Child Migration in Africa Child Migration in Africa
Africa Now

Child Migration in Africa

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Publisher Description

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 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.

GENRE
Non-Fiction
RELEASED
2011
February 10
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
160
Pages
PUBLISHER
Zed Books
SELLER
Bookwire Gesellschaft zum Vertrieb digitaler Medien mbH
SIZE
1.2
MB

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