Fearing Africa's young men: the case of Rwanda

Abstract

Male youth in Africa are leading the charge to cities, rapidly transforming the historically rural-based African population into a mostly urban one. Youth feature in military outfits across the continent, are being devastated by the AIDS epidemic, and their place on the margins of most reconstruction and development efforts in Africa threaten to undermine sustainable development. Perhaps more than any other African nation, Rwanda is at a crossroads. For years, it stood as the least urbanized country in the world, but now has the world’s highest urbanization rate. Most male youth, some of whom were foot soldiers of the 1994 genocide, remain pinioned on the margins, receiving little attention or support. This is a potentially

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