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oapen-20.500.12657-229542024-03-22T19:23:35Z West African Youth Challenges and Opportunity Pathways McLean, Mora L. Culture-Study and teaching Ethnology—Africa Africa—Politics and government Cultural policy Social policy Africa—Economic conditions Public policy thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPP Public administration thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPQ Central / national / federal government::JPQB Central / national / federal government policies thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics This open-access edited collection, focusing on Ghana and Nigeria, offers a transatlantic, transnational exploration of barriers that threaten the wellbeing of West African youth—ranging from Black immigrant youth in the American city of Newark, New Jersey, to students in Almajiri Islamic schools in Northern Nigeria. Incorporating themes of migration, vulnerability, and agency and aspirations, the book conveys the resilience of African youth transitioning toward adulthood in a world of structural inequality. It thus crosses the academic divide between Youth Studies and African Studies, while challenging conventional framings of Black youth as deficient and deviant—positing instead their individual and collective creativity and assets. The contributors employ different methodological approaches, including field research and autoethnography, from varying multidisciplinary and practitioner perspectives. 2020-03-18 13:36:15 2020-04-01T08:57:38Z 2020-04-01T08:57:38Z 2020 book 1007206 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/22954 eng Gender and Cultural Studies in Africa and the Diaspora application/pdf n/a 1007206.pdf https://www.springer.com/9783030210922 Springer Nature 10.1007/978-3-030-21092-2 10.1007/978-3-030-21092-2 6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5 271 Cham open access
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This open-access edited collection, focusing on Ghana and Nigeria, offers a transatlantic, transnational exploration of barriers that threaten the wellbeing of West African youth—ranging from Black immigrant youth in the American city of Newark, New Jersey, to students in Almajiri Islamic schools in Northern Nigeria. Incorporating themes of migration, vulnerability, and agency and aspirations, the book conveys the resilience of African youth transitioning toward adulthood in a world of structural inequality. It thus crosses the academic divide between Youth Studies and African Studies, while challenging conventional framings of Black youth as deficient and deviant—positing instead their individual and collective creativity and assets. The contributors employ different methodological approaches, including field research and autoethnography, from varying multidisciplinary and practitioner perspectives.
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