Voicing African Voices

Author

Mwenda Ntarangwi

Mwenda Ntarangwi holds a doctorate in cultural anthropology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and teaches at Calvin College, Michigan, USA. His research and teaching focus mainly on cross-cultural education as well as the intersection between culture and performance especially as experienced and expressed by youth. His most recent publications include: Reversed Gaze: An African Ethnography of American Anthropology (Illinois, 2010), East African Hip Hop: Youth Culture and Globalization (Illinois, 2009). He is also editor of Jesus and Ubuntu: Exploring the Social Impact of Christianity in Africa (Africa World Press, 2011), and guest editor of a special issue of Africa Development (Vol. 37 No. 3) on the theme: “Parent’s Involvement in Children’s Lives in Africa” (CODESRIA, 2012).

Social Sciences Sociology

Engaging Children and Youth in Africa

by Mwenda Ntarangwi and Guy Massart

Methodological and Phenomenological Issues Representing research from east, central, west, and southern Africa,{ Engaging Children and Youth in Africa} provides a well-balanced analysis of…

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