New media is misrepresenting women in Africa: what feminists can do
By TheConversation.Com When computer technology made electronic communication possible, the “new media” emerged: email, chat rooms, blogs, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook
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Social media mobilisation is a bright spot in Uganda’s dark Bobi Wine saga
By The Conversation President Yoweri Museveni has ruled Uganda with authoritarian firmness for the last 32 years. But even his
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Kenya Targets WhatsApp Administrators in its Fight Against Hate Speech
The Kenyan government is waging a war against online hate mongers with what would appear to be a zero-tolerance policy.
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Andy Warhol’s £6m selfie and how we can all now be famous for 15 minutes
One day in 1963, Andy Warhol walked into a New York photobooth and took what have become the world’s most
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Young South Africans aren’t apathetic, just fed up with formal politics
South Africa’s youth-led movements such as #FeesMustFall and #RhodesMustFall provided contrasting view to perceptions that young people are apathetic and
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