Boko Haram Insurgency, Youth Mobility and Better Life in the Far North Region of Cameroon

This article portrays youth mobility in Cameroon as a means to escape poverty and to achieve a better life. Youth mobility though not new is, however, taking a new dimension as a result of Boko Haram’s violent conflict. To explore how this violence has affected mobility, this study analyses narratio...

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Autor principal: Afu,Isaiah Kunock (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2019
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Texto completo:http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1645-37942019000100002
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:scielo:S1645-37942019000100002
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Resumo:This article portrays youth mobility in Cameroon as a means to escape poverty and to achieve a better life. Youth mobility though not new is, however, taking a new dimension as a result of Boko Haram’s violent conflict. To explore how this violence has affected mobility, this study analyses narration of youngsters’ escape experiences from Boko Haram and their ideas of how to achieve a better life, drawing on interviews in Cameroon’s Far North Region. The study begins with the origin and regionalisation of Boko Haram, followed by the concept of youth, the evolution of mobility trends and better life. It then proceeds to narrations of escape experiences, places of destination and sheds light on mobility pathways and integration dynamics.