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PublisherBloomsbury Academic & Professional

ISBN-101350324450

ISBN-139781350324459

eBay Product ID (ePID)13057257698

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Number of Pages256 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameDigital Citizenship in Africa : Technologies of Agency and Repression

Publication Year2023

SubjectPolitical Process / Media & Internet, Sociology / General, Civics & Citizenship, World / African

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science

AuthorTanja Bosch

SeriesDigital Africa Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight14.9 Oz

Item Length9.1 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2022-055085

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"This is an outstanding collection of rigorous investigations on how African citizens are negotiating digital technologies. Eschewing epistemic colonialism, the authors develop concepts grounded in the experiences and languages of African citizens in their everyday struggles for rights and justice. The collection brings an inspired perspective on activist citizenship performed with digital technologies." -- Engin Isin, Professor emeritus, Queen Mary University of London, UK "Timely... An interesting and thought provoking read... the first in a series of useful books" -- Irish Tech News, This is an outstanding collection of rigorous investigations on how African citizens are negotiating digital technologies. Eschewing epistemic colonialism, the authors develop concepts grounded in the experiences and languages of African citizens in their everyday struggles for rights and justice. The collection brings an inspired perspective on activist citizenship performed with digital technologies., "This is an outstanding collection of rigorous investigations on how African citizens are negotiating digital technologies. Eschewing epistemic colonialism, the authors develop concepts grounded in the experiences and languages of African citizens in their everyday struggles for rights and justice. The collection brings an inspired perspective on activist citizenship performed with digital technologies." -- Engin Isin, Professor emeritus, Queen Mary University of London, UK

Dewey Decimal302.2310967

Table Of ContentList of illustrations List of contributors Foreword - Francis B. Nyamnjoh Acknowledgements 1 Introduction: Spaces of digital citizenship in Africa - Tony Roberts and Tanja Bosch 2 Ethno-religious citizenship in Nigeria: Ethno-religious fault lines and the truncation of collective resilience of digital citizens: The cases of #ENDSARS and #PantamiMustGo in Nigeria - Ayobami Ojebode, Babatunde Ojebuyi, Oyewole Oladapo and Marjoke Oosterom 3 Digital crossroads: Continuity and change in Ethiopia's digital citizenship - Atnaf Brhane and Yohannes Eneyew 4 Internet shutdowns and digital citizenship - Felicia Anthonio and Tony Roberts 5 Feminist digital citizenship in Nigeria - Sandra Ajaja 6 Digital citizenship and cyber-activism in Zambia - Sam Phiri, Kiss Abraham and Tanja Bosch 7 Digital citizenship and political accountability in Namibia's 2019 election - Mavis Elias and Tony Roberts 8 Citizenship, African languages and digital rights: The role of language in defining the limits and opportunities for digital citizenship in Kiswahili-language communities - Nanjala Nyabola

SynopsisSince the so-called Arab Spring, citizens of African countries have continued to use digital tools in creative ways to ensure that marginalised voices are heard, and to demand for the rights they are entitled to in law: to freely associate, to form opinions, and to express them online without fear of violence or arrest. The authors of this compelling open access volume have brought to life this dramatic struggle for the digital realm between citizens and governments; documenting in vivid detail how citizens are using mobile and internet tools in powerful viral global campaigns to hold governments accountable and force policy change. With contributions from scholars across the continent, Digital Citizenship in Africa illustrates how citizens have been using VPNs, encryption, and privacy-protecting browsers to resist limits on their rights to privacy and political speech. This book dramatically expands our understanding of the vast and growing arsenal of tech tools, tactics, and techniques now being deployed by repressive governments to limit the ability of citizens to safely and openly express opposition to government and corporate actions. AI-enabled surveillance, covertly deployed disinformation, and internet shutdowns are documented in ten countries, concluding with recommendations on how to curb government and corporate power, and how to re-invigorate digital citizenship across Africa. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.

LC Classification NumberHM851.D5164 2023