Abstract In the trading centre of Atine Atirir in eastern Uganda, young men gather to play ludo. They are educated but most do not have salaried employment. Many farm and do some form of casual labour. They talk about the importance of leisure and ‘leisure time’ and discuss the prospects of Arsenal in the English Premier League. In this article I explore the relationship between education, farming and ‘leisure time’ and look at the ways in which young men in particular make sense of lives that involve both schooling and farming. A number of scholars have focused on the tensions and frustrations of educated – typically urban – youth in Africa and elsewhere. They observe a growing distance between older and younger people, and the ways young men define their situation as one of boredom, dissatisfaction and waiting. By contrast, I show the ways in which the ludo board helped younger men in a poorer, rural setting elide an interest in an ‘educated style’ with rural forms of work – farming, petty trading and casual employment – and how the space around the game was mostly a site of play and relaxation, a place for passing, rather than killing, time. There was also a large degree of sympathy between the generations.

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“我们正在消磨闲暇时光”：从乌干达东部的教育继续前进

摘要 在乌干达东部的 Atine Atirir 贸易中心，年轻人聚集在一起玩卢多。他们受过教育，但大多数没有受薪工作。许多农场并从事某种形式的临时工。他们谈论休闲和“休闲时间”的重要性，并讨论阿森纳在英超联赛中的前景。在这篇文章中，我探讨了教育、农业和“闲暇时间”之间的关系，并特别着眼于年轻人如何理解既涉及学校教育又涉及农业的生活。许多学者关注非洲和其他地方受过教育的（通常是城市）青年的紧张和挫折。他们观察到老年人和年轻人之间越来越大的距离，以及年轻人将他们的处境定义为无聊、不满和等待的方式。相比之下，我展示了 ludo 板如何帮助较贫穷的农村环境中的年轻人消除对农村工作形式的“受过教育的风格”的兴趣——农业、小生意和临时就业——以及游戏周围的空间如何主要一个玩耍和放松的地方，一个消磨时间而不是消磨时间的地方。几代人之间也有很大程度的同情。