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Young Angolans on Facebook: creating some space

Young Angolans on Facebook: creating some space. Africa (June 30, 2012) 167,335,676 15,6% South Africa 8,500,000 17,4% Angola 2,976,657 14,8%. Facebook subscribers. march 2011 dec 2013 Africa total 30,665,460 51,612,460

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Young Angolans on Facebook: creating some space

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  1. Young Angolans on Facebook: creating some space

  2. Africa (June 30, 2012) 167,335,676 15,6% South Africa 8,500,000 17,4% Angola 2,976,657 14,8%

  3. Facebook subscribers march 2011dec 2013 Africa total 30,665,460 51,612,460 South Africa 4,095,280 6,269,600 Angola 233,280 645,460 http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats1.htm Latest figures December 31 2013, accessed 11-02-13

  4. Facebook is used as: • A tool for connecting and re-connecting with people, replicating as well as transcending the possibilities of face-to-face social networks • A medium to work out feelings of belonging to a more abstract ‘community’ and ‘homeland’ • A space to express and communicate aspects of one’s identity.

  5. Growing up Angolan in South Africa • ‘Angolanidade’ • Proudly pan-African • Aspirations for the future as global and mobile citizen CONTEXT • Rapid increase in mobile phone and internet connectivity in past decade • End of civil war in Angola in 2002 • Xenophobic attacks 2008 and World Cup 2010 • Residency status in South Africa insecure • Economic boom Angola

  6. Grounding oneself through Facebook by: • Linking and building networks with individuals, being (re)connected to family members and friends • Sharing with virtual and global community • Presentation of self on home page • Expressions of ‘Angolanidade’ • Plugging into an Angolan sphere on group pages

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