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Mobile Phones - The New Talking Drums of Everyday Africa (Paperback)
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Mobile Phones - The New Talking Drums of Everyday Africa (Paperback)
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'We cannot imagine life now without a mobile phone' is a frequent
comment when Africans are asked about mobile phones. They have
become part and parcel of the communication landscape in many urban
and rural areas of Africa and the growth of mobile telephony is
amazing: from 1 in 50 people being users in 2000 to 1 in 3 in 2008.
Such growth is impressive but it does not even begin to tell us
about the many ways in which mobile phones are being appropriated
by Africans and how they are transforming or are being transformed
by society in Africa. This volume ventures into such appropriation
and mutual shaping. Rich in theoretical innovation and empirical
substantiation, it brings together reflections on developments
around the mobile phone by scholars of six African countries
(Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Mali, Sudan and Tanzania) who
explore the economic, social and cultural contexts in which the
mobile phone is being adopted, adapted and harnessed by mobile
Africa.
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