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Mobile phone communication in the mobile margins of Africa
the "communication revolution" evaluated from below
pp. 225-241
Abstract
By now the mobile phone has become an everyday device on the African continent. Even Africans who do not possess a handset themselves are familiar with its existence and may refer to mobile telephony in their daily conversations. Yet it was only in the 1990s that the first African cities acquired mobile phone connections, and only about ten years later that mobile telephony became possible in many rural areas.
Publication details
Published in:
Mutsvairo Bruce (2018) The Palgrave handbook of media and communication research in Africa. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.
Pages: 225-241
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-70443-2_13
Full citation:
de Bruijn Mirjam, Brinkman Inge (2018) „Mobile phone communication in the mobile margins of Africa: the "communication revolution" evaluated from below“, In: B. Mutsvairo (ed.), The Palgrave handbook of media and communication research in Africa, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 225–241.