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Democratic Development And The Role Of Citizenship Education In Sub-Saharan African With A Case Focus On Zambia, Ali A. Abdi, Lee Ellis, Edward Shizha

Youth and Children's Studies

In addressing issues related to problems of democratisation in Africa, this paper attempts to relate the issue to the need for citizenship education and the role that can play in social development. Citizenship should be central to the formation of viable civil societies that claim a tangible stake in national public spaces in post-Cold War Africa. These and related topics are discussed relative to new possibilities that could lead to the full realisation of the concept as well as the practice of enfranchised citizenship and inclusive social development in aspiring democracies in the Sub Saharan African context. The complexity of …