Cybercrime and occultism in Côte d'Ivoire

ISBN-13: 9786204383910 / Angielski / Miękka / 52 str.

Vlada Sarkisova Kouame

Opis

Côte d'Ivoire, as a country with access to modern technologies, with the utility offered by the Internet, has also obtained an undesirable phenomenon: cybercrime. It is obvious that the world of cybercriminals is based on new computer technologies used in an unhealthy way. However, there is a specificity that distinguishes the scammers of the Ivory Coast from their "confreres" of Europe and the United States. This is the almost total use of black magic and witchcraft in their "activity". Witchcraft occupies a very important place in the cultural, social and political life of Sub-Saharan Africa. This importance is so obvious that contemporary anthropologists and sociologists are studying this phenomenon...

O autorze

Sarkisova Kouame, VladaBorn in Baku (Azerbaijan, former USSR). Doctoral studies in Volgograd (Russia). Specialization: folklore, philology, history. Scientific interests: cultural anthropology, secret societies and witchcraft rites of Africa. Teacher-researcher at the National University of the Ivory Coast (Abidjan - Cocody).