This article analyses the political rise of the Ugandan opposition leader, Robert Kyagulanyi,
aka Bobi Wine, arguing that he has a deployed a novel type of generational populism–a …

This qualitative study explores the mobilization efforts of Generation Z in Kenya against
fiscal legislation and their implications for democratic governance in Africa. Using Social …

This article focuses on the relationship between young, male citizens and the state at the
urban margins of Nairobi; a relationship framed by violent encounters and police brutality …

Burning Ambition explores how young people learn to understand and influence the
workings of power and justice in their society. Since 2008, hundreds of secondary schools …

Youth as a category that informs international interventions in conflict-affected settings has
gained currency in the past decade. This article traces the rising rhetoric of youth in UN …

“Why are you arresting me? I protest because you're killing us. You police–you're killing us
in our communities!”, a young woman cried out as she was hanging on to a parked car …

This article contributes to debates on authoritarian renewal and youth party activism in
Africa, based on case study research with youth who are active in the Zimbabwe African …

Existing research addresses violence in youth activism from two directions, broader societal
violence or specific violence targeting political action. Nonetheless, these are explored …

Globally, youth quotas have become increasingly popular, yet, we know little about the
impacts of quotas on young people's behaviour and attitudes. This study runs a series of …

In this article, I analyse how different policing actors project their power and sovereignty in
two informal settlements in Kenya: Mathare and Kaptembwo. Using the idea of permissive …