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Based upon primary research conducted among Rwandan youth in the Greater Toronto Area, this chapter argues that Rwandan youth face a double burden of trauma and racialization, with which they must daily contend. Yet, despite these burdens, Rwandan youth have developed coping mechanisms that have allowed them to survive and even thrive as they build new lives, blending past and present, Rwandan and Canadian culture, and creating a new hybridity.
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Ainsworth, A., Katabazi, I. (2018). Hip Hop and NGOs: Rwandan Youth Building Sites of Resilience and Resistance. In: Pashang, S., Khanlou, N., Clarke, J. (eds) Today’s Youth and Mental Health. Advances in Mental Health and Addiction. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64838-5_21
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