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Organisation of African Youth (OAYouth) is the umbrella movement of all youth in Africa, independent of governments, parties or intergovernmental organisations. It was formed in August 2009 as a direct result of the entry into force of the African Youth Charter , [1] adopted by the general assembly of heads of states of the African Union in 2006.
Youth in Africa constituted 19% of the global youth population in 2015, numbering 226 million. [1] The United Nations defines youth as people aged 15 to 24 years. [2] By 2030, it is predicted that the number of youths in Africa will have increased by 42%. [1] Africa's population as a whole is very young, with 60% of the entire continent aged ...
Apartheid. The Soweto uprising (or Soweto riots) was a series of demonstrations and protests led by black school children in South Africa during apartheid that began on the morning of 16 June 1976. [1] Students from various schools began to protest in the streets of the Soweto township in response to the introduction of Afrikaans, considered by ...
Panafrican Youth Union. The Panafrican Youth Union ( PYU) is the apex body for National Youth Coordinating Bodies and Mechanism in Africa. Known formerly as the Panafrican Youth Movement (PYM), [1] it was transformed into the PYU at the organisation's 2003 congress in Windhoek, Namibia .
The Nigerian Youth Movement ( NYM) was Nigeria 's first genuine nationalist organization, founded in Lagos in 1934 at Stanley Orogun, with Professor Eyo Ita as the founding father and many others, including Samuel Akisanya. [1] Ernest Ikoli, the first editor of the Daily Times of Nigeria, which was launched in the month of June 1926, was ...
Category. v. t. e. The Black Consciousness Movement ( BCM) was a grassroots anti- apartheid activist movement that emerged in South Africa in the mid-1960s out of the political vacuum created by the jailing and banning of the African National Congress and Pan Africanist Congress leadership after the Sharpeville Massacre in 1960. [1] The BCM ...
Aya Chebbi ( Arabic: آية الشابي Aya al-Chebbi; born 1988), is a Tunisian diplomat, and a pan-African and feminist activist. She became the first appointed African Union Envoy on Youth in November 2018. [1] Appointed by the chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki in November 2018, as the youngest senior official in the ...
Voortrekkers. The Voortrekkers is an Afrikaner youth organisation, founded in South Africa in 1931, for Afrikaans boys and girls. It tries to develop resilience, service, leadership and a good character through team meetings, skills development and camping in nature, with the opportunity for whole families to get involved.