Anthropologist
African youth, gender, social adulthood
In Cultivating Moral Citizenship, ethnographer, Jude Fokwang unpacks the meanings, mechanisms and processes through which young people in an inner city of the West African nation of Cameroon respond to local and global challenges as they seek to position themselves as social adults.
Catrine Christiansen, Mats Utas and Hendrik E. Vigh (eds.) Navigating Youth, Generating Adulthood: Social Becoming in an African Context. Uppsala, Nordic Africa Institute, 2006, 272 pp. NB: This review was originally prepared in 2007 Navigating Youth, Generating Adulthood is a … Continued
About the Film Set in the sprawling community of Old Town, the cradle of the modern city of Bamenda (Cameroon), Something New in Old Town explores a unique approach to grassroots development and communal empowerment. This intimate documentary, filmed over … Continued
From Plebiscite to Youth Day: Origins of the National Youth Day in Cameroon Drawing on archival research on the origins of the Youth Day, I argue that the National Youth Day constitutes one of West Cameroon’s contributions to national political ritual. … Continued
