Voicing African Voices

Author

Crystal Powell

Crystal Powell is a doctoral student in the department of Social Anthropology at the University of Cape Town. She is exploring the role of new information and communication technologies in the making of flexible identities and ideas of belonging among different categories of migrants situated in Langa Township in Cape Town, South Africa. She currently holds a MA in Social Anthropology. She is from Brooklyn, New York.

Anthropology Social Sciences

Rethinking Marginality in South Africa

by Crystal Powell

Mobile Phones and the Concept of Belonging in Langa Township What does it mean to be marginal? For residents of Cape Town’s Langa Township,…

Anthropology ICTs Science, Technology, Medecine Social Sciences

Me and My Cell Phone

by Crystal Powell

And Other Essays On Technology In Everyday Life Cell phones and the Internet have been the recipients of in-depth research on their increased and…

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