Will social-networking detribalise the Bantu?

[n***@gmail.com]

I have no cell-phone nor experience of social networking, but
when I travel in the 'taxis' I notice that all the bantu-dollies
are tapping away on their Blackberrys ..etc.

And the BBC often reads twit-stuff from Nigerian, Kenyan..etc.
listeners.

Does this mean that eg. the bantu will come to know what's
happened in the outside world, and not be dependent on the tribal
fables, passed down while sitting around the fire, or in the shebeens?

And know that the condition of Haiti, which has been independent
for over 200 years, is rather difficult to blame on 'colonialism'?
And the cycleS of nationalisation of N.Rhodesian copper mining?
And the comparison of the Sharpville myth with current N.African
'Arab spring' events?

OTOH, I get the impression that their culture and world outlook is
diluted very little by outside influences, perhaps because they
never stop talking and mutually reconfirming ubuntu?
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PS. the pre-microwave days, long distant carrier telco lines,
were only copper-plated. Steel is need to stand the tension.

[Steve Hayes]

Post by n***@gmail.com
I have no cell-phone nor experience of social networking, but
when I travel in the 'taxis' I notice that all the bantu-dollies
are tapping away on their Blackberrys ..etc.
And the BBC often reads twit-stuff from Nigerian, Kenyan..etc.
listeners.
Does this mean that eg. the bantu will come to know what's
happened in the outside world, and not be dependent on the tribal
fables, passed down while sitting around the fire, or in the shebeens?
And know that the condition of Haiti, which has been independent
for over 200 years, is rather difficult to blame on 'colonialism'?
And the cycleS of nationalisation of N.Rhodesian copper mining?
And the comparison of the Sharpville myth with current N.African
'Arab spring' events?
OTOH, I get the impression that their culture and world outlook is
diluted very little by outside influences, perhaps because they
never stop talking and mutually reconfirming ubuntu?

I wonder if social networking will enable the Swiss to think that the world is
a little bit more complex than a cuckoo clock.