On the savanna, mobile phones haven't transformed Maasai lives – yet
- Written by Timothy D. Baird, Assistant Professor of Geography, Virginia Tech
A group of Maasai men look at the mobile phone belonging to one of them.Timothy Baird, CC BY-NDMobile phones are everywhere. In fact, they may be nearly as common on the African savanna as they are on American subways.
With the explosion of mobile technology in developing countries, a common narrative is that phones are transforming poor...
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