What Politics?: Youth and Political Engagement in Africa

Evasive youth, oblique politics /A question of power /On friendship and youth activism in pre-revolutionary Egypt /Respectful resistance. Young musicians and the unfinished revolution in Tunisia /Egyptian youth-led civil society organizations: alternative spaces for civic engagement? /Taking the forbidden space - graffiti and resistance in Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia /Post-revolutionary Tunisian youth art: the effect of contestation on the democratization of art production and consumption /The politics of inclusion and exclusion in urban Burkina Faso /Hustling for rights: political engagements with sand in northern Kenya /"Acholi youth are lost": young, Christian and (a)political in Uganda /Struggling for new communicative spaces: young media producers and politics in the Republic of Benin /Transnational engagement: return migrant women in Somaliland /Salafi youth on campus in Niamey, Niger: moral motives, political ends /Patronage and ethnicity amongst politically active young Kenyans /Political violence in Zimbabwe's National Youth Service, 2001-2007 /Students' participation in and contribution to political and social change in Ethiopia /Child participation in Ghana: responsibilities and rights /Diaspora as a multilevel political space for young Somalis /Addressing sexual violence in South Africa: 'gender activism in the making' /Elina Oinas, Henri Onodera and Leena Suurpaa --Danai S Mupotsa --Henri Onodera --Sofia Laine, Leena Suurpaa and Afifa Ltifi --Ehaab D. Abdou McGill and Loubna H. Skalli --Mulumebet Zenebe --Mounir Saidani --Jesper Bjarnesen --Nanna Jordt Jorgensen --Henni Alava --Tilo Gratz --Mariko Sato --Abdoulaye Sounaye --Eija Ranta --Ivo Mhike --Abebaw Yirga Adamu and Randi Ronning Balsvik --Þora Bjornsdottir and Jonina Einarsdottir --Paivi Armila, Marko Kananen and Tiina Sotkasiira --Claudia Mitchell, Naydene de Lange and Relebohile Moletsane.Part 1. Envisioning --Part 2. Entitlement --Part 3. Embeddedness --

Evasive youth, oblique politics /Elina Oinas, Henri Onodera and Leena Suurpaa --Part 1. Envisioning --A question of power /Danai S Mupotsa --On friendship and youth activism in pre-revolutionary Egypt /Henri Onodera --Respectful resistance. Young musicians and the unfinished revolution in Tunisia /Sofia Laine, Leena Suurpaa and Afifa Ltifi --Egyptian youth-led civil society organizations: alternative spaces for civic engagement? /Ehaab D. Abdou McGill and Loubna H. Skalli --Taking the forbidden space -- graffiti and resistance in Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia /Mulumebet Zenebe --Post-revolutionary Tunisian youth art: the effect of contestation on the democratization of art production and consumption /Mounir Saidani --Part 2. Entitlement --The politics of inclusion and exclusion in urban Burkina Faso /Jesper Bjarnesen --Hustling for rights: political engagements with sand in northern Kenya /Nanna Jordt Jorgensen --"Acholi youth are lost": young, Christian and (a)political in Uganda /Henni Alava --Struggling for new communicative spaces: young media producers and politics in the Republic of Benin /Tilo Gratz --Transnational engagement: return migrant women in Somaliland /Mariko Sato --Part 3. Embeddedness --Salafi youth on campus in Niamey, Niger: moral motives, political ends /Abdoulaye Sounaye --Patronage and ethnicity amongst politically active young Kenyans /Eija Ranta --Political violence in Zimbabwe's National Youth Service, 2001-2007 /Ivo Mhike --Students' participation in and contribution to political and social change in Ethiopia /Abebaw Yirga Adamu and Randi Ronning Balsvik --Child participation in Ghana: responsibilities and rights /Þora Bjornsdottir and Jonina Einarsdottir --Diaspora as a multilevel political space for young Somalis /Paivi Armila, Marko Kananen and Tiina Sotkasiira --Addressing sexual violence in South Africa: 'gender activism in the making' /Claudia Mitchell, Naydene de Lange and Relebohile Moletsane.