Dr. Langmia speaks globally about his research and engagements with global scholars.
In 2025, he spent four months with World Odyssey for a Semester at Sea. He travelled with more than 500 students from around the world, sailed to three continents, and taught Communications electives.
In 2025, he spent four months with World Odyssey for a Semester at Sea. He travelled with more than 500 students from around the world, sailed to three continents, and taught Communications electives.
GRANTS AWARDED/ HONORS
Center for African Studies Academic Faculty Enhancement and Enrichment grant Award,
2026 Faculty engages in Afrocentric research productivities as a visiting professor to some
universities in West, East and South Africa.
KEYNOTE SPEECHES
2026
African Rhetoric Conference in University of South Africa, UNISA. Theme of my Keynote, “
Afrocentric rhetoric and citizenship in Africa in the age of Artificial Intelligence” ( AI). July 1-
2, 2026
St. Paul University, Nairobi, Kenya’s conference on African counter narratives. Theme of
keynote “ Afrocentricity and communication development in Africa” June 22-23, 2026.
Usmanu Dan Fodio University, Sokoto, Nigeria’s First Mass Communication Conference.
Theme of my Keynote “ Communication and Media development in the age of Artificial
Intelligence ( AI), June 6-8, 2026.
BOOKS
1) Langmia, K. (2026). DeGruyter’s Handbook of Media and Social Change in the Global
South. DeGruyter, Frankfurt: Germany
2) Langmia, K., Onwumechili, C., Laban, A., Lando, A. ( 2025). Research Methods for
African Scholarship: Applying Qualitative and Quantitative Socio-cultural Methods in
African Countries. Florida, USA:Routledge
BOOK CHAPTERS
1) Maleche, H. & Langmia, K. (2026). Digital and traditional media on a collision course
for social change in East Africa regions of Africa. In K. Langmia ( Ed) DeGruyter’s
Handbook of Media and Social Change in the Global South. DeGruyter, Frankfurt:
Germany, 87-114
2) Oyier, M.A. & Langmia, K. ( 2026). Kenyan media and marginalized voices: President
William Ruto’s rhetoric and Kenya’s 2024 anti tax protests. In K.Langmia ( Ed),
DeGruyter’s Handbook of Media and Social Change in the Global South. DeGruyter,
Frankfurt: Germany. 361-382
3) Langmia, K. ( 2025). Relevance of Des Wilson’s African Indigenous Media Research
Track in a Digitized Age. In U.S. Akpan and E.M. Mutua ( Eds.) Des Wilson and the
Enduring Legacy in Preserving African Indigenous Communication and Media Systems.
Switzerland: Springer. 3-9.
Center for African Studies Academic Faculty Enhancement and Enrichment grant Award,
2026 Faculty engages in Afrocentric research productivities as a visiting professor to some
universities in West, East and South Africa.
KEYNOTE SPEECHES
2026
African Rhetoric Conference in University of South Africa, UNISA. Theme of my Keynote, “
Afrocentric rhetoric and citizenship in Africa in the age of Artificial Intelligence” ( AI). July 1-
2, 2026
St. Paul University, Nairobi, Kenya’s conference on African counter narratives. Theme of
keynote “ Afrocentricity and communication development in Africa” June 22-23, 2026.
Usmanu Dan Fodio University, Sokoto, Nigeria’s First Mass Communication Conference.
Theme of my Keynote “ Communication and Media development in the age of Artificial
Intelligence ( AI), June 6-8, 2026.
BOOKS
1) Langmia, K. (2026). DeGruyter’s Handbook of Media and Social Change in the Global
South. DeGruyter, Frankfurt: Germany
2) Langmia, K., Onwumechili, C., Laban, A., Lando, A. ( 2025). Research Methods for
African Scholarship: Applying Qualitative and Quantitative Socio-cultural Methods in
African Countries. Florida, USA:Routledge
BOOK CHAPTERS
1) Maleche, H. & Langmia, K. (2026). Digital and traditional media on a collision course
for social change in East Africa regions of Africa. In K. Langmia ( Ed) DeGruyter’s
Handbook of Media and Social Change in the Global South. DeGruyter, Frankfurt:
Germany, 87-114
2) Oyier, M.A. & Langmia, K. ( 2026). Kenyan media and marginalized voices: President
William Ruto’s rhetoric and Kenya’s 2024 anti tax protests. In K.Langmia ( Ed),
DeGruyter’s Handbook of Media and Social Change in the Global South. DeGruyter,
Frankfurt: Germany. 361-382
3) Langmia, K. ( 2025). Relevance of Des Wilson’s African Indigenous Media Research
Track in a Digitized Age. In U.S. Akpan and E.M. Mutua ( Eds.) Des Wilson and the
Enduring Legacy in Preserving African Indigenous Communication and Media Systems.
Switzerland: Springer. 3-9.


