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#ThisFlag and #ThisGown Cyber Protests in Zimbabwe: Reclaiming Political Space
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In this article, the authors take the #ThisFlag and #ThisGown movements in Zimbabwe and use them in public protests, taking the #thisflag and #thisgown movement in Zimbabwe.Abstract:
Recently there has been an increasing appropriation of and research on social media technologies in public protests. Thus, taking the #ThisFlag and #ThisGown movements in Zimbabwe, this article exa...read more
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Youth and revolution in Tunisia
TL;DR: Alcinda Honwana as discussed by the authors provides an authentic and rich description of the Tunisian youth before, during, and after, what is referred to as the ‘Tunisian revolution’.
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Striking Back: The labour movement and the post‐colonial state in Zimbabwe 1980–2000, edited by Brian Raftopoulos and Lloyd Sachikonye. Harare: Weaver Press, 2001 (distributed by the African Books Collective, Oxford). xvii + 361 pp. Z$1242.00 paperback. ISBN 0‐7974‐2286‐2
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Office of the citizen: a qualitative analysis of Twitter activity during the Lekki shooting in Nigeria’s #EndSARS protests
Tamar Haruna Dambo,Metin Ersoy,Ahmad Muhammad Auwal,Victor Oluwafemi Olorunsola,Mehmet Bahri Saydam +4 more
TL;DR: In recent times, SNSs have been influential in re-shaping social movements as mentioned in this paper, not only allowing access to cheaper and quicker mobilization resources for demonstrators, but also allowing them to ci...
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