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This series of podcasts explore the question of adolescence in African contexts. They are part of the ongoing work of the 5-year, UK Research and Innovation Global Challenges Research Fund Hub, Accelerating Achievement for Africa's Adolescents, hosted by the University of Oxford and the University of Cape Town. These podcasts are part of the innovation strand of the Hub's work, seeking to challenge and extend the ideas that underpin research on adolescence in Africa.
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| # | Episode Title | Description | People | Date | |
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| 7 | S2E3: Thinking Futures | This episode’s discussion with three African writers and cultural practitioners asks how we imagine the future in situations where we may lack resources or feel cut off from opportunities. | Aleya Kassam, Mako Muzenda, Jonny Steinberg, Elleke Boehmer | 01 Feb 2022 | |
| 6 | S2E2: Employment as Accelerator | This episode’s conversation explores the practical ways in which jobs can be created as an intervention for young people on the African continent. | Lukas Hensel, Kebba-Omar Jagne, Iyeyinka Kusi-Mensah, Elleke Boehmer | 01 Feb 2022 | |
| 5 | S2E1: Narrative, intervention, motivation | This episode is a conversation about how storytelling works in empowering ways in in situations of intervention in African contexts. | Alude Mahali, Robert Muponde, Tamsen Rochat, Elleke Boehmer | 01 Feb 2022 | |
| 4 | S1E4: Adolescence, narrative and storytelling | This episode hosts a discussion reflecting on the meeting points between narrative and adolescence. | Elleke Boehmer, Oluwafemi Oyebode, Caroline Adjimi, Hermann Wittenberg | 06 Feb 2020 | |
| 3 | S1E3: Performance and Adolescence | This episode explores the relationship between performance and selfhood in adolescent lives. | Elleke Boehmer, Alude Mahali, Alexandra Georgakopoulou, Kopano Ratele | 06 Feb 2020 | |
| 2 | S1E2: Adolescence and Care | This epsiode addresses the role of care in adolescence in African contexts. | Chris Desmond, Olayinka Omigbodun, Cindi Katz, Lucie Cluver | 06 Feb 2020 | |
| 1 | S1E1: Violence and Adolescence | This episode explores the impact of violence in the lives of young people, both in African contexts and beyond. | Elleke Boehmer, Diana Walters, Patricia Daley, Heidi Stöckl | 06 Feb 2020 |