![]() The first author applied Matshepo’s techniques to help inhabitants recognise their existing capability to solve their problems by Letṧema, or collective work. Since 2018 inhabitants have been establishing their own telecommunications system, or Community Network (CN), to provide local internet access and digital services The CN acts as a “land” where inhabitants freely co-create, which is a vital aspect of Mama Tshepo Khumbane’s philosophy of doing Mandhwane for transformation. ![]() This chapter describes how an African creative pedagogy, Mandhwane, is enabling inhabitants of Mamaila, in rural South Africa, to negotiate the meaning of transformation on their own terms. Eurocentric paradigms for technology continue to dominate in Africa yet can impede digital transformation by perpetuating senses of inferiority in societies that have endured colonialism and apartheid.
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