Introduction Social media has become part of the everyday communicative, networking, and socialization routines of ordinary Africans. Given its social embeddedness in their lives, digital and social media platforms have assumed a much more pronounced role as conflict escalators and de-escalators. Since its inception, social media, like other technologies before it, has been accompanied by […]
Introduction Maskani is an ambitious online and offline digital peacebuilding movement that was conceived in 2020. It involved six public universities in Western Kenya, and over sixty students, twelve faculty members, and members of their networks using WhatsApp, Facebook and Zoom. Maskani’s methodology was recently adopted in the review of Kenya’s digital peacebuilding architecture in […]
Kafui Tsekpo is a Next Generation Social Science Doctoral Dissertation (Next Gen) Completion Fellow (2022), and currently a Research Associate at the African Leadership Centre (ALC). His research explores the dynamics between society and the state, focusing on how social and political actors’ interactions within the polity influence leadership, security, and development. Over the past […]
Garikai Chaunza is a Research Assistant at the School of Journalism and Media Studies, Rhodes University, with interests in Media Activism, Radio & Decolonisation, Media Traditions, Journalism Norms & Practices, and the Political Economy of Media. He holds a PhD in Journalism and Media Studies from Rhodes University, with his dissertation focusing on Activist Radio […]
Ghana faces yet another milestone in its democratic journey in December 2024, as the country heads to the polls to elect a new President and parliamentarians for the 275-member legislative chamber. This is the 9th successive general election since the country returned to democratic rule in 1992, with remarkable success translating into orderly transitions of […]
Dr. Keneuoe Thibello-Maphosa is a Mosotho. She acquired a PhD in Development Studies from the Department of Anthropology, Archaeology and Development Studies from the University of Pretoria, in South Africa. Her research area was Migration, specifically the changes in migration trends (social mobility), and the main focus was Basotho Women’s informal cross-border traders with Botswana. […]
