Rebellious Youth in Colonial Africa

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ID8980646
AutoresRichard Waller (0000-0002-0697-3183, Bucknell University, autor correspondente)
Ano2006
Volume47
Fascículo1
Páginas77-92
Data de publicação2006-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Journal of African History (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0021-8537 • E-ISSN: 1469-5138
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0021853705001672
OpenAlexW2066143605
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas48
Referências citadas1

‘That rebellious youth’ alarmed colonial authorities and elders alike is increasingly an issue for historians. This article surveys the issue as an introduction to the two studies that follow. It considers both the creation of images of youthful defiance as part of a debate about youth conducted largely by their seniors and the real predicaments faced by young people themselves. Concern revolved around the meanings of maturity in a changing world where models of responsible male and female adulthood, gendered expectations and future prospects were all in flux. Surviving the present and facing the future made elders anxious and divided as well as united the young. The article concludes by suggesting a number of areas, including leisure and politics, where the voice of youth might be more clearly heard, and proposes comparisons – with the past, between racial groups and between ‘town’ and ‘country’ – that link the varied experiences of the young

Colonialism · Maturity (psychological · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Youth studies · African history and culture studies · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Gender Studies · History · Law · South African History and Culture