Affiliation:
1. Senior Lecturer; Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Dar es Salaam Dar es Salaam, +255 Tanzania
Abstract
Abstract
The arrival of Motorcycle taxis (bodaboda) in the public transport sector in African and beyond have had far reaching opportunities and challenges in other realms of public affairs especially the economy and security. This paper examines the paradoxical nature of Bodaboda Youth in terms of their role in either promoting or/and preventing violent extremism in Tanzania. It seeks a nuanced understanding of the security dimensions of the bodaboda phenomenon with a focus on what the influx of bodaboda means for violent extremism (VE) and prevention of violent extremism (PVE) in Tanzania and elsewhere in Africa. Drawing on empirical evidence from Tanzania, and inspired by sound actor oriented perspectives, the article, defends the contention that Bodaboda Youth can actively and creatively participate VE operatives and PVE practices. Analytically, the paper challenges dominant discourses, which have tended to present a rather one-sided and reductionist view that represent youth as perpetrators of violence thereby silencing the diverse ways through which youth actually participate in addressing, reducing or containing violence.
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