The Resource Mobile phones : the new talking drums of everyday Africa, Mirjam de Bruijn, Francis Nyamnjoh and Inge Brinkman, editors
Mobile phones : the new talking drums of everyday Africa, Mirjam de Bruijn, Francis Nyamnjoh and Inge Brinkman, editors
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- Summary
- 'We cannot imagine life now without a mobile phone' is a frequent comment when Africans are asked about mobile phones. They have become part and parcel of the communication landscape in many urban and rural areas of Africa and the growth of mobile telephony is amazing: from 1 in 50 people being users in 2000 to 1 in 3 in 2008. Such growth is impressive but it does not even begin to tell us about the many ways in which mobile phones are being appropriated by Africans and how they are transforming or are being transformed by society in Africa. This volume ventures into such appropriation and mutual shaping. Rich in theoretical innovation and empirical substantiation, it brings together reflections on developments around the mobile phone by scholars of six African countries (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Mali, Sudan and Tanzania) who explore the economic, social and cultural contexts in which the mobile phone is being adopted, adapted and harnessed by mobile Africa
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (vii, 173 pages)
- Contents
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- An excerpt from Married but available, a novel / Francis B. Nyamnjoh
- Mobile communications and new social spaces in Africa / Mirjam de Bruijn, Francis B. Nyamnjoh, Inge Brinkman
- Phoning anthropologists : the mobile phone's (re- )shaping of anthropological research / Lotte Pelckmans
- From the elitist to the commonality of voice communication : the history of the telephone in Buea, Cameroon / Walter Gam Nkwi
- The mobile phone, 'modernity' and change in Khartoum, Sudan / Inge Brinkman, Mirjam de Bruijn, Hisham Bilal
- Trading places in Tanzania : mobile and marginalisation at a time of travel-saving technologies / Thomas Molony
- Téléphonie mobile : l'appropriation du SMS par une "société de l'oralité" / Ludovic Kibora
- The healer and his phone : medicinal dynamics among the Kapsiki Higi of North Cameroon / Wouter van Beek
- The mobility of a mobile phone : examining 'Swahiliness' through an object's biography / Julia Pfaff
- Could connectivity replace mobility? : an analysis of Internet café use patterns in Accra, Ghana
- Isbn
- 9789956579143
- Label
- Mobile phones : the new talking drums of everyday Africa
- Title
- Mobile phones
- Title remainder
- the new talking drums of everyday Africa
- Statement of responsibility
- Mirjam de Bruijn, Francis Nyamnjoh and Inge Brinkman, editors
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 'We cannot imagine life now without a mobile phone' is a frequent comment when Africans are asked about mobile phones. They have become part and parcel of the communication landscape in many urban and rural areas of Africa and the growth of mobile telephony is amazing: from 1 in 50 people being users in 2000 to 1 in 3 in 2008. Such growth is impressive but it does not even begin to tell us about the many ways in which mobile phones are being appropriated by Africans and how they are transforming or are being transformed by society in Africa. This volume ventures into such appropriation and mutual shaping. Rich in theoretical innovation and empirical substantiation, it brings together reflections on developments around the mobile phone by scholars of six African countries (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Mali, Sudan and Tanzania) who explore the economic, social and cultural contexts in which the mobile phone is being adopted, adapted and harnessed by mobile Africa
- Cataloging source
- E7B
- Dewey number
- 384.6
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
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- HE9715.A35
- TK6570.M6
- LC item number
-
- M63 2009eb
- M63 2009eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
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- 1962-
- 1961-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Bruijn, Mirjam de
- Nyamnjoh, Francis B.
- Brinkman, Inge
- Series statement
- Langaa & African Studies Centre
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Cell phones
- Telecommunication
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
- Cell phones
- Telecommunication
- Africa
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
- Label
- Mobile phones : the new talking drums of everyday Africa, Mirjam de Bruijn, Francis Nyamnjoh and Inge Brinkman, editors
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- An excerpt from Married but available, a novel / Francis B. Nyamnjoh -- Mobile communications and new social spaces in Africa / Mirjam de Bruijn, Francis B. Nyamnjoh, Inge Brinkman -- Phoning anthropologists : the mobile phone's (re- )shaping of anthropological research / Lotte Pelckmans -- From the elitist to the commonality of voice communication : the history of the telephone in Buea, Cameroon / Walter Gam Nkwi -- The mobile phone, 'modernity' and change in Khartoum, Sudan / Inge Brinkman, Mirjam de Bruijn, Hisham Bilal -- Trading places in Tanzania : mobile and marginalisation at a time of travel-saving technologies / Thomas Molony -- Téléphonie mobile : l'appropriation du SMS par une "société de l'oralité" / Ludovic Kibora -- The healer and his phone : medicinal dynamics among the Kapsiki Higi of North Cameroon / Wouter van Beek -- The mobility of a mobile phone : examining 'Swahiliness' through an object's biography / Julia Pfaff -- Could connectivity replace mobility? : an analysis of Internet café use patterns in Accra, Ghana
- Control code
- 646835796
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (vii, 173 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9789956579143
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctvk47wtr
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)646835796
- Label
- Mobile phones : the new talking drums of everyday Africa, Mirjam de Bruijn, Francis Nyamnjoh and Inge Brinkman, editors
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- An excerpt from Married but available, a novel / Francis B. Nyamnjoh -- Mobile communications and new social spaces in Africa / Mirjam de Bruijn, Francis B. Nyamnjoh, Inge Brinkman -- Phoning anthropologists : the mobile phone's (re- )shaping of anthropological research / Lotte Pelckmans -- From the elitist to the commonality of voice communication : the history of the telephone in Buea, Cameroon / Walter Gam Nkwi -- The mobile phone, 'modernity' and change in Khartoum, Sudan / Inge Brinkman, Mirjam de Bruijn, Hisham Bilal -- Trading places in Tanzania : mobile and marginalisation at a time of travel-saving technologies / Thomas Molony -- Téléphonie mobile : l'appropriation du SMS par une "société de l'oralité" / Ludovic Kibora -- The healer and his phone : medicinal dynamics among the Kapsiki Higi of North Cameroon / Wouter van Beek -- The mobility of a mobile phone : examining 'Swahiliness' through an object's biography / Julia Pfaff -- Could connectivity replace mobility? : an analysis of Internet café use patterns in Accra, Ghana
- Control code
- 646835796
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (vii, 173 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9789956579143
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctvk47wtr
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)646835796
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