What do young people dream of for the future?

Cotonou, Benin, in April 2020. Yanick Folly / AFP

By: Kpénahi Traoré Follow

The coronavirus pandemic is far from ending, but we are already thinking about the future, after Covid-19. Will you change the way you live?

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What will be your priorities when the world comes out of this health crisis that has shaken the world, disrupted our lifestyles and our social relationships. Forecasters even predict a collective awareness of our mode of consumption and a questioning of capitalism in the next world, a change in the production system because we realize that it takes nothing for everything to collapses.

Young people are not left behind. Their future is at stake. What are their aspirations when life returns to normal? From Abidjan to N'Djamena, from Yaoundé to Bamako, what world do young people dream of when the SARS-Covid crisis is over? 

Columnists:
- Valdez
- Anna Toure

Reports:
- Junior Bekoutou
- Yannick Djanhoun

Initiative of the week:
Insa Sané, writer and scriptwriter of the “Dianké” podcast-fiction.

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