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Africa is experiencing a youth population bulge that presents both opportunity for socioeconomic transformation and a challenge for governments to create employment to ensure peace and stability. The growing unemployment on the continent is a recipe for young people's disengagement from society and belligerence. The number of African youth that risk the perilous journey to Europe on the Mediterranean Sea is a stack reminder that youth development must be prioritized by governments and development partners alike. This books draws on the Future Farmers of America (FFA) and 4-H youth models as examples of youth development programmes that can be domesticated to solve the continent's youth question. Particular references are drawn from Oklahoma State FFA and 4-H programmes in relation to Uganda's education context and Africa as a whole, The book contains seven chapters: Chapter one discusses the characteristics of youth; Chapter two explores the youth question in Africa; Chapter three looks at youth clubs in Africa and Uganda in particular; Chapter four is about the FFA organization while Chapter five describes the 4-H clubs. Chapters six and seven discuss the propositions for youth development in Africa and a summary of recommendations respectively The book will be useful to policy makers and practitioners in education, agricultural extension and rural development in Africa,

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