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Title: | African youth and globalization: the experience of Ethics Club in the process of socio-political integration of the youth in Cameroon |
Author: | Touo, Herman |
Year: | 2010 |
Periodical: | African Anthropologist (ISSN 1024-0969) |
Volume: | 17 |
Issue: | 1-2 |
Pages: | 1-39 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Cameroon |
Subjects: | youth governance ethics youth organizations globalization |
External link: | https://www.ajol.info/index.php/aa/article/view/90141 |
Abstract: | This article examines the activities of the Cameroonian Ethics Club, a youth movement established in 1999, in relation to one of the pillars of globalization, good governance, and youth integration in Cameroon. The article is guided by the hypothesis that youth mobilization can affect democratic/good governance in the country in the context of globalization. Through interviews and participant observation, the article problematizes the global context and the main theme driving Ethics Club activism. It further examines the Ethics Club as framework of youth integration and participation, including suggestions that could improve the efficiency of this youth movement and direct government policy towards young people. The article finds that renewing hope in young people in Cameroon, as elsewhere on the African continent, can entail overcoming the vestiges of corruption and consolidating a robust democratic governance as well as ethics in leadership. It further finds that information and communication technologies (ICT) associated with globalization, are transforming Cameroonian society at a remarkable speed. Young people must be given the opportunity to ensure their own survival through a transparent system of decisionmaking that puts them at the centre. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. in English and French. [Journal abstract, edited] |