A new wave of political movements without any so-called ideological underpinning except for deafeningly noisy demands for basic citizens’ needs and livelihoods is sweeping across the world from the Andes to the Himalayas. After Nepal, the Philippines, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Kenya, Peru and Morocco, it is the turn of the Gen Z of Madagascar to erupt in protest against corruption and nepotism by the ruling regime, forcing its President Andry Rajoelina to flee the country. The political contagion is spreading fast, engulfing one country after another from Asia to Africa.

Gen Z, which is the first generation to have grown up in the age of the internet, is at the forefront of anti-government protests in several countries in the Global South. They appear to be part of a broad movement throwing

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