Digital Democracy, Analogue Politics: How the Internet Era Is Transforming Politics in Kenya by Nyabola, Nanjala

Digital Democracy, Analogue Politics: How the Internet Era Is Transforming Politics in Kenya (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781786994318)

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Digital Democracy, Analogue Politics: How the Internet Era Is Transforming Politics in Kenya by Nyabola, Nanjala

Digital Democracy, Analogue Politics: How the Internet Era Is Transforming Politics in Kenya

$22.95
Digital Democracy, Analogue Politics: How the Internet Era Is Transforming Politics in Kenya by Nyabola, Nanjala

Digital Democracy, Analogue Politics: How the Internet Era Is Transforming Politics in Kenya

$22.95
Format: Paperback
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From the upheavals of recent national elections to the success of the #MyDressMyChoice feminist movement, digital platforms have already had a dramatic impact on political life in Kenya - one of the most electronically advanced countries in Africa. While the impact of the Digital Age on Western politics has been extensively debated, there is still little appreciation of how it has been felt in developing countries such as Kenya, where Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and other online platforms are increasingly a part of everyday life.

Written by a respected Kenyan activist and researcher at the forefront of political online struggles, this book presents a unique contribution to the debate on digital democracy. For traditionally marginalised groups, particularly women and people with disabilities, digital spaces have allowed Kenyans to build new communities which transcend old ethnic and gender divisions. But the picture is far from wholly positive.

Digital Democracy, Analogue Politics explores the drastic efforts being made by elites to contain online activism, as well as how 'fake news', a failed digital vote-counting system and the incumbent president's recruitment of Cambridge Analytica contributed to tensions around the 2017 elections. Reframing digital democracy from the African perspective, Nyabola's ground-breaking work opens up new ways of understanding our current global online era.

Author: Nanjala Nyabola
ISBN-10: 1786994313
ISBN-13: 9781786994318
Publisher: Zed Books
Language: English
Published: 12/15/2018
Pages: 298
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.30w x 1.00d
By Nanjala Nyabola
By Nanjala Nyabola
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Nanjala Nyabola is a Kenyan writer, humanitarian advocate and political analyst currently based in Nairobi, Kenya. Her writing and research focuses on refugee issues and humanitarian interventions, as well as technology and media in Africa. She is a frequent columnist at Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs, IRIN, New African magazine, Al Jazeera, the Guardian, the BBC's Focus on Africa, the Saturday Nation and other publications.
Nanjala Nyabola is a Kenyan writer, humanitarian advocate and political analyst currently based in Nairobi, Kenya. Her writing and research focuses on refugee issues and humanitarian interventions, as well as technology and media in Africa. She is a frequent columnist at Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs, IRIN, New African magazine, Al Jazeera, the Guardian, the BBC's Focus on Africa, the Saturday Nation and other publications.

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