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Informationen zum Autor Toyin Falola is Professor of History, University Distinguished Teaching Professor, and the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. He has served as the General Secretary of the Historical Society of Nigeria, the President of the African Studies Association, Vice-President of UNESCO Slave Route Project, and the Kluge Chair of the Countries of the South, Library of Congress. He is a member of the Scholars’ Council, Kluge Center, the Library of Congress. He has received over 30 lifetime career awards and 14 honorary doctorates. He has written extensively on Nigeria, including A History of Nigeria (1989), Nigerian Political Modernity and Postcolonial Predicaments (2016), Violence in Nigeria (1998), and Colonialism and Violence in Nigeria (1998).TOYIN FALOLA is the Frances Higginbothom Nalle Centennial Professor of History at the University of Texas, Austin. A leading historian of Nigeria and a distinguished Africanist, he serves on the editorial board of many journals, co-edits the Journal of African Economic History , and serves as series editor for Studies in African History and the Diaspora. His publications include many essays and books on Nigeria, including Decolonization and Development Planning (1996) and Violence in Nigeria: The Crisis of Religious Politics and Secular Ideologies (1998). He is currently working on a book entitled The African Intelligentsia . Klappentext Thanks to its population growth rate, Africa has one of the highest numbers of teenagers in the world. Africa is a vast continent with 52 countries, thousands of languages and peoples, numerous religions, and a diverse landscape, but the teen life-covered here in 15 representative countries-still has basic commonalities. African teens can go to school, tend animal herds, serve as farm help, or learn a trade; they belong to large family networks and participate in communal activities; they enjoy sports and hanging out with friends; and they mix modern and Western influences, such as fashion, with more traditional values. This book explores the lives, cultures, and opportunities of African teens, offering students and general readers a substantial understanding of this important group. _ Zusammenfassung Africa is a vast continent with 52 countries, thousands of languages and peoples, numerous religions, and a diverse landscape, but the teen life—covered here in 15 representative countries—still has basic commonalities. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction Algeria by Ann Cooper Cameroon by John Mukum Mbaku and Nicodemus Fru Awasom Egypt by Ann Genovase Ethiopia by Edmund Abaka Ghana by Kwabena O. Akurang-Parry and Dorothy A. Akurang-Parry Kenya by Christian Jennings Libya by Edmund Abaka Mozambique by Kristen Walles Nigeria by Ikechukwu Enwemnwa Senegal by Jacqueline Woodfork Somalia by Mohamed Diriye Abdullahi South Africa by Edmund Abaka Uganda by George O. Ndege Zambia by Priscilla Muntemba Taylor and Scott Taylor Zimbabwe by Oyekan Owomoyela Index About the Editor and Contributors ...
