Harnessing the Social Energies of Youths in Farming and Pastoral Communities in Managing Conflicts in Nigeria

Adzande, Patience

doi:10.1017/asr.2021.116

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“…It is equally important, however, to highlight that youths may positively contribute in diverse and non-violent ways to challenging the societal and political status quo and breaking cycles of violence (McEvoy-Lévy 2001;Schwartz 2010). Thus, for example, young people in Zimbabwe used cyberspace to coordinate non-violent resistance against the Mugabe and Mnangagwa regimes (Gukurume 2022), and young Nigerian community vigilantes have at times contributed positively toward managing farmer-herder conflicts in the country (Adzande 2022).…”

Section: Youth and Violence In Conflict-affected Societiesmentioning

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“The Country Is on One Leg”: An Analysis of Secondary Educated Youths’ Perceptions of the Risks, Challenges, and Opportunities of the Peacebuilding Process in Côte d’Ivoire

Kuppens¹,

Langer²

2023

Afr. Stud. Rev.

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While youths in Africa are often portrayed as peace spoilers, this view largely overlooks youths who have not (yet) turned to (post-) conflict violence. In order to deepen our understanding of the risks of conflict recurrence and the ways to prevent these risks from materializing, Kuppens and Langer argue that it is crucial to study the perspectives of non-violent youths in post-conflict countries. Through an essay-based study with secondary school pupils in post-conflict Côte d’Ivoire, they show that youths are concerned about issues of security, employment, and reconciliation, and yet, they look generally favorably upon the peace process and their role in it.

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Section: Youth and Violence In Conflict-affected Societiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“The Country Is on One Leg”: An Analysis of Secondary Educated Youths’ Perceptions of the Risks, Challenges, and Opportunities of the Peacebuilding Process in Côte d’Ivoire

Kuppens¹,

Langer²

2023

Afr. Stud. Rev.

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Judith Byfield. The Great Upheaval: Women and Nation in Postwar Nigeria. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press (New African Histories series), 2022. xiii + 334 pp. List of illustrations. Abbreviations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $36.64. Paper. ISBN: 978-0821423981.

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2022

Afr. Stud. Rev.

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The Great Upheaval: Women and Nation in Postwar Nigeria was written by Judith Byfield, a scholar well versed in Nigeria's colonial history. Rooted specifically in the colonial history of Abeokuta, the book has six chapters. The first chapter covers "The Birth and Demise of a Nation: The Egba United Government." The second chapter looks at "Abeokuta's Centenary: Masculinity and Nationalist Politics in a Colonial Space." Chapter Three examines "Race, Nation, and Politics in the Interwar period." The fourth chapter deals with "Women, Rice, and War: Economic Crisis in Wartime Abeokuta." Chapter Five focuses on "Freedom from Want: Politics, Protest, and the Postwar Interlude," and the last chapter is titled "Daughters of Tinubu: Crisis and Confrontation in Abeokuta."Chapter One examines the growth of cultural nationalism and an emerging Christian state in Abeokuta during the nineteenth century, even before British colonialism. In this chapter, Byfield makes reference to women's work and economic independence (34), affirming how gender was construed in Abeokuta before colonialism. Yet, with the advent of colonial government, women were nevertheless excluded in the administrative setup of the Egba United Government (EUG) (39, 62).As British colonialism scuttled the ideals which made the Egba nation exclusive, the emergence of King Ademola II, the Alake, changed the dynamics of state-making. The author analyzes how taxation created a colonial capitalist system, with funds from taxation being used to build the Centenary Hall (65). The power of the kingship institution and the centralization of authority would later be reflected in the economic crises and class struggles that led to the "The Great Upheaval." The Great Upheaval, according to Wole Soyinka, was the crisis that forced the Alake (the king) to vacate his throne, and it was aided by the alliance of market women and educated women in Abeokuta (2). Each of the chapters presents episodic events, revolving from the Abeokuta centenary celebration in

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Harnessing the Social Energies of Youths in Farming and Pastoral Communities in Managing Conflicts in Nigeria

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“The Country Is on One Leg”: An Analysis of Secondary Educated Youths’ Perceptions of the Risks, Challenges, and Opportunities of the Peacebuilding Process in Côte d’Ivoire

“The Country Is on One Leg”: An Analysis of Secondary Educated Youths’ Perceptions of the Risks, Challenges, and Opportunities of the Peacebuilding Process in Côte d’Ivoire

Judith Byfield. The Great Upheaval: Women and Nation in Postwar Nigeria. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press (New African Histories series), 2022. xiii + 334 pp. List of illustrations. Abbreviations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $36.64. Paper. ISBN: 978-0821423981.

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