Alcinda Honwana, Author at African Arguments

Author: Alcinda Honwana

Alcinda Honwana

Alcinda Honwana is a leading scholar on youth, protests movements and social change in Africa. Honwana is currently Inter-Regional Adviser on social development policy at the United Nations in New York. She has been a Centennial Professor and the Strategic Director of the Firoz Lalji Centre for Africa at London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and the Chair in International Development at the Open University, UK.

Age of Agitation Series Debating Ideas Podcasts

By Alcinda Honwana
June 23, 2021
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Podcast: From Below, New Youth Politics in Africa

Age of Agitation Series: From Below, Youth Politics in Africa Podcast (Oxford Lecture)

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Age of Agitation Series Debating Ideas Democracy and Elections Tunisia Youth Politics

By Alcinda Honwana
April 7, 2021
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The Revolution Continues: Young Tunisians Are Back in the Streets

Age of Agitation Series: Tunisia's Youth Back in the Street

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Activism Age of Agitation Series Debating Ideas Democracy and Elections Gender Politics Mozambique Pan Africanism social movements Specialised Series Youth Politics

By Alcinda Honwana
March 17, 2021
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Change Will Come from Us: A Conversation with Quitéria Guirengane

Age of Agitation Series: Young Female Political Activism in Mozambique

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Politics

By Alcinda Honwana
December 7, 2015
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Enough! Will youth protests drive social change in Africa?

Uncertain, unable to find secure jobs, and caught in the liminal state of ‘waithood’, young people are angry and are on the march across the world. Young ...

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