Will Urban Youth Fundamentally Change African Politics?
Episode 18 of the People, Power, Politics podcast features Prof Amy Patterson and Prof Megan Hershey’s new book (w Tracy Kuperus) “Africa’s Urban Youth.”
Hosted by CEDAR’s Nic Cheeseman, this episode covers:
- How young people across Africa contest marginalisation and define and claim their citizenship
- What led to Kenya’s youth-led protests of June/July 2024
- How to push back against the “youth as a problem or a solution” binary
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