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Contemporary youth movements and the role of social media in Sudan
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Youth activism in the last decade has become increasingly associated with new media technologies. The “Arab Spring”, it can be argued, prompted much interest among academics, policymakers and others on the intersection between youth, activism and social media. Although oftentimes seen as threats to authoritarian states, youths have become agents of change in the eyes of international foreign policy developers who claim to be keen on progressive and inclusive governance. This paper reflects on the role of social media in the recent (2011–2013) activism of Sudanese youth, who have taken centre stage at demonstrations calling for regime change, and adopting mechanisms similar to their counterparts in the Middle East/North Africa. While political forms of activism may have been more prominent in the Arab Spring, this paper argues that social media plays a key role in both political and community engagements of contemporary urban Sudanese youth, perhaps pointing to future possibilities.
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“Despite widely held grievances, however, nonviolent organized resistance was limited, in part, because the regime had succeeded in dismantling many of the formal civil society groups that had led mobilization during prior popular uprisings (Berridge 2015) including independent NGOs (Kadoda and Hale 2015, 221), professional unions and associations (Massoud 2013, 121), and the civil service (Mann 2”
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“Despite widely held grievances, however, nonviolent organized resistance was limited, in part, because the regime had succeeded in dismantling many of the formal civil society groups that had led mobilization during prior popular uprisings (Berridge 2015) including independent NGOs (Kadoda and Hale 2015, 221), profess…”
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- Authors
- Kadoda, G., & Hale, S.
- Affiliations
- Independent Researcher , Khartoum, Sudan
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Corresponding author
- Kadoda, Gada
- Venue
- Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2015-01-02
- Volume
- 49
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 215-236
- ISSN
- 0008-3968 (ISSN-L)
- 1923-3051
- OpenAlex
- W2181830733
- Cited by
- 47
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 3.22
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Intelligence Service
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Communication › Social Media and Politics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Arab Spring and North African Politics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts
- Keywords
- youth activism, social media, Arab Spring, regime change, political demonstrations, urban youth, authoritarian state, new media technologies
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