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Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents / Sommaire; About the Authors / Les auteurs; 1. Introduction: Children's Agency and Development in African Societies; Introduction; Establishing a Context; Agency, Work and Development; Agency and Vulnerability; Imagination, Participation and Development; Conclusion; References; 2. Establishing a Foothold in the Informal Economy: Children's Dreams, Agency and Street Life in Ghana; Introduction; Children in the Terrains of Informality; Researching with Street Children; Conversion of Aspirations into Actions; Challenges of Being on One's Own. |
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ConclusionNotes; References; 3. Child Fosterage Dynamics in Selected Markets in Lagos State, Nigeria; Introduction; Methodology; Discussion of Results; Conclusion; Notes; References; 4. Educational Challenges Facing Children in Cocoa Plantations in Ondo State, Nigeria; Introduction; Methodology; Social Background of the Participants; Engagement on Cocoa Plantations; Perception of their Work; Formal Education and Future Aspiration; Educational Challenges and Coping Strategies; Conclusion; Notes; References; 5. Childhood Sexualities in Africa: Agency and Vulnerability; Introduction. |
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Sexuality, Structure and AgencyWhy Focus on Childhood Sexualities?; Young Masculinities; Agency, Sexuality and African Femininities; Conclusion; References; 6. Application of 'Theatre for Development' in the Promotion of Youth Agency in HIV Prevention in Zomba City, Malawi; Introduction; Children, Youth and HIV Prevention; Theatre for Development; Research Methodology; Scrutinising Risk through Workshop-Based TfD; Narratives; 'Acting out'; Conclusion; Notes; References. |
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7. Building Resilience in Child-headed Households: An Exploration of the Integrated Community Home-based Care Model in Maseru District, LesothoIntroduction; Resilience in Child-headed Households; The Research Process; Assuming Adult Roles and Responsibilities; Conclusion; References; 8. Children's Perceptions of the Images of Kenya's Principal Political Leaders; Introduction; Research Process; Results; Children's Perceptions of President Kibaki; Children's Perceptions of Prime Minister Raila; Discussion; Conclusion; References; Appendices. |
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9. A Study of Children's Participation in School Management in CameroonIntroduction; The School as a Framework for Change in Children's Social Position; Methodology; Participation, Engagement and Self-esteem; Conclusion; References; 10. Children's Assembly as a Strategy for Children's Active Participation in Kenyan Society; Introduction; Children's Agency and Participation; Children's Assembly in Kenya; The Research Process; Participants' Perceptions and Experience of Children's Assembly; Conclusion; References. |
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This book focuses on African childhood and youth within the context of development and socialization where children are expected to be moulded in the image of adults. In many African societies children are generally held as passive bearers of the demands of adults, regardless of the fact that they are often exposed to a multitude of challenges that originate from the capriciousness of those adults. However, buoyed by international conventions and national legislations that offer them greater protection, and the ubiquitous internet that exposes them to childhood and youth experiences elsewhere, many of them are increasingly becoming assertive in homes, schools, and communities as well as re-invigorating their survival and self-preservation instincts. It is in this regard that this book, through the various chapters, engages with their competencies, skills and creativity to respond to experiential challenges as independent migrants or ones under coercion working in city streets and markets or cocoa farms or juggling work and schooling in pursuit of some education. Confronted with their parents' and siblings' health predicaments and the inadequacies of state and familial care, or urgent negotiation of their sexualities, they demonstrate incredible resilience. Similarly, their perceptiveness is demonstrated in a unique appreciation of politics and its actors and a capacity to assume responsibilities beyond their chronological age. Thus while highlighting some of the challenges confronting African children, the book provides gripping evidence of how they resiliently negotiate those challenges. |
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Child development -- Africa.
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Child development. |
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Africa. |
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Electronic books.
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| ISBN |
2869787375 (electronic book) |
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9782869787377 (electronic book) |
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