Digital Citizenship in Africa: Technologies of Agency and Repression
London et al.: Zed Books (2023), xxi, 234 pp.
Contains index
Series: Digital Africa
ISBN 978-1-3503-2447-3 (ebook); 978-1-3503-2448-0 (pdf)
"With contributions from scholars across the continent, Digital Citizenship in Africa illustrates how citizens have been using VPNs, encryption, and privacy-protecting browsers to resist limits on their rights to privacy and political speech. This book dramatically expands our understanding of the vast and growing arsenal of tech tools, tactics, and techniques now being deployed by repressive governments to limit the ability of citizens to safely and openly express opposition to government and corporate actions. AI-enabled surveillance, covertly deployed disinformation, and internet shutdowns are documented in ten countries, concluding with recommendations on how to curb government and corporate power, and how to re-invigorate digital citizenship across Africa." (Publisher description)
1 Introduction: Spaces of digital citizenship in Africa / Tony Roberts and Tanja Bosch, 1
2 Ethno-religious citizenship in Nigeria: Ethno-religious fault lines and the truncation of collective resilience of digital citizens: The cases of #ENDSARS and #PantamiMustGo in Nigeria / Ayobami Ojebode, Babatunde Ojebuyi, Oyewole Oladapo and Marjoke Oosterom, 33
3 Digital crossroads: Continuity and change in Ethiopia’s digital citizenship / Atnaf Brhane and Yohannes Eneyew, 63
4 Internet shutdowns and digital citizenship / Felicia Anthonio and Tony Roberts, 85
5 Feminist digital citizenship in Nigeria / Sandra Ajaja, 117
6 Digital citizenship and cyber-activism in Zambia / Sam Phiri, Kiss Abraham and Tanja Bosch, 149
7 Digital citizenship and political accountability in Namibia’s 2019 election / Mavis Elias and Tony Roberts, 177
8 Citizenship, African languages and digital rights: The role of language in defining the limits and opportunities for digital citizenship in Kiswahili-language communities / Nanjala Nyabola, 209
2 Ethno-religious citizenship in Nigeria: Ethno-religious fault lines and the truncation of collective resilience of digital citizens: The cases of #ENDSARS and #PantamiMustGo in Nigeria / Ayobami Ojebode, Babatunde Ojebuyi, Oyewole Oladapo and Marjoke Oosterom, 33
3 Digital crossroads: Continuity and change in Ethiopia’s digital citizenship / Atnaf Brhane and Yohannes Eneyew, 63
4 Internet shutdowns and digital citizenship / Felicia Anthonio and Tony Roberts, 85
5 Feminist digital citizenship in Nigeria / Sandra Ajaja, 117
6 Digital citizenship and cyber-activism in Zambia / Sam Phiri, Kiss Abraham and Tanja Bosch, 149
7 Digital citizenship and political accountability in Namibia’s 2019 election / Mavis Elias and Tony Roberts, 177
8 Citizenship, African languages and digital rights: The role of language in defining the limits and opportunities for digital citizenship in Kiswahili-language communities / Nanjala Nyabola, 209
