CASE
Mobilising the African Youth: Lessons from the Y’en a Marre Movement
Y'en a Marre demonstrators wearing salient t-shirts during a protest in Dakar.
– Credit: The Guardian
Y'en a Marre demonstrators holding the "Faut Pas Forcer" banner.
– Credit: The Guardian
Y'en a Marre members wearing the movement's salient colours.
– Credit: African Heritage
Y'en a Marre using hip-hop as mobilisation instrument to engage youth
– Credit: National Endowment for Democracy
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- General Issues
- Human Rights & Civil Rights
- Governance & Political Institutions
- Arts, Culture, & Recreation
- Specific Topics
- Citizenship & Role of Citizens
- Public Participation
- Youth Issues
- Scope of Influence
- National
- Start Date
- End Date
- Time Limited or Repeated?
- A single, defined period of time
- Purpose/Goal
- Develop the civic capacities of individuals, communities, and/or civil society organizations
- Make, influence, or challenge decisions of government and public bodies
- Spectrum of Public Participation
- Involve
- Total Number of Participants
- 300
- Open to All or Limited to Some?
- Open to All With Special Effort to Recruit Some Groups
- Targeted Demographics
- Youth
- General Types of Methods
- Community development, organizing, and mobilization
- Informal conversation spaces
- Protest
- General Types of Tools/Techniques
- Recruit or select participants
- Inform, educate and/or raise awareness
- Facilitate dialogue, discussion, and/or deliberation
- Specific Methods, Tools & Techniques
- Civic Education
- Social Media
- Protest
- Legality
- Yes
- Facilitators
- Yes
- Facilitator Training
- Untrained, Nonprofessional Facilitators
- Face-to-Face, Online, or Both
- Both
- Types of Interaction Among Participants
- Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation
- Informal Social Activities
- Teaching/Instructing
- Information & Learning Resources
- Teach-ins
- Decision Methods
- General Agreement/Consensus
- Idea Generation
- Communication of Insights & Outcomes
- Artistic Expression
- New Media
- Protests/Public Demonstrations
- Type of Organizer/Manager
- Social Movement
- Funder
- Donation funded
- Type of Funder
- Social Movement
- Staff
- No
- Volunteers
- Yes
- Evidence of Impact
- Yes
- Implementers of Change
- Lay Public
- Formal Evaluation
- No
