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What changing generational identities mean for politics

Youth during Gen Z protests in Nairobi. [File, Standard]

Claim that Gen Zs are tribeless has stirred a lot of interest because of its political and cultural significance. From a political perspective, the assertion that Gen Zs are tribeless has caused a stir because we live in a society where political interests are pursued by mobilising fellow tribesmen and ethnic cousins.

By forming coalitions on the basis of shared liberal values, Gen Zs have forced panicked tribal kingpins back to the drawing board at a critical moment in our election cycle.

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