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Mobile Phones: The New Talking Drums of Everyday Africa

By Brinkman Inge, de Bruijn Mirjam & Nyamnjoh Francis B. (Eds.)

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"The astounding uptake of the mobile phone in African societies raises a range of interesting and complicated questions. [...]This timely book refuses easy answers of the technological determinist kind, but seeks to understand mobile phones as part of the everyday lived experience of Africans in all its precariousness and unpredictability. Its multi-dimensional approach promises a richness that scholars will be able to draw upon for years to come.... The book fills an important gap in the scholarly literature about new media in Africa and contributes a valuable perspective from the margins on global new media debates."

Herman Wasserman, University of Sheffield, UK and University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. Editor of Ecquid Novi: African Journalism Studies.

"This book goes beyond the technology hype on wireless and mobile. It digs deep in the social roots and relationship patterns that are impacting on Africa's cultural identity and communication modes. The emerging picture may be troubling for some, and liberating for others. A must read!"

Professor Jan Servaes, Director ‘Communication for Sustainable Social Change’ Center, University of Massachusetts, USA

"An insightful introduction to mobile cultures in Africa and, in particular, the relationship between mobile phones and identity formation in the formal and informal arenas of marginality, its role in disabling tradition and enabling social change. A must read."

Associate Professor Pradip Thomas, University of Queensland, Australia

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