African digital diaspora, which has emerged in the conditions of the incessant fragmentation of the network society, is a kind of conglomeration that becomes more complicated over time. It includes a multitude of Internet communities formed by people of African descent, each of which contributes to the construction of a special digital culture.
The paper is dedicated to anthropological analysis of the communication and identity patterns of representatives of New African diaspora (Falola: 2013). The author focuses on methods and practices of representations of national and ethnic identity within the boundaries of the world wide web.
The digital culture of African diaspora is developing between two poles – "encapsulation and cosmopolitanization" (Leurs, Ponzanesi: 2018). The online behavior of members of the African digital diasporas is dictated by two opposite, but not mutually exclusive intentions. On the one hand, they strive to preserve and emphasize their ethnic or national identity, bring traditional cultural codes into the digital space, and on the other hand, they endeavor to reflect the experience of living in another country. Digital culture as a reflection of the hybrid identity of its creators is susceptible to socio-cultural, political and economic transformations.
* The study was realized with support of the Russian Science Foundation (Project # 23-18-01091, https://rscf.ru/en/project/23-18-01091/)
