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Mobile Africa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Van Reisen, Mirjam
Otros Autores: Mawere, Munyaradzi, Gebre-Egziabher, Kinfe Abraha
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Langaa RPCIG, 2019.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Book Series
  • Preface by Chief Fortune Charumbira
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgement
  • A Word on the Review Procedure
  • Acronyms
  • Preamble
  • Part I. Theoretical Perspectives
  • Chapter 1
  • Black Holes in the Global Digital Landscape: The Fuelling of Human Trafficking on the African Continent
  • Introduction
  • Methodology
  • The knowledge society
  • Architecture of the information network
  • The geographic misrepresentation of Africa and its effect on latency
  • Black holes in the global digital landscape
  • Stuck with this legacy
  • Digitalisation of human trafficking for ransom
  • Some empirical evidence
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 2
  • Network Gatekeepers in Human Trafficking: Profiting from the Misery of Eritreans in the Digital Era
  • Introduction
  • Network gatekeepers
  • The uneven digitally-connected world
  • Methodology
  • The relationship between the gated and the gatekeepers
  • Alternative information sources
  • Ability to produce and distribute information
  • Relationship between the gated and the gatekeepers
  • Political power
  • The dependence of Eritrean refugees on human traffickers
  • Alternatives to migration to Europe
  • Alternative migration routes or options
  • Autonomy to choose human smugglers and traffickers
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 3
  • Bound Together in the Digital Era: Poverty, Migration and Human Trafficking
  • Introduction
  • The relationship between human trafficking and mixed migration
  • Poverty, the main driver of mixed migration
  • The cycle of poverty and human trafficking
  • Deliberate poverty
  • Trafficking in a digital age
  • Slavery and trafficking for ransom: A profitable industry
  • An African perspective on combatting human trafficking through the eradication of poverty
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 4
  • Tortured on Camera: The Use of ICTs in Trafficking for Ransom
  • Introduction
  • Research questions
  • Research method
  • Documentaries
  • Sound of Torture
  • Under the Skin
  • It Will Be Chaos
  • Time periods
  • Theoretical framework
  • Results
  • Period 1: 2009-2014
  • Period 2: 2014-2015
  • Period 3: 2016-ongoing
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Part II. Traumatising Trajectories
  • Chapter 5
  • 'Sons of Isaias': Slavery and Indefinite National Service in Eritrea
  • Introduction
  • Escaping slavery
  • Methodology
  • National Service in Eritrea
  • Warsay Yikaalo
  • Control of labour and the economy
  • Control of information
  • Disruption of social relationships
  • Choosing to flee
  • Institutionalised forced labour
  • No change with peace: The exodus continues
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 6
  • Journeys of Youth in Digital Africa: Pulled by Connectivity
  • Introduction
  • Black holes
  • Nudging
  • Methodology
  • Eritrea: Understanding children and youth
  • Technology and connectivity in Eritrea
  • Upon arrival in Ethiopia: Hitsats camp