[kictanet] Fwd: FW: REMINDER: Digital Democracy, Analogue Politics

[Riva Jalipa]

Dear All,

You might find this of interest.

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*Sent:* 21 January 2019 16:48
*Subject:* REMINDER: Digital Democracy, Analogue Politics



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*Book Launch: Digital Democracy, Analogue Politics*

5pm - 7pm・Wednesday 23 January 2019
Rift Valley Institute・Seminar Room
Laikipia Road ・Kileleshwa
Nairobi

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>From the upheavals of recent national elections to the success of the
#MyDressMyChoice feminist movement, digital platforms have already had a
dramatic impact on political life in Kenya – one of the most electronically
advanced countries in Africa. While the impact of the Digital Age on
Western politics has been extensively debated, there is still little
appreciation of how it has been felt in developing countries such as Kenya,
where Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and other online platforms are
increasingly a part of everyday life.

On 23 January 2019, the Rift Valley Institute will launch *Digital
Democracy, Analogue Politics: How the Internet Era is Transforming Kenya*,
a book that presents a unique contribution to the debate on digital
democracy. The book explores how traditionally marginalised groups,
particularly women and people with disabilities have used digital spaces
have allowed Kenyans to build new communities which transcend old ethnic
and gender divisions.

But the picture is far from wholly positive. Digital Democracy, Analogue
Politics explores the drastic efforts being made by elites to contain
online activism, as well as how ‘fake news’, a failed digital vote-counting
system and the incumbent president's recruitment of Cambridge Analytica
contributed to tensions around the 2017 elections. Reframing digital
democracy from the African perspective, Nyabola’s ground-breaking work
opens up new ways of understanding our current global online era.




*Moderator*
*TBC*

*Speakers*
Nanjala Nyabola
*Author*

*Discussants *
Marylin Muthoni Kamuru
Patrick  Gathara


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