Youth-led social movements and peacebuilding in Africa / / Ibrahim Bangura, editor.

"This book critically examines and analyses the active role played by youth-led social movements in pushing for change and promoting peacebuilding in Africa, and their long-term impacts on society. Africa's history is characterised by youth movements. The continent's youth populations...

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Superior document:Routledge studies in peace, conflict and security in Africa
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Place / Publishing House:Abingdon, Oxon ;, New York, NY : : Routledge, Taylor & Francis,, 2022.
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Routledge studies in peace, conflict and security in Africa.
Physical Description:1 online resource (264 pages).
Notes:Includes index.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: Youth and the Quest for Change in Africa, Ibrahim Bangura
  • 2. Youth Movements and Activism Theoretical Approaches, Frank Ubachs
  • 3. Regional and Sub-Regional Approaches to Youth and Youth-Led Movements in Africa: An Examination of the Policies of the African Union and its Regional Economic Communities, Mohamed Gibril Sesay
  • 4. Going Virtual: Social Media and Youth-Led Social Movements in Africa, Edmore Chitukutuku
  • 5. Digital Activism, Transnational Support, and the EndSARS Movement in Nigeria, Festus Kofi Aubyn and Osei Baffour Frimpong
  • 6. Making Change Happen: Music and Youth-Led Social Movements in Senegal, Philip Bob Jusu and Saatchi Sen
  • 7. The Heroes of Burkina Faso's 2014 Revolution and the Mirage of Hope, Anna Naa Adochoo Mensah
  • 8. Confronting a Brutal Present: Guinean Youth and the Struggle against Constitutional Breach, Ibrahim Bangura
  • 9. Leading the Change: Women, Youth, and the 2019 Revolution in Sudan, Mohamed Gibril Sesay, Mohamed Bakhit and Justin Crowell
  • 10. Youth Activism in Uganda: Causes and Methods, Rita Makumbi
  • 11. Navigating Precarious Spaces: Youth, Social Movements and Political Activism in Zimbabwe, Simbarashe Gukurume
  • 12. Confronting Legacies of Apartheid: The #RhodesMustFall and #FeesMustFall Movements in South Africa, Simbarashe Gukurume and Godfrey Maringira
  • 13. Youths and the Anglophone Crisis in Cameroon: A Reflection on the Sociology of Social Movements in a Complex State, Delmas Tsafack
  • 14. Embracing Change: Young People and Social Movements in Post-Arab Spring Tunisia, Ibrahim Bangura and Saatchi Sen
  • 15. Moving from Contentious to Collaborative Relationships: Youth-Led Social Movements, Good Governance and the Prospects for Peace in Africa, Ibrahim Bangura.