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Francis Nyamnjoh; Ingrid Brudvig (eds.)

Cape Town: HSRC Press (2016), ix, 244 pp.

ISBN 978-0-7969-2516-9 (pbk); 978-0-7969-2531-2 (pdf)

"The book aims to situate the cultural, social and, in some cases, transnational context of ICT appropriation and virtual connectivity so as to reposition Africans from various countries and contexts as active agents of social change. The intricacies of local ICT use and the dynamics of mobility in ... more

Mass media and democratisation in Cameroon in the early 1990s

Francis B. Nyamnjoh

Bamenda: Langaa (2011), xiv, 193 pp., bibliogr. p.187-193

ISBN 978-9956-717-81-1 (online); 978-9956-717-18-7 (print)

"In the on-going democratic debate, the Cameroonian media have not played the role of objective mediators. A one-party logic, of which government, opposition and the public are guilty, has prevented Cameroonian multipartyism from addressing the major issue: that of how best to bring about real parti... more

Mobile phones: the new talking drums of everyday Africa

Mirjam de Bruijn; Francis Nyamnjoh; Inge Brinkman (eds.)

Bamenda (CM); Leiden: Langaa; African Studies Centre (2009), vii, 173 pp., illustr., bibliogr.

"This book is about the many ways in which mobile phones are being appropriated by Africans and how they are transforming and are being transformed by society in Africa. A case study from Karthoum (Sudan) shows, how mobile phones are reshaping relationships in a Muslim society, where they enable wom... more

Mobilities, ICTs and marginality in Africa: comparative perspectives

Mass media and democratisation in Cameroon in the early 1990s

Mobile phones: the new talking drums of everyday Africa