Abstract
This chapter analyses how the youth in Sierra Leone were manipulated by political parties which were formed in line with the ethnoregional-neopatrimonial system. This chapter explains that the deeply rooted ethnoregional-neopatrimonial political system created an atmosphere of violent politicisation of these youths and culminated in their displacement within the governing political structure. This manipulation hinders the development of equal youth participation in politics and becomes an obstacle
to liberal post-conflict peacebuilding.
