Searching for a New Kenya: Politics and Social Media on the Streets of Mombasa

ISBN-13: 9781108843669 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 240 str.

Stephanie Diepeveen

Opis

Examining online and in-person public discussion in Kenya, this book sheds fresh light on the role of public discussion and social media in politics.

Recenzje

'Stephanie Diepeveen uses rich primary sources as she brings conversations and public discussions to life in her book. It is really difficult to highlight any errors in the book in terms of its thematic preoccupation or analysis … Beyond the length of the book, one gets drawn into the narratives of the author far more than one envisioned which is a great strength that compliments the text.' Odunayo Adeojo, African Studies Quarterly

Spis treści

Part I. Re-thinking Publics from Kenya: 1. Introduction; 2. The history of publics in Mombasa: people, media and the state; Part II. Characterising Publics: 3. Publics in the streets: Mombasa's street parliaments; 4. Publics in civil society and online: Mombasa's youth parliaments; Part III. Situating Publics in Time and Space: 5. Our turn to starve: material insecurity, idleness and publics; 6. Publics and the contested state of land in Kenya; 7. The obfuscation of spatial constraints on Facebook; Part IV. The Power of Publics: 8. Popular politics and publics during the 2013 general elections; 9. In the presence of fear: violence and publics in Kenya; 10. The individual spectator and the role of imagination in publics; 11. Conclusion.