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August 7, 2026African IdentitiesOpen Access

Sounding girlhood at the margins: community radio, black rural young women and everyday identity work in Limpopo, South Africa

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WJWonder Juniper

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Qualitative case study explores identity negotiation through community radio among young women, highlighting media visibility issues.

Key Points

  • The article seeks to understand how Black rural young women in Limpopo negotiate their identities through community radio.
  • Qualitative case study of a community radio station in rural Limpopo
  • Analysis of youth-oriented talk and music shows
  • Data collected from focus groups, semi-structured interviews, and field notes
  • Community radio offers a significant space for young women to navigate identities of ‘good girl’, ‘modern girl’ and ‘rural girl’.
  • Participants utilize humor, code-switching, and music requests to engage with norms of respectability and sexuality.
  • The analysis reveals tensions between dominant cultural expectations and personal identities.

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Wonder Juniper (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a758b79847ab6d26c01ededhttps://doi.org/10.1080/14725843.2026.2713698
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