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Cell Phones in Social Transformation in Africa: Insights from Ongoing Research in Some African Countries
For anyone interested in gaining a wider perspective on the situatedness of mobiles in African contexts, the social appropriation of technology and new configurations of marginality.
Cell phones have proved to be as accommodating as they are accommodated by those who embrace them. They shape their users as much as they are tamed by their users. What is required, to maximize their relevance to social transformation is a clear sense of the relationships we would like to foster, as cell phones mostly play an enabling role, leaving the final choices and difficult decisions to their users. A seminar by Prof. Francis B. Nyamnjoh, Head of Social Anthropology, School of Gender and African Studies, Anthropology and Linguistics.
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- Faculty: Centre for Higher Education Development, Centre for Open Learning
- Media Types: Audio
- Material Type: Audio Lectures
- Language: English
- Level: Post-secondary
"Cell Phones in Social Transformation in Africa: Insights from Ongoing Research in Some African Countries" is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs license.
