This interview is part of the AiAfriq Interview Archive, a growing collection of intergenerational conversations exploring childhood, technology, memory, culture, and social change across generations. In this two-part conversation, veteran journalist and community elder, Prince Dimeji Kayode-Adedeji, reflects on what…
Abstract The integration of digital media into children’s daily lives has become a defining feature of contemporary development, with devices now present from infancy through adolescence. While substantial research has examined behavioral correlates of screen time, the neurological implications of…
Abstract This study investigates the evolution of boredom across generations and its implications for governance in the digital age. Drawing on cross-generational data from a Nigerian university community, the research examines how digital platform architectures have transformed boredom from a…
This interview is part of the AiAfriq Interview Archive, a growing collection of intergenerational conversations exploring childhood, technology, memory, culture, and social change across generations. In this two-part conversation, veteran journalist and community elder, Prince Dimeji Kayode-Adedeji, reflects on what…
For non medical or scientifically inclined people like me, the concept of a sensitive/critical period, or neuroplasticity, a medical term used to describe the developing brain, might be impenetrable. So here’s a simple way to make it picturistic. Think of…
I read that boredom is an under-researched topic. Whether that’s true or not, I didn’t know this when I set out to research it. My curiosity was purely born out of observing people, mostly young people, constantly glued to their…
If you’re reading this as an African born in the 70’s upward, there’s a higher chance that you experienced moonlight stories at night. If you were born between the 80’s and the 90’s, the chances are still there but slimmer.…
Looking back, I wondered if anyone clocked how absurd it was. I wonder how our forefathers were sold those lies. I wonder what measure was used and/or what was promised. Who could have even believed that such thoughts and words…
Back then, when phone and internet just became a thing, it felt so exciting. So special. So refreshing. It was magical! Like, “wow, you mean I can look up anything I want, talk to someone across the world, or learn…
