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Bridging mobilities : ICTs appropriation by Cameroonians in South Africa and The Netherlands

TitleBridging mobilities : ICTs appropriation by Cameroonians in South Africa and The Netherlands
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication2013
AuthorsH.M. Nyamnjoh
Pagination - 302
Date Published2013///
PublisherAfrican Studies Centre & Langaa Publishers
Place PublishedLeiden [etc.]
Publication Languageeng
ISSN Number9956-791-75-X
KeywordsCameroon, communication, migration, mobile telephone, mobility, Netherlands, South Africa
Abstract

With a focus on Cameroonian migrants from Pinyin and Mankon who are currently living in Cape Town and the Netherlands, this volume examines the workings of the social fabric of mobile communities. It sheds light on how these communities are crafting lives for themselves in the host country and simultaneously linking up with the home country thanks to advances in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and road and air transport. ICTs and mobilities have complemented social relational interaction and provide migrants today with opportunities to partake in cultural practices that express their Pinyin-ness and Mankon-ness. Pinyin and Mankon migrants are still as rooted in the past as they are in the present. They were born into a community with its own sense of home, moral ethos and cultural pride but live in a context of accelerated ICTs and mobility that is fast changing the way they live their lives.

IR handle/ Full text URLhttp://hdl.handle.net/1887/22533
Citation Key5784
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