North-South.com

53 min
Documentary

Since the arrival of the Internet in the African republic of Cameroon, Internet Cafes have mushroomed. In a country where nearly half the population lives under the poverty threshold, many young women, who dream of escaping a life of misery by marrying a rich, white foreigner, surf the Internet for European marriage prospects at cybercafes such as Love.com, Affection.org, Flirt.net and Meeting.com.

Play

More Like This

Baka: A Cry from the Rainforest
RIP (Classic) Neopets
Wi-Find: Downloading Our Future
The Internet Warriors
It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the Internet
The People's Cloud
Startup.com
Free Child
Internet, alienation or emancipation?
The Beginner's Guide to Spinning in Loops
Green Lions: Cameroon 90
1997: The Birth of the Camera Phone