Transnational Families in Africa: Migrants and the Role of Information Communication Technologies - Paperbackby Maria C. Marchetti Mercer (Editor), Leslie Swartz (Editor), Loretta Baldassar (Editor) This is the first book to capture the poignant stories of transnational African families and their use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in mediating their experiences of migration and caring across distance. Transnational Families in Africa analyses the highs and lows of family separation as a result of migration in three contexts: migration