Este texto indaga por la rebeldía en algunas memorias, novelas y ensayos del pensador keniano Ngugi wa Thiong’o. Desde la hermenéutica analéctica, nos proponemos interpretar fenómenos sociales moviendo el centro de interés epistémico, en este caso, literario y filosófico. El análisis llama la atención sobre las condiciones de colonización mental y física a que han sido sometidos, en el marco teórico-político de la modernidad, los pueblos colonizados y de los intentos de estos por reencontrarse con su arrebatada dignidad, que no podrá lograrse sino empezamos a incluir y conversar seriamente con otros testimonios y legados epistémicos.

The main objective of this research article is to carry out a systematic review on the topic of self-care among young people, aimed at recognizing them as social and political subjects, in order to identify categories of analysis that allow us to understand their daily practices and experiences as young Latin Americans. Using a qualitative research approach with documentary techniques, this study aims to critically examine how care has been constructed from hierarchical, adult-centric and exclusionary discourses that are contrary to the needs of young people, by not recognising them as subjects capable of caring for themselves, others and their environment, and relegating this activity to families, third parties or the State. The results reveal young people’s demand for environmental care in the face of climate change and for the care of others through community-based practices of political and social participation, as well as concerns about persistent inequalities, wars and conflicts.