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Ubuntu and Youth Studies in Africa

Ubuntu and Youth Studies in Africa

Molefe, Motsamai
Michael, Paul

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Studies in African Philosophy

PhilosophyGeneral Racism & Ethnic Studies

ISBN10: 1041023782
ISBN13: 9781041023784
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jul 15 2026
Pages: 192
Weight: 1.02
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book considers how the African philosophy of Ubuntu can contribute to the study of the youth in Africa.

Reports from the United Nations indicate that by 2050, more than a third of young people in the world will be in or from Africa. However, most existing youth studies remain framed by Global North paradigms, creating a risk of generalising or globally universalizing the stage of life between childhood and adulthood. This book challenges this imbalance by proposing an approach to youth studies that is grounded in Ubuntu, the philosophy that a person is a person through other persons. The book proposes an Ubuntu conception of youth as becoming: a relational and self-realizing approach to the stage of transition from childhood to morally fit personhood or adulthood. Moreover, the book seeks to imagine and engage issues affecting young people in Africa, covering topics ranging from education, development, migration, work, crime, politics, leadership, gangs, wars, technology, entrepreneurship, among many others.

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