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- Title
Changes: Reflections on Senegalese Youth Political Engagement, 1988-2012.
- Abstract
This article examines the broad scope of youth political engagement in Senegal between 1988 and 2012. By examining several connected moments of youth political engagement (the 1989 Senegal-Mauritania crisis, the 1990 Set/Setal movement, and presidential elections from 1988 to 2012), I reflect on the ways in which youth mobilization has been integral to politics in Senegal. I argue that the political engagement of youth spans generations and is not bound to, or dependent on, a particular cultural form, such as hip-hop. At the same time, the article focuses on hip-hop, a central element of youth political mobilization in Senegal during the 2012 presidential elections, so as to open reflection on how cultural globalization plays out in local contexts.
- Subjects
YOUTH in politics; HISTORY of Senegal; SENEGALESE politics &; government, 2000-; POLITICAL participation; PRESIDENTIAL elections
- Publication
Africa Today, 2016, Vol 63, Issue 2, p33
- ISSN
0001-9887
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2979/africatoday.63.2.02