Youth in Angola: Social and Political Transformations

Abstract

Since the establishment of peace in 2002 Angola is going through rapid, dramatic, processes of change. Economic growth that occurs in recent years, especially the last two years, reflected in the lives of Angolans, particularly on youth everyday life. In this new reality, to be youth appears as a prerequisite because their status is synonymous with vitality, entrepreneurship, modernity, creativity and dynamism. On the other hand youngsters are those who are more powerfully challenging hierarchy and power and acting more efficiently through global social networks, thus blurring the traditional frontiers between Angola and the developed world.