Africa's Young Revolutionaries - A New Political Awakening

Africa's Young Revolutionaries - A New Political Awakening

Guest Column - In 2010, a young Tunisian street vendor named Mohamed Bouazizi set himself alight in protest against corruption and police brutality. His desperate act ignited the Arab Spring, a wave of uprisings that swept across North Africa and the Middle East, toppling once-untouchable strongmen and redrawing the region’s political map.

Africa’s Young Revolutionaries – A New Political Awakening

In 2010, a young Tunisian street vendor named Mohamed Bouazizi set himself alight in protest against corruption and police brutality. His desperate act ignited the Arab Spring, a wave of uprisings that swept across North Africa and the Middle East, toppling once-untouchable strongmen and redrawing the region’s political map. At the time, many wondered: Would the spirit of rebellion cross the Sahara? Would the youth of Sub-Saharan Africa—frustrat…