Frontmatter 1
Content 5
List of tables and abbreviations 9
Acknowledgments 11
Prologue: Who is young, is courageous! 13
I. Introduction 15
II. At the crossroads. The Guéckédou borderland in the making 39
III. Get the state to work. State iconoclasm and revolutionary youth 57
IV. I am the state. Re-making the state in post-revolutionary Guinea 73
V. Meandering. Being young and growing up 95
VI. Dangerous times. In defence of the homeland 113
VII. War-peace continuum. On the move 127
VIII. Entrepreneurial spirit. Associational life 141
IX. Distant horizons. Belief and innovative development 153
X. Concluding remarks 165
Epilogue: Mutual dependency 173
Appendix I. Timeline of important events in Guinea 175
Appendix II. Key informants 179
Bibliography 183