Social Media and Gender in Africa explores the complex interplay between gender, power, and politics in African social media, highlighting everydayness of struggles and forms of resistance. By bringing together a distinguished group of scholars from various disciplines, this book makes a significant contribution to the field of African media studies and offers invaluable perspectives on the role of technology in shaping gender relations and everyday politics on the continent.

- Gibson Ncube, Stellenbosch University,

The images of men, women, and individuals across the gender spectrum on African social media platforms are socially, culturally, and politically embedded with ideologies that continue to shape our understandings of gender. Social Media and Gender in Africa: Discourses on Power and Politics of Everyday Life explores gender debates expressed through social media and the political, social, and cultural discourses surrounding them. The book addresses issues of gender-based violence, gender in political and economic spaces, gender activism, challenges faced in the LGBTQIA+ community, and gender harassment. It looks at how gender issues such as misogyny, gender-based violence, and sexism on African social media are products of African political, social, and cultural conundrums. It is through these platforms that sexual and gender identities are being freely expressed, political expressions are made without fear or favor, and political participation is achieved. Organized into four thematic parts, Shepherd Mpofu, Kealeboga Aiseng, and the contributors use case studies from countries such as Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria, and Zimbabwe to engage in further discussions on gender on African social media.

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This book explores gender debates on African social media platforms and the political, social, and cultural discourses surrounding them. It examines topics such as gender-based violence, gender in political and economic spaces, gender activism, challenges in the African LGBTQIA+ community, and gender harassment.

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Introduction by Shepherd Mpofu and Kealeboga AisengPart I: Social Media and Gender DiscoursesChapter 1: “I Will Submit until I Die”: Negotiating Femininities on a Zimbabwean Baking and Cooking Facebook Group by Nonhlanha NdlovuChapter 2: Gender Walls: Social Media Debates, Power, and Cancel Culture by Shepherd MpofuChapter 3: Effectiveness of Social Media in Opening up Spaces for Women Leaders’ Career Progression: The Case of Zambia by Parkie MboziPart II: Gender and Political ParticipationChapter 4: The Role of Social Media in Applied Theatre as Panacea for Gender Based Violence in South Africa by Ogungbemi Akinola and Samukezi Mrubula-NgwenyaChapter 5: Online Misogyny and Gendered Disinformation: Examining the Online Political Landscape in Days Leading to the Kenyan General Elections by Protus MurungaChapter 6: Gender, Elections, and Political Participation in the Age of Social Media in Zimbabwe by Memory Pamella KadauChapter 7: A Legal Perspective on Exposing Women’s Intimate Images Online ‘Revenge Porn’ to Score Political Points by Sabieha Chayya, Motlalepula Rakubu, Vhonani Neluvhalani-Caquece, and Sebolawe TladiPart III: Violence and IdentitiesChapter 8: In This ‘House’ We Speak and Are Listened To! Twitter as Memorial Archives for Gender-Based Violence by Sibongile MpofuChapter 9: Murders of Gay Men in South Africa: An Analysis of #Justicefor… Hashtags by Priscilla Boshoff, Jason Olivier, and Lorenzo DalvitChapter 10: The Struggle to Be Human in the Rural Context of South Africa: Experiences and Complexities of LGBTIQA+ as They Use Social Media and Adapt to Living with Diverse Sexual Orientation by Mxolisi Welcome Ngwenya, Dimakatso Mashala, Matlala Rachel Mahlatji, and Pamela Mafenngwe MamogoboPart IV: Representation, Identity, and PerformanceChapter 11: Women and Self-Representation in South Africa’s Twitter by Kealeboga AisengChapter 12: Social Media as The International Court of (Virtual) Justice: Babes Wodumo Trolled during The Funeral of Her Husband by Khatija Bibi Khan and Josephat MutangaduraChapter 13: The Tinderisation of Love: A Threat to Love as A Revolutionary Rebellion by Nombulelo Tholithemba ShangeAbout the Editors and Contributors

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Social Media and Gender in Africa explores the complex interplay between gender, power, and politics in African social media, highlighting everydayness of struggles and forms of resistance. By bringing together a distinguished group of scholars from various disciplines, this book makes a significant contribution to the field of African media studies and offers invaluable perspectives on the role of technology in shaping gender relations and everyday politics on the continent.

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