Disrupting Africa: Technology, Law, and Development

Description

In the digital era, many African countries sit at the crossroads of a potential future that will be shaped by digital-era technologies with existing laws and institutions constructed under conditions of colonial and post-colonial authoritarian rule. In Disrupting Africa, Olufunmilayo B. Arewa examines this intersection and shows how it encompasses existing and new zones of contestation based on ethnicity, religion, region, age, and other sources of division. Arewa highlights specific collisions between the old and the new, including in the 2020 #EndSARS protests in Nigeria, which involved young people engaging with varied digital era technologies who provoked a violent response from rulers threatened by the prospect of political change. In this groundbreaking work, Arewa demonstrates how lawmaking and legal processes during and after colonialism continue to frame contexts in which digital technologies are created, implemented, regulated, and used in Africa today. Front Matter 04.0_pp_v_vi_Dedication 05.0_pp_vii_viii_Contents 06.0_pp_ix_xii_Preface 07.0_pp_xiii_xiii_Acknowledgments 08.0_pp_xiv_xv_Abbreviations_and_Acronyms 09.0_pp_xvi_xviii_Map 10.0_pp_1_8_Introduction 11.0_pp_9_41_Colonialism_Governance_and_Law 12.0_pp_42_92_Relationships_and_Accountability 13.0_pp_93_139_Legal_Imperialism_and_Institutions 14.0_pp_140_155_Language_Authority_and_Law 15.0_pp_156_188_Technology_Disruption_and_Digital_Colonialism 16.0_pp_189_210_Nigerian_Princes_Start-Up_Companies_and_Potential_Future_Paths 17.0_pp_211_236_Technology_Precarity_and_Protest 18.0_pp_237_251_Elites_Ornamentation_and_Future_Visions 19.0_pp_252_283_Colonial_Portfolios_Monopolies_and_Competition 20.0_pp_284_298_Conclusion 21.0_pp_299_325_Select_Bibliography 22.0_pp_326_332_Index