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Zimbabwe: Zimbabwean, Facebook and new meaning of “friend”

Categories: Sub-Saharan Africa, Zimbabwe, Technology

Zimbabwean, Facebook and the changing meaning of “friend” and “community” [1]:”…in my adult life I get perplexed when I receive an e-mail from someone I barely know asking me to be their friend. The word friend seems to have mutated to the point where I am lost.