The Social Life of Connectivity in Africa

In an age of new technologies of connections, understanding social transformations in Africa through connections has become pivotal. Africa has now arrived at a juncture, referred to as a 'post-global' moment, where connections have turned the global to a normalcy in Africa and elsewhere. Yet a model to understand social transformations from the perspective of the social life of connections is still lacking. Noting that the nature of the connection is often overlooked in social theory, the studies outlined in this volume explore how connectedness continues to change Africa and how Africa continues to shape the social life of connections.

Mirjam de Bruijn is a professor at Leiden University in the study of Modern Africa and researcher at the African Studies Centre in Leiden, the Netherlands. Rijk van Dijk is an anthropologist and senior researcher working at the African Studies Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands.