If we believe the media, more or less the majority of young Africans spend their time
on the net playing video games, exchanging languorously with their girlfriends or boyfriends,
looking at pornography and seeking out pen pals and visas to emigrate. But since not all of
them are in the same boat, the media also informs us that some students use the net to
search for educational resources and study bursaries.
The phenomena of acculturation is generally associated with immigration and
therefore to the migration of individuals. It appears that internet brings a different
dimension to this concept. In fact it is perhaps no longer necessary to emigrate to become
the victim of acculturation. A switched-on Akinyi from Kenya can learn everything about a
Breton living in France in a few clicks, thanks to the magic of the net: how to dress like a
Breton, eat like one, even speak Breton, while never having crossed the border to enter
France. With little Akinyi contribution to the net, however, it is not certain that the Breton
could learn as much about a Akinyi. Just one example of one-way communication.
By Ben
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