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Generations Past : Youth in East African History.
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Athens, OH :
Ohio University Press,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (311 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780821419236 0821419234 9780821443439 0821443437 |