<b>NAVIGATING THRESHOLDS:</b><b>Guidance &amp; Counselling for African Adolescents and Young Adults in the 2020s-2030s</b>

This textbook emerges from the conviction that adolescents and young adults across Africa deserve guidance and counselling services rooted in their own cultural contexts, responsive to their lived experiences, and equipped with evidence grounded in African research and practice. The 2020s and 2030s present unprecedented challenges and opportunities that demand counselling professionals who understand the intersections of traditional wisdom, contemporary global pressures, and local resilience.For too long, counselling training in African universities has imported wholesale models developed in North American and European settings, often without critical adaptation to African adolescent development, family structures, educational systems, or community resources. This textbook repositions African knowledge, experience, and evidence at the centre.