The time of youth : work, social change, and politics in Africa /

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Author / Creator:	Honwana, Alcinda Manuel, author.
Edition:	1st edition.
Imprint:	Sterling, Va. : Kumarian Press, [2012] Imprint of Stylus Pub. ©2012
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 222 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Unemployed youth -- Africa. Young adults -- Employment -- Africa. Young adults -- Africa -- Economic conditions -- 21st century. Young adults -- Africa -- Social conditions -- 21st century. Economic history. Social conditions. Unemployed youth. Young adults -- Economic conditions. Young adults -- Employment. Young adults -- Social conditions. Africa -- Economic conditions -- 21st century. Africa -- Social conditions -- 21st century. Africa.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11408050

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ISBN:	1565494733 9781565494732 1565494717 1565494725 1565494741 9781565494718 9781565494725 9781565494749
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Draws on interviews in Mozambique, Senegal, South Africa, and Tunisia. Most young Africans are living in waithood, a period of suspension between childhood and adulthood. Failed neo-liberal economic policies, bad governance and political instability have caused stable jobs to disappear without jobs that pay living wages, these young people cannot support families, thus becoming fully participating members of society. As this limbo becomes pervasive and prolonged, waithood in Africa becomes seemingly permanent, gradually replacing conventional adulthood. And with the deepening of the world economic crisis, youth in Europe, North America and other parts of the world face the same crisis of joblessness and restricted futures. In "The Time of Youth," Alcinda Honwana examines the lives of young people in Africa, drawing on in-depth interviews in four countries: Mozambique, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia. While the case studies are local to Africa, the book argues that the waithood generation is global, and possesses a tremendous transformative potential, as young people believe the struggle to overcome their predicament requires radical social and political change. From riots and protests in the streets of Maputo, Dakar, Madrid, London, New York and Santiago, to revolutions that overthrow dictatorships in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, the waithood generation is taking upon itself to redress the wrongs of contemporary society and remake the world. -- Publisher description.
Other form:	Print version: Honwana, Alcinda Manuel. Time of youth. 1st ed. Sterling, Va. : Kumarian Press : Imprint of Stylus Pub., 2012, ©2012 9781565494718 1565494717

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Preface
1. Youth
Youth in Waithood
Exploring the Countries
Defining Youth
Studies of African Youth
2. Waithood
Life Course and Transition Studies
Waithood
Problematizing Adulthood
The Unimagined Future
Prolonged Transitions to Adulthood in Developed Societies
Disadvantaged Youths in the United States and Britain
3. Aspirations
Education
The Low Quality of Teaching and Learning
Absence of Skills-Oriented Curricula
Social Disparities in Access to Education
Youth Unemployment
Unsound Economic Policies
University GraduatesâÇÖ Unemployment and Lack of Practical Experience
Inadequate Support for Youth Entrepreneurship
Surviving in the Informal Economy
4. Getting By
Cross-Border Trading and Smuggling
Mukhero: Young WomenâÇÖs Survival Strategies in Maputo
Smuggling in Tunisia
Making a Living in the Streets
Scavenging on a Garbage Dump
Tabliers and Ambulants in Dakar
Informal Workers in Formal Work
Young Women Workers in European Call Centers in Tunisia
Shelf-Packing and Merchandising Jobs in South Africa
Young Men in the Chapa-Cem Taxi Industry in Maputo
The Plight of Young Migrants Crossing to Europe
Crossing to the Mediterranean Island of Lampedusa
Senegalese YouthsâÇÖ Journey to Europe
Waithood Subcultures or Urban Tribes?
5. Intimacy
Young Women, Sugar Daddies, and Boyfriends
Sugar Mamas, Beach Boys, and Toubabs
Virginity, Hymenoplasty, and Marriage
Refashioning Masculinity and Femininity
Marriage: A Costly but Desirable Affair
Changing Intimate Relations
6. Citizenship
Corrupt Politics and Bad Governance
Civic Engagement, Hip Hop, and Political Protest
Keur Gui, YâÇÖen a Marre, and Street Protests in Senegal
El General and Radio Chada Chaanbi in Tunsia
Azagaia, Sociedade Aberta, and Riots in Mozambique
Umuzi Photo Club and Kwaito Music in South Africa
Globalization and Youth Culture
New Geographies of Citizenship
7. Social Change
The Youth Revolution in Tunisia
The Jasmine, Facebook, or Tunisian Revolution?
Underlying Causes of Discontent
Uneven Regional Development and Massive Unemployment
State Corruption
Political Repression and Lack of Freedom
The Main Actors of the Revolution
Mohamed Bouazizi: An Accidental Martyr?
Cyber Activism
Young Unemployed University Graduates
Civil Society Groups
The Challenges of the Democratic Transition
The Transitional Coalition Government
Slim Amamou, the Youth Cabinet Member
The Emergence of New Political Forces
Generations and Social Change
8. Global Waithood
Notes
Reference List
Index

The time of youth : work, social change, and politics in Africa /

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