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Title
Child Migration in Africa |
Full text
http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:nai:diva-1329 |
Date
2011 |
Author(s)
Thorsen, Dorte; Hashim, Iman |
Abstract
Child Migration in Africa explores the mobility of children without their parents within West Africa. Drawing on the experiences of children from rural Burkina Faso and Ghana, the book provides rich material on the circumstances of children's voluntary migration and their experiences of it. Their accounts challenge the normative ideals of what a 'good' childhood is, which often underlie public debates about children's migration, education and work in developing countries. The comparative study of Burkina Faso and Ghana highlights that social networks operate in ways that can be both enabling and constraining for young migrants, as can cultural views on age- and gender-appropriate behaviour. The book questions easily made assumptions regarding children's experiences when migrating independently of their parents and, by drawing parallels with children's migration in Latin America and Asia, contributes to analytical and cross-cultural understandings of childhood. Part of the groundbreaking Africa Now series, Child Migration in Africa is an important and timely contribution to an under-researched area. - Contents: -- Chapter 1. Introduction: interrogating childhood and migration -- Chapter 2. Contexts of migration '- Chapter 3. Choosing to move: the reasons for rural children's migration -- Chapter 4. Journeys and arrivals: introductions to new social worlds -- Chapter 5. Navigating migrant life: processes of constructing identites -- Chapter 6. Moving on |
Subject(s)
Rural-urban migration; Labour migration; Labour mobility; Migrants; Youth; Children; Childhood; Living conditions; Social environment; Cultural identity; Livelihood; Interviews; West Africa; Burkina Faso; Ghana; Ethnography; Etnografi |
Language
eng |
Publisher
Nordiska Afrikainstitutet; London, Uppsala: Zed Books, Nordiska Afrikainstitutet |
Relation
Africa Now |
Type of publication
Book; info:eu-repo/semantics/book; text |
Format
application/pdf |
Rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
Identifier
urn:isbn:9781848134553; urn:isbn:9781848134560; urn:isbn:9781848134577 (E-book) |
Repository
Sweden, Norway - NAI-DiVA-portal
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