Books by Jenna Burrell
“The process involves becoming cosmopolitan, or enacting a ‘cosmopolitan self’ as Burrell calls it. In that sense, the internet can actually enhance knowledge among urban youth and help to develop their social skills. For me, this book provides an early assessment of the potential of technology, but not taking technology as given, but how it is actually used and made to work by actual people.” Read more...
The best books on Digital Africa
Mohammad Amir Anwar, Political Scientist
Interviews where books by Jenna Burrell were recommended
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Invisible Users: Youth in the Internet Cafés of Urban Ghana
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Digital Entrepreneurship in Africa: How a Continent Is Escaping Silicon Valley's Long Shadow
by Mark Graham, Michel Wahome & Nicholas Friederici -
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China Africa and the Future of the Internet
by Iginio Gagliardone -
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Digital Democracy, Analogue Politics: How the Internet Era is Transforming Politics in Kenya
by Nanjala Nyabola -
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Africa's Information Revolution
by James Murphy & Padraig Carmody
The best books on Digital Africa, recommended by Mohammad Amir Anwar
The best books on Digital Africa, recommended by Mohammad Amir Anwar
The internet and digital technology are transforming not only the way African countries trade and conduct business but also how they cohere socially and politically. Mohammad Amir Anwar, Lecturer in African Studies and International Development at the University of Edinburgh, recommends books that investigate the opportunities for Africa from the growth of technology—but focus on specifics and avoid the hype.
