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{"title":"Jakarlo with BackWay: youth, old traditions, new trends, and clandestine migration within The Gambia","authors":"Sireita Mullings-Lawrence","doi":"10.1080/21681392.2023.2252657","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21681392.2023.2252657","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractCommitted to rendering the realities of some of The Gambia's youth's lived experience, the paper explores how an art critique during the Visual Voices workshop served as a platform that enabled young people to draw upon visual methodologies to reflect upon and share some of the major concerns and challenges that The Gambia's youth population are forced to confront in one way or another. Drawing on the artworks of participants from the ArtFarm (AF), an artists’ and farmers’ collective, photographs taken during a ‘Jakarlo’, [Jakarlo is the Wolof word for face-to-face or confrontation] a youth wrestling event in Kerr Sering, a Gambian village, and discussions about migration as a new phenomenon with young people from the Abuko Youth Association [See https://www.facebook.com/abukoyouthassociation/] (AYA), the paper explores the ways in which young people are engaging in traditions of visual and performing arts, wrestling, and migration in new ways. The discussions reveal the significance of their practice and engagement as youth leaders and active citizens in The Gambia. Simultaneously, we witness the power of visual narrative as a means of enabling an exploration into the themes that emerged from discussion and observation. These themes lead us to ask how The Gambia's young people have come to negotiate the social phenomena of wrestling, migration, and art as ‘new trends' rooted in ‘old’ practices, how tradition is held onto, and how have they taken on new forms within the youth landscape of The Gambia.Engagé à restituer les réalités de certains jeunes Gambiens à travers leur expérience vécue, l'article explore comment une critique d'art, lors de l'atelier Visual Voices, a servi de plate-forme permettant aux jeunes de s'appuyer sur des méthodologies visuelles afin de réfléchir et partager sur les principales préoccupations et défis auxquels la population des jeunes Gambiens est confrontée, d'une manière ou d'une autre. S'appuyant sur les œuvres d'art des participants de l'ArtFarm (AF) – un collectif d'artistes et d'agriculteurs, des photographies prises lors d'un ‘Jakarlo' – un événement de lutte pour les jeunes à Kerr Sering (un village gambien), et des discussions sur les migrations en tant que nouveau phénomène avec des jeunes de l'Association des jeunes d'Abuko (AYO), l'article explore les façons dont les jeunes s'engagent dans les traditions des arts visuels et du spectacle, de la lutte et des migrations de façons nouvelles. Les discussions révèlent l'importance de leur pratique et de leur engagement en tant que jeunes leaders et citoyens actifs en Gambie. Nous sommes simultanément témoins du pouvoir du récit visuel qui permet d’explorer des thèmes issus des discussions et de l'observation. Ces thèmes nous amènent à nous demander comment les jeunes Gambiens en sont venus à négocier les phénomènes sociaux de la lutte, de la migration et de l'art en tant que « nouvelles tendances » enracinées dans des pratiques « anciennes » ou comment le","PeriodicalId":37966,"journal":{"name":"Critical African Studies","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135011484","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Introduction: African youth, popular arts, and cultural politics in everyday life","authors":"Adrienne Cohen, Paul Ugor","doi":"10.1080/21681392.2023.2252182","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21681392.2023.2252182","url":null,"abstract":"Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).","PeriodicalId":37966,"journal":{"name":"Critical African Studies","volume":"235 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135011485","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Digital media, popular culture and social activism amongst urban youth in Nigeria","authors":"Chizoba Imoka","doi":"10.1080/21681392.2023.2249726","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21681392.2023.2249726","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractFocusing on Nigeria, this paper explores the efforts of an online youth leadership programme, Days of Change, which succeeded in galvanising, uniting, and engaging Nigerian youth both online and offline, across social, class, and ethnic divides concerning nation building. The paper provides a unique example of the ways in which online media have become veritable sites of popular urban youth cultures, from which young people negotiate the unstable landscape of post-coloniality that the African state has foisted on its vulnerable youth population. More importantly, the paper seeks to lay the groundwork for further theorisations on how social media can be utilised as a vehicle for anti-colonial youth engagement Africa.Cet article se concentre sur le Nigéria, et explore les efforts d'un programme de leadership des jeunes en ligne - Days of Change - qui a réussi à galvaniser, unir et engager les jeunes nigérians à la fois en ligne et hors ligne, à travers les clivages sociaux, de classe et ethniques relatifs à la construction de la nation. L'article fournit un exemple unique de la manière dont les médias en ligne sont devenus de véritables sites de cultures populaires de jeunes urbains, à partir desquels les jeunes négocient le paysage instable de la post-colonialité que l'État africain a imposé à sa population de jeunes vulnérables. Plus important encore, le document cherche à jeter les bases de nouvelles théorisations sur la manière dont les médias sociaux peuvent être utilisés comme vecteur d'engagement anticolonial des jeunes en Afrique.Keywords: digital mediasocial activism in Africapopular cultureNigerian youthsocial media for social changedecolonizationMots clés: Médias numériquesactivisme social en Afriqueculture populairejeunesse nigériennemédias sociaux pour le changement socialdécolonisation Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Statement of EthicsThe research was conducted with approval from University of Toronto. My participations, observations and interviews were based on the full interest and consents of the children and their parents which I obtained through extended stays and interactions with the people in the villages. All interviewees have been anonymised and gave consent to be interviewed for the purposes of this research. At the time this study was conducted, University of Toronto did not require ethical approval to be sought for this type of research.Notes1 Chizoba Imoka. Journey to Being a Doctor. Chizoba Imoka.com. https://www.chizobaimoka.com/about2 Oxfam International. Nigeria: Extreme Inequalities in Numbers. https://www.oxfam.org/en/nigeria-extreme-inequality-numbers","PeriodicalId":37966,"journal":{"name":"Critical African Studies","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135011483","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Young Africans supporting European clubs: the case of football fans from Accra, Ghana","authors":"Kofi Akpabli","doi":"10.1080/21681392.2023.2238096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21681392.2023.2238096","url":null,"abstract":"The massive following that European soccer leagues enjoy in Africa, especially among urban youth, is an aspect of African youth cultures that scholarship has not adequately addressed. This paper explores the phenomenon and its implications for young people’s everyday identity politics, by focusing on how African popular cultures draw on global cultural trends to appeal to urban youth in local settings across the continent. Specifically, what is being analysed is how young people engage with global modernity by projecting their aspirations and desires through the fortunes of their adopted European soccer teams. Using the questionnaire interview method, I talked to nine Ghanaian youths living in Accra, Ghana’s capital, where there currently exists a vibrant youth support movement for foreign clubs. Findings from the interviews reveal that the glamour of European leagues trigger issues of identity, belonging, and politics among young Africans. While some consider their involvement in European leagues as an escape and a powerful protest to the comparatively unattractive soccer landscape on the continent, others perceive it as an expression of their global citizenship and belonging. Recognizing the enjoyment that young people elicit from the European soccer craze, the article argues that not only does the entertainment value of foreign soccer ‘absolve’ youth of their allegiance to foreign interests, but it also provides a powerful cultural avenue for them to vicariously participate in a modernity whose privileges they cannot access locally.","PeriodicalId":37966,"journal":{"name":"Critical African Studies","volume":"63 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135011219","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"‘The more educated the better?’ Educational achievement and women’s voices during deliberation in the Ugandan parliament","authors":"Hannah Muzee, J. Endeley","doi":"10.1080/21681392.2023.2186906","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21681392.2023.2186906","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37966,"journal":{"name":"Critical African Studies","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91208977","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"In search of a post-transatlantic slave trade dwelling and conviviality: rethinking Ghana’s ‘Year of Return’ with Ama Ata Aidoo’s The Dilemma of a Ghost (1965)","authors":"Rogers Asempasah, Samuel Ato Bentum","doi":"10.1080/21681392.2023.2176900","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21681392.2023.2176900","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37966,"journal":{"name":"Critical African Studies","volume":"105 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85882891","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Chinese ‘modern’ device transforming the traditional healers’ practices in Cameroon","authors":"L. Candelise, Antoine Kernen","doi":"10.1080/21681392.2023.2200011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21681392.2023.2200011","url":null,"abstract":"In the field of health, China's contribution is generally addressed either through its cooperation programmes or by the opening of private clinics by Chinese ‘doctors’. In Yaoundé and Douala, some private practices have been opened and various works have highlighted their role in the dissemination of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in Cameroon. Yet the craze for these structures did not last long. Today, while signs of their existence are still visible, many of these firms are closed. China's influence in the health field is, however, far from negligible, but it is taking place in unexpected areas. The circulation of goods and knowledge from China leaves more room for local reappropriation. Indeed, some Cameroonian traditional healers include knowledge from China in their daily practice through the use of ‘machines’ coming from China to ‘purify the body’, to ‘eliminate fat’, to regulate the tension, to ‘stimulate acupuncture points’ or ‘make diagnosis’ (using the quantum analyser or a ‘diagnostic machine’). From direct observations conducted between 2014 and 2021, this article presents the issues at stake for the practice of traditional healers by the modernization of the field through specific therapeutic devices and the quantum analyser coming from China into the health Cameroonian landscape. The paper demonstrates that the performance of the diagnostic machine has less to do with the concrete efficiency of the diagnosis of pathologies than with the dynamics of visibility vis-à-vis patients. The quantum analyser is, therefore, an interesting element revealing the constant process of renewal of medical pluralism in Cameroon, in which China is playing a central role today.","PeriodicalId":37966,"journal":{"name":"Critical African Studies","volume":"71 1","pages":"91 - 105"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83978051","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Chinese goods in Africa: new extraversions, orientations, and expressions of African agency","authors":"Guive Khan-Mohammad, Antoine Kernen","doi":"10.1080/21681392.2023.2200013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21681392.2023.2200013","url":null,"abstract":"By proposing to approach African-Chinese relations through the lens of Chinese products, this special issue intends to reveal the many ways in which African agency manifests in globalization. Indeed, Africans are the leading actors in the arrival and dissemination of Chinese goods on the continent, challenging the purported omnipotence of Chinese actors. The focus on Chinese products also provides an innovative perspective on the transformation of contemporary African societies. The low price of Chinese-made goods has contributed to new consumption and business opportunities for many Africans. This has accompanied the continent’s entry into mass consumption. Finally, this special issue raises the question of the management of extraversion. The development of new entrepreneurial activities carries with it a subversive potential that calls into question the historical domination of African and foreign cosmopolitan elites on an increasingly multipolar process of extraversion. On a broader level, it questions the hierarchies and power structures of many sectors that have been going through deep restructuring in the wake of the arrival of Chinese goods.","PeriodicalId":37966,"journal":{"name":"Critical African Studies","volume":"75 1","pages":"1 - 14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76557644","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Low-cost Chinese goods in Tanzania: the rise of transnational trade routes’ peripheral branches","authors":"Sylvain Racaud","doi":"10.1080/21681392.2022.2154234","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21681392.2022.2154234","url":null,"abstract":"This article illustrates how rural margins and urban-rural relations in southwest Tanzania join up with transnational trade routes for Chinese goods. It examines the trade of low-cost imported goods from China (plastic sandals, cheap jewellery, various fashion accessories, cheap clothing, etc.) that are widely spread in Tanzania, up into the peripheral countryside. By examining the concept of trade routes, the article contributes to the literature on urban-rural relations in African Studies and ‘inconspicuous globalisation’ by proposing a contrary perspective, where rural areas viewed as areas of consumption of imported products. It then rescales the globalization analysis by situating urban-rural relations at the heart of local and global interconnections. The article demonstrates that geographically peripheral places and actors have a capacity to influence the direction of the global trade route as they combine complementarities between the urban-rural continuum and topological continuity of networks from local to global. The global trade geography is profoundly influenced by what goes on in its inconspicuous tentacles in upcountry regions, such as the Uporoto Mountains, where the global trade route relies on the dynamism of local agriculture, which is increasingly merging with other livelihoods. This is exemplified by the complementarities between trade and agriculture in terms of livelihood, circulation of capital, urban-rural mobility, and links to global scales, which highlight the de-agrarianization process and the development of a mass consumption society.","PeriodicalId":37966,"journal":{"name":"Critical African Studies","volume":"6 1","pages":"106 - 123"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74065394","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Transdisciplinary, transgressive and transformative: Pedagogical reflections on sexual ethics, religion, and gender","authors":"Johnathan Jodamus, Megan Robertson, Sarojini Nadar","doi":"10.1080/21681392.2022.2133733","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21681392.2022.2133733","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37966,"journal":{"name":"Critical African Studies","volume":"216 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76671403","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}