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Other authors / contributors: | Charton-Bigot, Hélène.
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ISBN: | 9780821419236 0821419234 9780821443439 0821443437 9780821419243 0821419242
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
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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.
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Other form: | Print version: Burton, Andrew. Generations Past : Youth in East African History. Athens, OH : Ohio University Press, ©2010
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Standard no.: | 9780821419236 ebc1743668
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