Understanding Adolescence in African Contexts

This series of podcasts explore the question of adolescence in African contexts. They are part of the ongoing work of the 5-year, UK Research and Innovation Global Challenges Research Fund Hub, Accelerating Achievement for Africa's Adolescents, hosted by the University of Oxford and the University of Cape Town. These podcasts are part of the innovation strand of the Hub's work, seeking to challenge and extend the ideas that underpin research on adolescence in Africa.

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Episode	Description	People	Date
S2E3: Thinking Futures	This episode’s discussion with three African writers and cultural practitioners asks how we imagine the future in situations where we may lack resources or feel cut off from opportunities.	Aleya Kassam, Mako Muzenda, Jonny Steinberg, Elleke Boehmer	1 February, 2022
S2E2: Employment as Accelerator	This episode’s conversation explores the practical ways in which jobs can be created as an intervention for young people on the African continent.	Lukas Hensel, Kebba-Omar Jagne, Iyeyinka Kusi-Mensah, Elleke Boehmer	1 February, 2022
S2E1: Narrative, intervention, motivation	This episode is a conversation about how storytelling works in empowering ways in in situations of intervention in African contexts.	Alude Mahali, Robert Muponde, Tamsen Rochat, Elleke Boehmer	1 February, 2022
S1E4: Adolescence, narrative and storytelling	This episode hosts a discussion reflecting on the meeting points between narrative and adolescence.	Elleke Boehmer, Oluwafemi Oyebode, Caroline Adjimi, Hermann Wittenberg	6 February, 2020
S1E3: Performance and Adolescence	This episode explores the relationship between performance and selfhood in adolescent lives.	Elleke Boehmer, Alude Mahali, Alexandra Georgakopoulou, Kopano Ratele	6 February, 2020
S1E2: Adolescence and Care	This epsiode addresses the role of care in adolescence in African contexts.	Chris Desmond, Olayinka Omigbodun, Cindi Katz, Lucie Cluver	6 February, 2020
S1E1: Violence and Adolescence	This episode explores the impact of violence in the lives of young people, both in African contexts and beyond.	Elleke Boehmer, Diana Walters, Patricia Daley, Heidi Stöckl	6 February, 2020

Understanding Adolescence in African Contexts

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