Mungiki as youth movement : revolution, gender and generational politics in Nairobi, Kenya
Like many other African countries, Kenya has a large and growing youth population. Some of the youths are mobilized into militant and political networks; one of these is the Mungiki movement. The article explores Mungiki’s combination of politics, religion and Kikuyu traditions.
Source: Nordic journal of youth research ; vol.
18, no. 3, 2010. - p. 301-319
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Using the examples of snuff tobacco, revolutionary talk and
generational exclusion, it is argued that one way of understanding
the connection between the various elements is to look at specific
youth practices that cut across apparently separate activities.
This reveals that youth in the Mungiki discourse is a highly
gendered concept.