DESAFIOS DA JUVENTUDE FACE AO DESENVOLVIMENTO DA ÁFRICA: UM OLHAR SOBRE MOÇAMBIQUE

Abstract

“What meaning should the term Development have and what commitment for african/mozambican youth?” it is the animating question of this reflection. There is no worse testimony to the performance of a country or society than the suspicion that it does not want to develop (Macamo), since the elocutory force of development comes precisely from its ideological nature. So, when a country is at war, when its elites plunder the public treasure, when misery, hunger, nudity and disease predominate in that country, it is the refusal of development that the existence of all these evils means. Development as “removal of human restrictions” (Sen) is likely in a community context and with a triple youth commitment: with the homeland, with knowledge and with democracy.

Keywords: African Philosophy, Youth, Development, Africa.