Youth, Associational Life and Civic Engagement in Northern Cameroon: Association des Jeunes Élèves et Étudiants de la Faada.
This article analyses the ways in which youths in Northern Cameroon have been able to access social citizenship. Tracing the nature of this access over an extended period – from the early 1990s to the mid-2020s – I underline the importance of youth civic engagement through associational life. Associ...
| Publicado en: | Journal of African Cultural Studies Vol. 37; no. 1; pp. 111 - 127 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Mar2025
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