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    MAKERS & BREAKERS ‘Children & Youth in Postcolonial Africa Eited by ALCINDAHONWANA FILIP DEBOECK Africa World Press, Inc. w FILIP. DE BOECK & ALCINDA HONWANA Deak Jone rt pe pe Senn rug 10 di nd iC ans Cone Cet: Rane Renter cat Ip lens sod Capp Somos of nnn oa Teh Sr SEAS a asta atm Stem ctr em ro ~ Bimota meat ie eas eee eee tose cena “BSE conti = ie Nereis gee Seo RE SoS See ees Sot iy te Ras Pe Sis Lane, Oxo Portmath, NH: oss aE arnanas tna SEES es prt can fa Comat poate! Seerees NEEEE RAEOMES neem = CBE ec se cam mane can na cuttin ca Ceara ee mt sg Reng Den ah pt enn oh ae Mat atte ‘apm fetes Ponesion Youll Commecmry el Soe Cis! eee Te ES cope ooee aoa, See racresticcoe tate a Smee RS ui Ean eden ee eh he Rogue meters gmt Siicsishiigienekon men in eta tee Children & Youth in a Global Era JEAN COMAROFF & JOHN COMAROFF Reflections on Youth from the Past othe Postcolony Prlegomenon ‘i plsophy does noe concen ine wih itn, leaves hem to pedagogy, where hey ot a very goo ands. Phlotphy hs frgoren abot chen (Gerband Sein, The Reader 181) ‘There has long been 2 tesdency in he pai acoare of the Wet oseakof yu as 4 enubivocica anseaterdlcategory Assi a exited everywhere anal et uch the tne way This in ope of che et Ua sccopolgia an erin ne Inte, fr almost long thatthe cles seming and seal abuts neil ‘yout’ hae varied» gra deal as ine and peers! Malina Meret Mend nt to mention Phitppe Art Tie ao an sothmpologie tht the wy fn which young people ae pweved, rated nd repented beta ot abo he ‘cial an poite corutcaion ofa scien; Tharsis siete ccteaty Bea, Sovavcas juveniles were refered tomate tance ner clr oF ‘he induc meuopol were cated Jungle! even “Abicar (lebaig, 196820, Silty nate twentieth centry Nowth Aerie and South Aca Seca, 19983, ‘ing Divid Creat) white pre-aals ae typi termed teenie, whle tet back ‘counterpart ate ‘you adoescens with td 0 9 see In tht rane ange ‘lives an dernizes dfsencewithou expt marking it Work Jneph Conrad (@957-11) once si aethe reat oes Of aly Bat they as opens now om For Gm constaing 2 univer caugory~ a acl atts generted by de abet sosiologelpriniple of gensaon ~ yout tw peak of he eve te he histo: ‘loping of modern modecniy tate a the algal formation which ose = ing the Age of Revolution, 1789-1848 (cf. Hobbes, 192} and ws hove a the fiaughtdaeccs of expe moder sn desloge formaton which natured ‘on elon 2 model of buna development (Laks, 200 th cas you a both the esential precondition andthe indefite posspanemene of tury! fader ep. ns sociey at been more o le ign i malig cildood iat te of leone ‘cious eats rproducson, slang i young ft the worepice so that ey ihe * cman ail lene nd yi nse nes ak fo peg wooo tee fem ep ‘SOC ube oman a Sch Aenne 2» JEAN COMAROFF & JOHN COMAROFF covet the red worl oust, he itr being the cen which he rationste ‘So to hb palo whch ie Homan epi which > Fence (19708) hier ude’ Yuji ao he eure oF ue ih ‘Bho, of ordre ad ou easel ma TE ner sent for bg (1887 youth eer modernist narrates ly whan ey sad foros Bo the mater nveabigaou than hs ‘Teual Baer {0st mt neat ey be at the Sep Tet aa inly te pra uneting of derma epee eines ade he hea of tetra or ager Youn ter most coupler iain he a of yc rane itm, 1980103), umatancoadyideieatons and mono, futholop snd paca. a etn fora very lone Wits the sb {Eo appconce of he yung in Dicesan London ome one hand orphans xd SPU Coun yrs oe bres of Great Expt: Or the dict ies ‘je sca nat weet cer Aa conan for xan he rte ‘vol child ld of Momnigue oe Sera Leon the ery etme cl da {Gyon (onan, 199), ih the hese young fon of South Ace, who mee the faring ofc ad eco f qed Sa content eli open Bol homel cee ne come to fmol the cole thane of che nse ad i ln seston hgh proper reagan ep ieeresion ‘oe a) ie sens ou tnd for many hig once: forthe ero fue prs the caro often the roplt of aa For eld hopes ad new Boater Ges De Seth in tr okne) Ena ofthe pie ub of eu thy ae ges of FoR Uhr iongnaton Ge sensed tor ore anced ocd eles Tas 0 Re inanfo we tenor the pace of youn people im ee te tettheasy Tumse pose selene) crety in cu —in Aa rece Generation Trouble “The rtining of lbalsaton, let ta analyse concept ih stil bin diate in some ils Bat fem woul deny thst one abl fst ofthe contemporary werd = Fro Chicago to Cape ema, Cau fo Caren — ira sete of ess surrounding the prodataent of veer Atbough i avis Toc’ medned ae edited, hat Foden appen wo ie oot of be working of melibeal epi andthe chang Ie phnetay order of wich poe reer sf, pater. Bu seems every bhatt be founded en scounerpon« dosing comet pebap On the one ‘hand the mach raid extusion of he young fom naonl eeonomis, epi fom tor shaking aettorphoxing podaceve sect As the feazied exparion of the Gee marks ran up opis the dente of he were wat,a proces tht aes {eelin an ser widening gulf betesen ech ad poor the ceramonelth ofall but = [Ew soeegn pole fs en daly ode the ups, ment ae ule {ein provots ech of vocal services and booed the co of instruct Fepraducton or to unerote = Ubour make in which thee is regular ot secure gt om le ot ay nt can hen h it acton hae rae ‘eine ats mere cl eS ya et Ce Reflections on Youth From the Past othe Pstcalony a aploment in oy shundnce. Een in stance nds ec the moder ‘Een oftafiite popes caine acorn whch each poet ee ek thi in pacers conta moc necked, by conta te sence ‘any peeledaproponionety he Young sod elie oth mercy ad the ‘ound dom fl age! crip ince aot Thy donee esas stu ha the en geeron oes Ameria co pln wh cae te hs one S200 Tea et a som anon Youth ond sc he ecu ig ee ‘more palpsble in these neoliberal times. see bee ‘nl osha he est fei a ou cles fd ee rein repsenatin sb isms pl of potent, uncomencon of bition to go slog with than nthe epee op ees ae senha {Spc wo eomamoiee mad act eesely once wel ge Gonos ‘eco + once quodan peace af ol motte Shr dc sev ioc. ey spe, td da Tans yah ‘vind the ml comprehen sng peas 0a whch tn bcd Sete panery dows of uence people ace al tere va aera nd [sApplord 180) The oung are taken toe eer and ‘te mec in gown nes spo Fordic economics et seins braces spel Sn imi pny sng oh opal of pon wo nthe a tent cerns. youu he une upeedeed atom cl atgery anu fr sh th i de hts sb pegs ‘tos oft te muha fm tne watt or sn es ‘say Westra conten th. dg wh othe datnchied penn a ap tee Snestetcomtrnson wt a on ep econo of ast econ ‘te opndcon and cea, omn poe pain Lace (1999) me {iether alent’ odie te plenary eve Zack STL ‘oe ter, deaencued penow te iympons of lecaplae weal, ‘hoe imine ear hah gut apis re ed anes ee ‘tone ‘nine coon aotatanng popes bal hope and aperason 2s ts upg, youth ebogy the sharpening contacto oe coneopoy «won epeilyaete form, Take South Afi, for exatple erin the spd yeas the joven Bick counte-aton has pple opponc in Se act ate Wid “SE wp coment hs ec bs ete ee ‘veh erin sannpoymen tens mo Canperton alpen os peo oS {ical enema cae Ste wpa en itches te Shot oleae arto saan ne ae chee Bol neni open eh tang ees ae rakes oe See Sa Sein oo nme ey el aed cen “Tiny ms ta te yt ema pl eg pp th ‘and ee Sigs 180 bt er may a wg cis pall fey Signa th et wo dm spose comet tepytelta ede a ‘Shee mit frond Cann feat my yw eel er wear td Fa e Comnedtl Coa S “Voratonty mina wcen som sho tino Conacd al Cons (0 2 JEAN COMAROFF & JOHN COMAROFF dhe dese ofthe aor rein he dopo won he ight to eter the workplace a ‘fetid Bue, eng ony hs ceed jatar the ba pec of clo cel capt beg oH in Now ages pron the low of Hae colar nploment an he oon of ooking aw eno vie the pages of hl Sages incnie mel democracy Young pope of clos wo be em tha ‘leans orien mo Gnd the pena society how hadowon maoboed thes bere by fre ae comproie the ctl wos of i ob ‘Bo we ae cuning seid of och a ole to pak our wndetanding of tbe ceatenporaty pedeament af youth beyond the meely sper fo explore ther {he dob ambiguous texan promise ~ inherent formation nee ‘eset digs le deeper ins she modern shaslogy othe cto ore bee ‘bare arly ind the source of contemporary erin oe o tote ‘oprcenson of es A Brief History of Youth Foal 76a yn agen oe cin sr en society sige in accentuating the gl between d ls But we pent ‘Sine med sol connec ta ers mting te when ieee ‘clsmen conf fill-gon dei, wherein an inepresible sae of irincby seems o di precocious power Of coun, the aonstaes of Erope were ot sone ‘nvmacking out ‘outa i-phe whee lal ce cold be typed for theca lective ond Age bed societies in AB mobied premarital wacoliod os end 1s wal indesd thor who linguch between corporeal spd soc tury, debared fom maryng oe eablshing kes, have become the oobolon of ask hogenony ina cer Youth, Som hs evecare eerywhere apt cregory of cx lon and explosion, soe of ep alse {eS aimnble thar swenbeth-cenery European pol, with thei technologies of ‘man poducton, communication, a corn have ben sng wel postoned so ‘eae and ules the py nd iagiatersoures af he yung Yer one of he hms ofthe present moet, ofthe age of loblaon ad poof ss beens diminishing othe cpsciy OFgovecnnente face of the make nes thy foe ter ~ to congol adolescent bode, energy, or insertions, From the sped of bal Youth eure snd enonmenl polit che sowing of than png soccer ain, znd ncoNsa cadres the stion-nate pay host foes hit tao lnge degutely ‘in in. Ofen, more, he ore nd of tse fres nae Senses Hip Hop ‘Nason, Gay Naton~n wns du both nie snd mock all the beer to oe sorecgny Than the plas of fol appre in the new Harpe saage people {nd propery sal poland tunes boundaries a Home snd shad = inthe ane of national pride Buford, 1933), ikewie, thereof Ubrarsn mis, whom ‘youll troops dele war onsale gamerent nthe name of pe es sisi ac ofr he bh f tee il hse ee How bas ds come to be? Whatever ts eommblance to compartle wags in other petios and pce, the Earoconsroction of youth we pen, the ouwedtng of {pect of oct conan is even wl ongoing bspeat a submerged tory ‘of modety and ising udebelly Whe hone coved by fhe et hav og bad Reflections on Youth: From the Past othe Postcolery 2 ase ety eu son hm le) nd nce Wo Ws to then = they fn ncreingy de tho crs Abt daw ts make pe seflng tthe coe orp beeen cls ase eed csp eonomie wer apecor in i mys in wich ce beh and undermined egal of cant tal enaemene and ick sere ‘unter hr nna sere ata sore an te ere een fms The anguie expectation tht once Sane bosepe calees oh and his sing misono = de tht vouctufed he young «ene the sgn of eeepment~ a, at we he sbedy ss wry compmns Uy te ‘sing Inequliss wrought in the tame of nese cpilin: Ramee gs ‘fen hrc o modersam be of bape cop te Concomitant the neg of bln mi be season which the weed ide icon fd ofthe promise of be posi mech te mpgs chioned Wy wining dara of wath sc conlay ofr dome ot

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