Straining: Young Men Working through Waithood in Freetown, Sierra Leone

Young men in precarious situations of persistent un(der)employment in post-civil war Freetown, Sierra Leone are depicted in popular and policy debate as “stuck†economically or “dangerous†and prone to violence. In the present paper, by contrast, we draw on young men’s explanations of their...

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Main Authors: Brandon Finn, Sophie Oldfield
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2015-01-01
Series:Africa Spectrum
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Online Access:http://journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/afsp/article/view/887