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Makers & Breakers: Children and Youth in Postcolonial Africa

Paperback • 2005 • English

Makers & Breakers: Children and Youth in Postcolonial Africa

By Alcinda Honwana, Filip De Boeck

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This book contributes to a theoretical, ethnographic and historical understanding of issues concerning children, youth, agency, locality, globalization and identity from the past to the postcolony and beyond. As such the authors strive to achieve a better insight into what lives in the hearts and minds of African youngsters. Contributors include: Alcinda Honwana, Filip De Boeck, Jean & John Comaroff, Mats Utas, Pamela Reynolds, Tshikala Biaya,Deborah Durham, Nicolas Argenti, Ibrahim Abdullah ...Show more

Society and Social Sciences
Society and culture: general
Social groups, communities and identities

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9780852554340

Published year

2005

Language

English

Original title

Makers & Breakers: Children and Youth in Postcolonial Africa

Format

Paperback

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