Dealing with Elusive Futures : : University Graduates in Urban Africa / / ed. by Noemi Steuer, Elísio Macamo, Michelle Engeler.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2017
• MitwirkendeR: Ammann, Carole,; Birzle, Maike,; Engeler, Michelle,; Ludwig, Susann,; Macamo, Elísio,; Philipps, Joschka,; Sambaiga, Richard Faustine,; Steuer, Noemi,; Tadesse, Julian,
• HerausgeberIn: Engeler, Michelle,; Macamo, Elísio,; Steuer, Noemi,
• Place / Publishing House: Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag, , [2018]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Kultur und soziale Praxis
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (198 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table of contents --; Context --; 1. Elusive Futures --; 2. Negotiating the Future --; 3. Ça va aller --; 4. ›Opening up La Chance‹ --; 5. Looking for Better Opportunities --; 6. Politics of the Future - Riots of the Now --; 7. Managing Uncertainty --; 8. Epilogue --; On the Authors --; Backmatter
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783839439494; 9783110719543; 9783110604252; 9783110603255; 9783110604016; 9783110603231; 9783110661545
• DOI: 10.1515/9783839439494?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Noemi Steuer, Elísio Macamo, Michelle Engeler.

The time to come - as well as the exploration thereof - remains elusive for social actors and social scientists alike.The contributors accept the challenge to depict young men and women's future-creating activities in urban contexts of sub-Saharan Africa. Very consciously, they study young graduates having obtained a university degree and provide a vivid picture of their strategies to socially grow older by doing adulthood in contexts of great uncertainty.The examples include Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ethiopia, Mali and Tanzania, visually enriched through pictures taken by young Malian photographers.