The Future of East African Orature in the Digital Age: Kiswahili Narratives in the Social Media

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dc.contributor.authorMutembei, Aldin, K.
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-11T16:39:30Z
dc.date.available2021-05-11T16:39:30Z
dc.date.issued2017-09-14
dc.description.abstractAccording to Afroline report (see, http://www.afronline.org/?p=16226), the use of mobile phones in Africa is on the rise. By the end of 2011 there were more than 500 million mobile phone subscribers in Africa. East Africa is one of the leading regions in Africa, not only in mobile phone usage, but also in the way people are interact-ing through various social media. Google, for example, is witnessing growth in the use of internet through cell phones social media connection, where it is reported that four out of every ten Google search requests come from a mobile phone. Through digital devices, users create and share narratives, chats, and send stories and various texts including picto-graphs. Such an increase in the use of digital devices includ-ing TV and mobile phones on the one hand, and the intensifi-cation of interaction through social media on the other have implications on the meaning and structure of narratives, and on Kiswahili orature in general. Given this trend, we can only predict what the future of Kiswahili oral literature could be. Kiswahili, the language that connects East Africans together, has a long tradition of orature. With the advent of digital de-vices, and the unprecedented rate of East African users of such devices, what will the future of Kiswahili orature in East Africa be? Using intertextuality theory, the paper addresses these questions by focusing on Kiswahili oral literature as captured through WhatsApp messenger, an instantaneous messaging application for smartphones.en_US
dc.identifier.citationStudies in African Languages and Cultures Journalen_US
dc.identifier.issn2545 2134
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/5749
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherKatedra Języków i Kultur Afryki, Wydział Orientalistyczny, Uniwersytet Warszawskien_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVol. 51;
dc.subjectKiswahili orature narrative WhatsAppen_US
dc.titleThe Future of East African Orature in the Digital Age: Kiswahili Narratives in the Social Mediaen_US
dc.typeJournal Article, Peer Revieweden_US
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