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Young People and Public Space in Africa: Past and Present

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Today, in African contexts, young people are triply positioned: in environments of crisis (of multiple causes, forms, and consequences) they have come to constitute significant actors and resources, as well as the central concern, within the continent that has been shaken by eruptions of violence, social and political movements, and cultural and democratic projects. In these, young men and women have been both the principal perpetrators and the principal victims.

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  1. Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies Department and Department of History, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

    Mamadou Diouf

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  1. History Department, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA

    Martin S. Shanguhyia

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    Toyin Falola

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Diouf, M. (2018). Young People and Public Space in Africa: Past and Present. In: Shanguhyia, M., Falola, T. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of African Colonial and Postcolonial History. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59426-6_45

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