African youth and the persistence of marginalization [electronic resource] : employment, politics, and prospects for change / edited by Danielle Resnick and James Thurlow.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: African youth at a crossroads / Danielle Resnick and James Thurlow -- Youth employment prospects in Africa / James Thurlow -- Protesting for a better tomorrow? Youth mobilization in Africa / Danielle Resnick -- Cities of youth : post-millennial cases of mobility and sociality / Karen Tranberg Hansen -- Youth in Tanzania's urbanizing mining settlements : prospecting a mineralized future / Deborah Fahy Bryceson -- Young people, agriculture and employment in rural Africa / James Sumberg, Nana Akua Anyidoho, Michael Chasukwa, Blessings Chinsinga, Jennifer Leavy, Getnet Tadele, Stephen Whitfield, and Joseph Yaro -- Education policy, vocational training, and the youth in Sub-Saharan Africa / Moses Oketch -- The success of learnerships : lessons from South Africa's training and education programme / Neil Rankin, Gareth Roberts, and Volker Schoer -- Conclusions: moving beyond conventional wisdoms / Danielle Resnick and James Thurlow.