Mobile phones are among the Swahili
Africa from the top
The mobile phone is in East Africa has turned into a popular tool for everyday communication. The report of the Africa researcher Julia Pfaff from Department of Population and Social Geography at the University of Bayreuth. In a lengthy field research, she observed the importance of the mobile phone in Swahili, the population of the East African coast with Arab ancestry and Kiswahili as their first language.
Imitations are in circulation and 600-euro models
“In Western countries, there are fears over again that, given the personal cell phones fall face-to-face interviews and visits, and social interaction is negatively affected. The reality is the example of East Africa as a less radical image,” says Pfaff. Mobile phones are among the Swahili high symbolic significance and are already among the young is a very sought-after object, often the status defined. Especially in cities, the mobile density is very high, and cheap imitations circulating in Asia are just like 600 euro models. “People often wonder, as people gather the money to buy such a device.”