“Beyond providing an empirically informed description of what mobile phones can and cannot do, Powell challenges stereotypical representations of marginality in the townships of South Africa. This book is valuable in recognising that the area is primarily one of migrants, both domestic and international, and in trying to break down racialised categories which tend to overly define South African scholarship. The book offers a good blend of literature on xenophobia and migration in South Africa with global debates about the use of mobile phones in generating new socialities.”
