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"This study of the many creative and often highly political ways in
which Somalis use computer-mediated communications is the very
first of its kind. Drawing on painstaking empirical research, deep
knowledge of the Somali political, social, and cultural contexts,
and informed and lucid analysis, Dr. Issa-Salwe has produced a text
that will prove to be foundational in its field and an
indispensable point of reference for future studies." Lidwien
Kapteijns, Kendall/Hodder Professor of History, Wellesley College,
Wellesley, USA "This study, which is the first of its kind,
illustrates how mailing list technology and websites enable members
of one Diaspora community kept in touch with a political situation
at home that is exceptional. It also shows how the mailing list and
website has brought a new dimension to traditional methods of
feuding. Somali websites contain news, opinion pieces and other
features in Somali and on some websites in Somali and English. Dr
Issa-Salwe's work reveals how the Somali web activity reflect the
troubled history and politics of their homeland and continue to
interest, involve, bring together and divide Somalis worldwide."
Anthony Olden, Senior Lecturer of Information Management,
Information Management Centre, Thames Valley University, United
Kingdom
Dr Abdisalam's work is a unique study of the extraordinarily
enthusiastic adoption of Computer Mediated Technology which has
virtually transformed overnight this nation celebrated for its oral
poetry. His conclusions are based on his intensive field research
inside and outside Somalia, at home and amongst the scattered
diaspora. Despite the fact that in Somalia itself only a very few
people have direct access to the internet, the seemingly endless
Somali civil is expressed in a vigorous media war with web groups
offering a novel way of creating collective self-representation.
This innovating researcher shows, as the Somalia state fragments, a
hectic rush for communities to rediscover themselves. The endless
political conflict inside Somalia has coincided with a veritable
boom in internet technology. Here, Somalis demonstrate their skills
in adapting technologies to their current local needs and
preoccupations. This is an important finding in that it
demonstrates the shallowness of many Western ethnocentric
assumptions about technological change. By: I. M. Lewis FBA,
Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, LSE, University of London, UK.
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