Zambia&#039;s Youths and the 2021 General Election: Rescuing Democracy through Activism and Social Media

Emmanuel Matambo

doi:10.5771/9781666963595

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Edition: 1/2025
Copyright Year: 2025
ISBN-Print: 978-1-6669-6358-8
ISBN-Online: 978-1-6669-6359-5
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 208
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
1. Why Write This Book? No access
2. The Youth of Africa: Brief History and Context No access
3. Zambia’s Voting Temperament: Patience with Unsatisfactory Leaders until Election Time No access
4. Methodology No access
5. Notes No access
1. The Reach and Influence of Social Media on Political Narratives No access
2. Two Streets for Campaigns: Physical Streets and Social Media No access
3. “Bally,” a Game Changer: The Electoral Power of Names among Youth Voters No access
4. Still on the Power of Names: Chakwera’s Rise in Malawi and Lungu’s Fall in Zambia No access
5. Notes No access
1. Music as Launching Pad for Political Careers and Activism No access
2. When Rats Guard the Pots: The Power of Music in Denouncing Corruption and Bad governance No access
3. God’s Choice, Or Not? The PF’s resort to Adulatory Music No access
4. A Knack for Telling Truth to Power: Enter the Boys from Samfya No access
5. Notes No access
1. Youth Protests against the Patriotic Front No access
2. Cadres: How Patriotic Front Rank and File Usurped the Public Space No access
3. Too Naked to Misbehave: Bowman Lusambo on a Rampage No access
4. A Voice from the Wilderness: The June 2020 Bush Protest No access
5. Notes No access
1. Zambians Still Love President Lungu: Campaigns and Their Challenges under the PF No access
2. Shredding the Constitution: How the Patriotic Front Subverted the Law of the Land No access
3. Watermelon Tactic: Innovative Campaigning in a Stifling Environment No access
4. End of an Era: Kenneth Kaunda’s Death and the PF’s Desperate Ploy to Exploit It No access
5. Lungu na Luo: How Lungu’s Choice for Running Mate Was a Liability No access
6. Crybaby? A Gentleman Called Hakainde Hichilema No access
7. Notes No access
1. The People’s Choice No access
2. A National and Regional Affair: Inauguration of Hakainde Hichilema No access
3. A Poisoned Chalice: Hichilema’s Difficult Road Ahead No access
4. Hichilema’s First Cabinet: A Curious Mixture of the New and Old No access
5. Confronting Economic Pressure No access
6. Notes No access
1. To Rethink Democracy? When Voting Falls Short of Delivering Growth and Protection of Rights No access
2. The Youth: For Good and Bad No access
3. Notes No access
References No access Pages 181 - 198
Index No access Pages 199 - 206
About the Author No access Pages 207 - 208