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. Generations Past
seeks to address this gap through a wide-ranging selection of
essays that covers an array of youth-related themes in historical
perspective. Thirteen chapters explore the historical dimensions of
youth in nineteenth-, twentieth-, and twenty-first–century
Ugandan, Tanzanian, and Kenyan societies. Key themes running
through the book include the analytical utility of youth as a
social category; intergenerational relations and the passage of
time; youth as a social and political problem; sex and gender roles
among East African youth; and youth as historical agents of change.
The strong list of contributors includes prominent scholars of the
region, and the collection encompasses a good geographical spread
of all three East African countries.
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