Digital communications at crossroads in Africa : a decolonial approach /
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Cham :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2020.
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Foreword
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Boxes
- 1 Seshu nu per ānkh: The Ancient Kemetian Genesis of Digital Communication
- Introduction
- Africancentric Methodology: Very Briefly
- The Kemetian Genesis of Digital Communication
- Contemporary Uses of Kemetian Digital Communication
- Advancing Kemetian Digital Communication
- Conclusion
- References
- 2 Digital Communications: Colonization or Rationalization?
- Background
- Africa and the Effects of Colonization
- Communication in Africa and the Conditioned Dynamics
- Digital Communications and Africa Today
- Rationalization: Vision of Africa and Effective Use of Digital Communications
- Digital Communication and Mental Aspects of African "Culture"
- Cultural Behavior/Practices and Digital Communication
- Material Aspects of Culture
- Africa: Encapsulating the Use of Digital Communications
- References
- 3 Digital Communication in Africa at Crossroads: From Physical Exploitation in the Past to Virtual Dominance Now
- Introduction
- Linking Colonialism to Africa's Current Underdevelopment and the Role of Communication
- The Colonial Root of Africa's Underdevelopment
- From Eurocentric Communication to Classical Colonialism in Africa
- Digital Communication in Africa
- The State of the Digital Communication Landscape
- Prospects and Problems of Digital Communication
- Where Africa Stands at the Crossroads of Digital Communication
- Infrastructure
- Markets
- Sovereignty
- Digital Communication (Here Comes the Chokehold)
- Theorizing Digital Communications in Africa
- The Future of Digital Communication in Africa
- Conclusion
- References
- 4 Africa at Development Policy and Practice Crossroads in the Digital Era: Navigating Decolonization and Glocalization
- Introduction
- Colonial and Neo-colonial Paradigms of Development
- Colonial Legacy in Cultural Development Policy
- Colonial Legacy in Economic Development Policy
- Dependency Paradigm
- Capitalization Paradigm
- Trickle-Down Paradigm
- Development Policy Options for a Digital Age
- From Globalization to Glocalization
- From Involvement to Participation
- From Concentration to Diffusion
- Conclusion
- References
- 5 Pax-Africana Versus Western Digi-Culturalism: An Ethnomethodological Study of Selected Mobile African Apps
- Introduction/Background
- Analytical Frames
- Lenali App
- M-Pesa App
- Esoko App
- Conclusion
- References
- 6 Africans and Digital Communication at Crossroads: Rethinking Existing Decolonial Paradigms
- Introduction
- Digital Communication in Africa
- Procedures/Findings
- Focus Group Discussions of the Graduate Students
- Why Kenyans Adopt the Western Ways of Dressing
- Proposed Solution as Per the Graduate Students