Digital media, literacies and African literature

In this article, we explore the impact of digital media on African literacy practices and literature. As our starting point, we want to problematise the notion that digital media spell doom for reading generally and for African literature in particular. Versions of this argument include perturbation...

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Main Author:	Lisa Treffry-Goatley and Pier Paolo Frassinelli
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	University of Johannesburg 2019-10-01
Series:	The Thinker
Subjects:	digital media african literature african literacy practices african storybook initiative jalada africa digital publishing
Online Access:	https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/The_Thinker/article/view/371/280

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spelling	doaj-d96ceab43c91414ea77c84891f9630262021-05-08T13:33:24ZengUniversity of JohannesburgThe Thinker2075-24582616-907X2019-10-01823236Digital media, literacies and African literatureLisa Treffry-Goatley and Pier Paolo Frassinelli0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3871-5285University of Johannesburg and University of Cape TownIn this article, we explore the impact of digital media on African literacy practices and literature. As our starting point, we want to problematise the notion that digital media spell doom for reading generally and for African literature in particular. Versions of this argument include perturbations that ‘African readerships are under siege’ by ‘the cost of books, varying degrees of general literacy, inadequate library services and the seductions of the web and social media’ (Ojwang and Titlestad, 2014)https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/The_Thinker/article/view/371/280digital mediaafrican literatureafrican literacy practicesafrican storybook initiativejalada africadigital publishing
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description	In this article, we explore the impact of digital media on African literacy practices and literature. As our starting point, we want to problematise the notion that digital media spell doom for reading generally and for African literature in particular. Versions of this argument include perturbations that ‘African readerships are under siege’ by ‘the cost of books, varying degrees of general literacy, inadequate library services and the seductions of the web and social media’ (Ojwang and Titlestad, 2014)
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Digital media, literacies and African literature

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