Type of Resource:
Book Chapter

Year of Publication:
2017

Indicators:
- Enablers


Themes:
- Internet Access, Affordability And Use

Author(s): REGINOLD A. ROYSTON

In the YouTube series An African City, the main protagonist, Nana Yaa, narrates her transition from life as a publicist in New York City to her homeland Ghana, in voice-overs reminiscent of Sarah Jessica Parker’s character Carrie in the HBO series Sex and the City. In an episode titled “He Facebooked Me,” Nana gives an exposition on Africa’s contemporary “rise,” against the backdrop of chaotic street scenes and fervent construction projects in the capital city Accra: “According to The Economist, Africa is the next frontier in ICT [information and communications technology].

URL
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvcwnj4v?turn_away=true&Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=internet&searchText=use&searchText=in&searchText=africa&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3Fpagemark%3DcGFnZU1hcms9NQ%253D%253D%26amp%3BsearchType%3DfacetSearch%26amp%3Bsd%3D2013%26amp%3Bed%3D2019%26amp%3BQuery%3Dinternet%2Buse%2Bin%2Bafrica%26amp%3Brefreqid%3Dsearch%253A53573ef3fff4cdaf58622b1b2e6814d5&ab_segments=0%2Fdefault-2%2Fcontrol&refreqid=search%3A3085e55714abfbf7b54c656517384581

Region of Study:
West Africa,

Country of Study:
Ghana,

Study Quality
Medium