Dealing with Elusive Futures
University Graduates in Urban Africa
1st Edition
Published on 15. November 2017
198 pages
978-3-8394-3949-4 (ISBN)
Description
The time to come - as well as the exploration thereof - remains elusive for social actors and social scientists alike.The contributors accept the challenge to depict young men and women's future-creating activities in urban contexts of sub-Saharan Africa. Very consciously, they study young graduates having obtained a university degree and provide a vivid picture of their strategies to socially grow older by doing adulthood in contexts of great uncertainty.The examples include Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ethiopia, Mali and Tanzania, visually enriched through pictures taken by young Malian photographers.
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Besprochen in:Sociologus, 68 (2018), Lena KroekerMore details
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Noemi Steuer, Zentrum für Afrikastudien, Basel, Schweiz
Noemi Steuer (PhD) is a social anthropologist at the Centre for African Studies, University of Basel.
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Michelle Engeler, Universität Basel, Schweiz
Michelle Engeler (PhD) is a social anthropologist at the Centre for African Studies, University of Basel.
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Elísio Macamo, Zentrum für Afrikastudien, Basel, Schweiz
Elísio Macamo (Prof.) is a sociologist at the Departement of Social Sciences and the Centre for African Studies, University of Basel.
Content
- Cover
- Table of contents
- Context
- 1. Elusive Futures
- 2. Negotiating the Future
- 3. Ça va aller
- 4. >Opening up La Chance<
- 5. Looking for Better Opportunities
- 6. Politics of the Future - Riots of the Now
- 7. Managing Uncertainty
- 8. Epilogue
- On the Authors
