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Makers & Breakers

Paperback • 2005 • English

Makers & Breakers: Children & Youth in Postcolonial Africa

By Alcinda Honwana, Filip de Boeck

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About the book

· first century. In Africa youth are portrayed as perpetrators and victims in civil conflict, leaders and led in political and religious movements, innovators and dupes in globalized culture. · · This collection The “problem” of youth is presented as one of the great challenges of the twenty-navigates through stereotypes of “victim” and “perpetrator,” taking on themes of youth agency and the constructed nature of youth as a social category. · It presents a new portrait of youth encompassing tran...Show more

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ISBN

9781592213405

Publisher

Africa World Press

Published year

2005

Language

English

Original title

Makers & Breakers

Format

Paperback

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