Child migration in Africa / / Iman Hashim and Dorte Thorsen.

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. Par...

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Superior document:Africa now
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Year of Publication:2011
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Africa now (Zed Books)
Physical Description:150 p.
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of 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.