West Africa has a young population, with around 60% under the age of 25. This demographic potential represents a strength, but also a challenge in terms of employment, education and civic participation. The mobilization of these social cadets is booming, illustrated as it is by their strong involvement in public debates through the construction of narratives on their underemployment, corruption, democracy, but above all sovereignism and the rediscovery of self-esteem through aggressive hostility towards former colonizing powers. From this point of view, digital platforms provide new spaces for expression, revealing the mechanisms of opinion-making among this segment of the West African population.