Africa's Urban Youth
Challenging Marginalization, Claiming Citizenship
- Authors:
- Amy S. Patterson, University of the South, Tennessee
- Tracy Kuperus, Calvin University, Michigan
- Megan Hershey, Whitworth University, Washington
- Date Published: August 2023
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781009235143
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Making up 65 percent of Africa's population, young people between the ages of 18 and 35 play a key role in politics, yet they live in an environment of rapid urbanization, high unemployment rates and poor state services. Drawing from extensive fieldwork in Ghana, Uganda and Tanzania, this book investigates how Africa's urban youth cultivate a sense of citizenship in this challenging environment, and what it means to them to be a 'good citizen'. In interviews and focus group discussions, African youth, activists, and community leaders vividly explain how income, religion, and gender intertwine with their sense of citizenship and belonging. Though Africa's urban youth face economic and political marginalization as well as generational tensions, they craft a creative citizenship identity that is rooted in their relationships and obligations both to each other and the state. Privileging above all the voice and agency of Africa's young people, this is a vital, systematic examination of youth and youth citizenship in urban environments across Africa.
Read more- Draws from extensive fieldwork in three countries to highlight the voices of African youth
- Highlights how youth negotiate their citizenship at both a local and state level
- Explores the multifaceted nature of identity across religious, gender, economic, and regional distinctions
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- Date Published: August 2023
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781009235143
- length: 202 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 152 x 16 mm
- weight: 0.42kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction: why investigate urban youth citizenship in Africa?
1. Theorizing urban youth and everyday citizenship
2. Manifesting citizenship through local and distinct actions
3. Engaging the state
4. Confronting economic marginalization
5. Contesting citizenship through religious identity
6. Affirming and challenging patriarchy
7. Channeling frustration through exit, exclusion and engagement
Conclusion: challenging marginalization, claiming citizenship
Appendix I: Thematic categories for content analysis
Appendix II: Fieldwork questions
Appendix III: Fieldwork interviews and focus group discussions.
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