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Digital Citizenship in Africa
Technologies of Agency and Repression
Digital Citizenship in Africa
Technologies of Agency and Repression
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Since 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 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.
Table of Contents
2. Digital Citizenship Mobilisation of Ethno-Religious Identity in Nigeria Online Politics - Prof. Ayobami Ojebode & Dr. Marjoke Oosterom
3. Problematising Digital Citizenship: An African Feminist Perspective - Tigist Shewarega Hussen; Koliwe Majama; Jan Moolman
4. Transformations and Continuities in Digital Citizenship in Ethiopia - Atnafu Brhane and Dr. Iginio Gagliardone
5. A Critical Analysis of the Challenges and State's Responses to Zambian Youths Digital Activism - Dr. Sam Phiri
6. Technical Affordances for Digital Citizenship - Dr. Tony Roberts and Dr. Anand Sheombar
7. Digital Citizenship and Xenophobia in South Africa - Dr Tanja Bosch
Product details
| Published | 18 May 2023 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 240 |
| ISBN | 9781350324473 |
| Imprint | Zed Books |
| Series | Digital Africa |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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