New book chapter: sociodigital exploitation of Africa under datafication, open access
ChinasaTOkolo · x · 2026-09-14
Chinasa T. Okolo published a chapter in the Handbook of Critical Data Studies titled "Datafication and Postcolonial Discontinuities: Analyzing the Sociodigital Exploitation of Africa," available open-access.
- Introduces two concepts: sociodigital marginalization and sociodigital exploitation
- Applies critical data studies lenses to historical and present-day datafication across African countries
- Open-access link included in the original post
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