{"id":6682,"date":"2024-05-02T12:27:10","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T12:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/?post_type=storiesprojects&#038;p=6682"},"modified":"2026-04-18T18:19:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T18:19:43","slug":"meet-dercio-tsandzana-youngresearchersnetwork","status":"publish","type":"storiesprojects","link":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/fr\/stories\/meet-dercio-tsandzana-youngresearchersnetwork\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Dercio Tsandzana &#8211; #YoungResearchersNetwork\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:58px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#c2dedc\"><strong>Dr D\u00e9rcio Tsandzana<\/strong> [Mozambican] is a PhD in Political Science. Tsandzana does research on political participation, youthS, Internet and social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>D\u00e9rcio Tsandzana&rsquo;s Case Study<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In Mozambique, young people aren\u2019t waiting for a seat at the table, they\u2019re taking politics online and reshaping it on their own terms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignwide is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/stories\/chapter-1-dercio-tsandzana\/\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:7px;border-top-right-radius:7px;border-bottom-left-radius:7px;border-bottom-right-radius:7px;background-color:#e8212f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Youth Political Participation in Mozambique\u2019s Disconnected Democracy<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Voices Behind the Research<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Meet D\u00e9rcio Tsandzana - Young Researchers Network\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e39RNF78ZKU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is Youth Political Participation for Dercio?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>It&rsquo;s a real passion, I&rsquo;ve always been interested in understanding how you can participate in political life in a young country like Mozambique. It&rsquo;s an area that interests me because Mozambique is mostly made up of young people and because of this.For many years, young people have been studied from a negative point of view, and little has been said about them. By providing evidence about this target group, my research provides elements that help to identify the challenges, but above all to develop strategies that seek solutions to increase participation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Personality Dercio admires most<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"734\" height=\"792\" src=\"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/P.-L.-O.-Lumumba.png\" alt=\"P. L. O. Lumumba\" class=\"wp-image-6688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/P.-L.-O.-Lumumba.png 734w, https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/P.-L.-O.-Lumumba-298x322.png 298w, https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/P.-L.-O.-Lumumba-149x161.png 149w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 734px) 100vw, 734px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><strong>P. L. O. Lumumba<\/strong>, advocate for his own causes and pragmatist. In a context in which references are almost absent, the defence of pan-African values and those connected to our local history in Africa is an opportunity. Studies on young people cannot be viewed in the same way for all contexts, so it is necessary to understand the definition of what it means to be young and how political participation in Africa actually develops. Prof Lumumba is controversial in his actions, but motivating nonetheless.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Fun fact about Dercio<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00ab\u00a0When I was a kid I dreamed of being a footballer and a cardiologist, but neither of which I am today. This shows, in other words, that dreaming has no limits, so we can wish to be what our own imagination never thought possible. As a researcher I have found my true passion and mission.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Work already published<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Dercio-Tsandzana\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Dercio-Tsandzana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Get to know Dercio<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links aligncenter has-icon-color has-icon-background-color is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-social-links-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-social-links-is-layout-flex\"><li style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color:#c2dedc;\" class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-facebook has-white-color wp-block-social-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tsandzana\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" 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