Young Nigerians learn about democracy at school: how it’s shaping future voters

By Leila Demarest, Associate Professor, Institute of Political Science, Leiden University
Line Kuppens, Assistant Professor of Conflict Studies, University of Amsterdam

Democratic consolidation is a continuing struggle, in Africa as elsewhere. The turn to democracy gained momentum in Africa in the late 1980s and early 1990s but has petered out since. Can new generations turn the tide?

The need to prepare young people to become democratically minded is well established. In western societies, school-based civic education has been considered the…

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