Generations Past : Youth in East African History.

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Author / Creator:Burton, Andrew.
Imprint:Athens, OH : Ohio University Press, 2010.
Description:1 online resource (311 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13453120
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Other authors / contributors:Charton-Bigot, Hélène.
ISBN:9780821419236
0821419234
9780821443439
0821443437
9780821419243
0821419242
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:Contemporary Africa is demographically characterized above all else by its youthfulness. In East Africa the median age of the population is now a striking 17.5 years, and more than 65 percent of the population is age 24 or under. This situation has attracted growing scholarly attention, resulting in an important and rapidly expanding literature on the position of youth in African societies. While the scholarship examining the contemporary role of youth in African societies is rich and growing, the historical dimension has been largely neglected in the literature thus far. Gener.
Other form:Print version: Burton, Andrew. Generations Past : Youth in East African History. Athens, OH : Ohio University Press, ©2010
Standard no.:9780821419236
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