Digital Citizenship in Africa Technologies of Agency and Repression

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 o...

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Other Authors: Roberts, Tony (Editor), Bosch, Tanja (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: London Bloomsbury Academic 2023
Series:Digital Africa
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