Generations Past: Youth in East African History

by Helene Charton-Bigot and Andrew Burton

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821419234
• ISBN13: 9780821419236
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"