa.
The Zoom invitation for the lecture will be circulated on Monday, November 16. Dr. Gbambu's lecture will be our last Africa @ Noon session this semester.