Tuesday 10 May 2016

Senegal's child beggars show limits of 'apptivism'


AFRICA NEWS
Senegal's child beggars show limits of 'apptivism' Dakar (AFP) May 9, 2016 - Mamadou is a child beggar wandering the streets of Dakar, perilously darting in and out of traffic as he tries to gather enough money for his Islamic teacher to feed him. But Mamadou is different from an estimated 30,000 boys who share his plight in Senegal. He is made of pixels, a virtual urchin created for mobile screens by app developer Ousseynou Khadim Beye. Arcade-style gaming app C ... more

No comments:

Post a Comment