Tweeting to Democracy: A new anti-authoritarian liberation struggle in Zimbabwe

What does it take for a citizen movement to topple a deep-rooted authoritarian regime? This paper analyses the successes and failures of citizen-led social media campaigns in Zimbabwe. Using data drawn from an extensive ethnographic study of 50 WhatsApp and Facebook communities, this paper studies t...

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Main Author: Chipo Dendere
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Universitário de Lisboa 2019-12-01
Series:Cadernos de Estudos Africanos
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/cea/4507
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