This book explores digital politics from an African perspective. It sheds light on how digital technologies are reshaping political landscapes across Africa, and examines the implications and analytical consequences. Each chapter focuses on different aspects of political dynamics, navigating the nexus between the analogue and digital worlds.

Drawing on case studies from East, West and South Africa, the book provides in-depth analyses of political mobilisation, digital identification, medical drones, electoral campaigning and the monetisation of digital platforms. Theoretical discussions include African communitarianism, digital indigeneity, democratisation and changes in political discourse.

Based on a comprehensive theoretical framework and grounded in empirical research, this book offers critical reflection and a deeper understanding of digital politics. It will appeal to students, researchers and scholars of African studies, media and digital studies, African politics, political science and area studies, as well as policy-makers interested in a better understanding of digital politics in Africa.

Monika Christine Rohmer is a Postdoctoral Researcher with the project Philosophizing in a Globalized World (GloPhi) at the University of Hildesheim (Germany). She has been a lecturer at the University of Bayreuth, where she obtained her PhD in the framework of the Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies (BIGSAS). At the University of Bayreuth, she was the assistant of the chairs African and Afrophone Philosophies and Afrikanistik II. Monika is a transdisciplinary scholar combining intercultural  philosophy, applied linguistics, the study of verbal arts, postcolonial theories, and political thought.

Claudia Favarato is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at the University of Bayreuth, Germany. She earned her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Lisbon, Portugal, where she also served as an Assistant Lecturer. She is an Associate Researcher at the Harvard Association for Global Political Thought and has been a visiting researcher at SOAS, University of London, UK. Her research focuses on political theory, particularly comparative political theory and African philosophy. In her research, she explores the intersections between African and global political thought, examining humanness, political relations, and the digitalisation of politics. Favarato's work applies posthuman theories to understand the digital dimension of contemporary political conditions, including the reformulation of African communitarianism.