{"product_id":"9781350593886","title":"Biometric Digital ID in Africa Identification, Rights, and Power","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDigital Africa\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eBiometric Digital ID in Africa\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eIdentification, Rights, and Power\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGbenga Sesan | Tony Roberts | Tony Roberts\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Science \/ World \/ African\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGathering nine country case studies from every region in Africa, this open access book explores who biometric digital-ID benefits and who it disadvantages. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs technological advancements lead to widespread adoption of digital-IDs across the world, concerns are emerging regarding their potential role in mass surveillance, human rights violations, state control,and political influence. While millions of African citizens benefit from the increased speed and convenience of being able to digitally verify their entitlement to certain services, many rural, elderly, illiterate, disabled, and stateless people are now unable to access the same services. The effects of digital identification systems on citizens rights and power relations in Africa are not well understood. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book addresses that deficit. Each chapter is written by digital rights researchers or emerging African scholars, and offers in-depth examinations of these crucial issues through the real-life experiences of African citizens. Each chapter is situates the emergence of biometric digital-ID within that country's specific political and economic context, as well as its pre-digital forms of identification and governance.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Open Society Foundations.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTony Roberts\u003c\/b\u003e is a Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Sussex, where he works on digital inequalities and digital rights. He is currently the Principal Investigator on the GCRF-UKRI-funded African Digital Rights Network.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Gbenga Sesan\u003c\/b\u003e is the Executive Director of Paradigm Initiative (PIN), Nigeria, a pan-African social enterprise working on digital inclusion and digital rights, with offices in Cameroon, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10 December 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350593886\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e256\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51944613838988,"sku":"9781350593886","price":81.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_d6d0f5b6-351b-46cb-9634-7a83c91f209f.jpg?v=1786035875","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350593886","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}