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Child migration in Africa [electronic resource] / Iman Hashim and Dorte Thorsen.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Africa now (Zed Books)Publication details: London ; New York : Zed Books, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (x, 150 pages) : mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781848134560
  • 1848134568
  • 9781848134553
  • 184813455X
  • 9781848134577
  • 1848134576
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 305.23096 22
LOC classification:
  • HQ792.A35 H37 2011eb
Online resources:
Contents:
About the authors; Preface; 1 -- Introduction: interrogating childhood and migration; 2 -- Contexts of migration; 3 -- Choosing to move: the reasons for rural children's migration; 4 -- Journeys and arrivals: introductions to new social worlds; 5 -- Navigating migrant life: processes of constructing identities; 6 -- Moving on; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Summary: 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. Part of the groundbreaking Africa Now series, Child Migration in Africa is an important and timely contribution to an under-researched area.
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"Nordiska Afrikainstitutet."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 132-144) and index.

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. Part of the groundbreaking Africa Now series, Child Migration in Africa is an important and timely contribution to an under-researched area.

About the authors; Preface; 1 -- Introduction: interrogating childhood and migration; 2 -- Contexts of migration; 3 -- Choosing to move: the reasons for rural children's migration; 4 -- Journeys and arrivals: introductions to new social worlds; 5 -- Navigating migrant life: processes of constructing identities; 6 -- Moving on; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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