MAKERS AND BREAKERS: CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN POSTCOLONIAL AFRICA Geography Oral history comes alive in

Oral history comes alive in this fascinating tale of Tom Malloy (1912-)

The competition for scarce resources and the country s dense diversity have fostered ingenuity and perseverance on the part of its ambitious citizens

have yielded fresh thinking on numerous subjects of interest to all students of politics

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9781496724243

an understanding of the roots of the African American health deficit

MAKERS AND BREAKERS: CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN POSTCOLONIAL AFRICA Geography Oral history comes alive inThe problem of youth is presented as one of the great challenges of the twenty 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 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