Communication and Media Studies

Public radio stations increasingly broadcast news in Nigerian Pidgin. Combining listener surveys in Warri and Benin City with analysis of bulletin scripts, this study asks whether Pidgin news reaches audiences that English news does not. It finds that Pidgin bulletins significantly widen reach among market traders and artisans, and that listeners judge them as trustworthy as English bulletins.

Nollywood films increasingly circulate with English subtitles on streaming platforms, reaching viewers who do not speak the languages on screen. This study compares subtitled and original versions of twelve Yoruba- and Igbo-language films to show how subtitling flattens proverbs, honorifics and humour. It argues that subtitles are a site of cultural negotiation and calls for subtitling practices that keep more of the source culture visible.