gongman

plural gongmen

1. A man employed in parts of Africa to disseminate information within a community, usually by means of a gong.

   The Gongman who usually is a member of the household of the local leader (chief) is responsible for delivering messages from the traditional leader verbally to elders and community leaders in the locality.

   1975, Seminar on Motivation, Information, and Communication for Development in African and Asian Countries, Ibadan, Nigeria, 1-9 July, 1974, page 52

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   […] Africa, where Pratt (1985) remarks that traditional communication channels are 'the gongman, the town crier, the market square and the chief's court'. and corporate communication is practised in both countries.

   2009, Richard Dolphin, David Reed, Fundamentals of Corporate Communications, page 147