Paper short abstract:

Based on literature review, this paper sets out to answer the following questions. What are the main themes captured in the literature on youth, Japaism and Afropolitanism? What are the complex challenges that they grapple with? What are the gaps in literature?

Paper long abstract:

This essay reviews close to 50 journal articles on Afropolitanism and youth in relation to Japaism to the Global North. The main themes brought out in these articles include: Decolonization through Afropolitanism; Afrodiasporic youth identities as brought out in music (hip-hop), films, comedy, literature and intermediality; African young cultural entrepreneurs in social media and scambaiting; gender conceptions of masculinity, womanisms and queer notions; Intersectionality; young migrant refugees and human rights amongst others. This paper postulates that the young Afropolitan has to juggle with a multiplicity of complex challenges in search for an identity and a tentative belonging. Therefore, based on the literature reviewed, there is need to do more research on young women migrants and to look at migrations within Africa e.g from Kenya to South Africa. Geographically, more articles have been written in relation to South Africa. Therefore, there is need to have more research coming from other parts of Africa.