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Material type: Film

FilmLanguage: English, French, Dyula, Yoruba Summary language: English Publication details: San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, c2003.Description: 1 videodisc (52 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:

two-dimensional moving image

Media type:

video

Carrier type:

videodisc

Other title:

Afrodigital
Afro digital

Subject(s): DDC classification:

303.48/33 22

LOC classification:

HM851 .A37 2003

Production credits:

Digital camera & sound recording, Philippe Radoux-Bazzini ... [et al.] ; editing, Laurence Dubrulle.

Summary: Afro@Digital poses the question, "How can Africa escape the logic of poverty and unequal development by making sure that digital technology doesn't pass it by, become an agent of neocolonialism or marginalize it still further?: We also learn that despite the relative scarcity of computers on the continent, the largest source of coltan, a product use din most microprocessors, is the Congo.Afro@Digital then looks at the impact of various digital technologies across a broad swath of present-day African life. The first cell phones were introduced in the Congo in 1986; today they have flooded the continent circumventing the often unreliable and expensive land-based telephone networks. Combining ancient and modern, a marabout in Burkina Faso and a Yoruba babalao say that cell phones allow them to keep in close touch with their devotees around the world. The film also illustrates how new technology is affecting the areas of film, music, fashion, political democratization and education. The internet may also have a use in tying together African students in "distance learning" courses.Although the internet and digital telecommunications will inevitably open Africa to further globalization, this documentary shows Africans responding positively by developing their own vigorous presence and a new international, digital cultural ecology.Summary: Looks as the information technology revolution which has become a daily reality in many African countries where the Internet, mobile telephones and digital video cameras are being used with extraordinary creativity. Visits a marabout who explains he no longer replies by letter to questions but uses his mobile phone and email to transmit his advice. Another illustration of the digital revolution in Africa is the rise of internet cafes and cyber teahouses. In some towns in Senegal and the Congo, increasing numbers are connecting to internet using a laptop computer with a mobile phone.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Video Recording	Carleton University, AVRC	SP456 - Collections Room	DVD-02116 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		16050182906

Originally produced or released in 2003.

Run time: approx. 52 min.

DVD-R.

In English, French, Jula and Yoruba with English subtitles.

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