African Childhoods Education, Development, Peacebuilding, and the Youngest Continent /

With 70 per cent of its people under the age of 30, Africa is the world's youngest continent. African youngsters have been largely characterized as either vulnerable victims of the frequent humanitarian crises that plague their homelands, or as violent militarized youth and 'troubled'...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Ensor, M. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Edition:1st ed. 2012.
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137024701
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