Pan-African Digital Peacebuilding: The Maskani Homeplatform and Ethno-political Polarization in Kenya (Studies in Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding)

This book examines how Pan-African digital peacebuilding methodologies, exemplified through the innovative Maskani home platform, address ethno-political polarization in Kenya's electoral landscape while demonstrating the critical role of social media in conflict mitigation and peacebuilding across Africa. Rather than merely exploring conceptual approaches, this work presents a rare case study of practical digital peacebuilding implementation strategies grounded in Pan-African philosophical approaches to knowledge complexities in the digital age (digital ubuntu), filling a gap in the existing literature on technology and peace in African contexts.Through its exploration of Maskani, the book reveals how youth micro-influencers employ both online strategies and offline cultural approaches to counter polarization.The work is uniquely grounded in Pan-African digital peacebuilding epistemic approaches rather than conventional Global North frameworks, examining how technology is innovated an