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African Childhoods

Education, Development, Peacebuilding, and the Youngest Continent

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  1. Marisa O. Ensor
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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction: African Childhoods: Education, Development, Peacebuilding, and the Youngest Continent

    1. Introduction African Childhoods: Education, Development, Peacebuilding, and the Youngest Continent

      • Marisa O. Ensor
      Pages 1-15

  3. The Political Economy of Child Survival in Africa: Agency, Labor, and Subsistence

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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    2. Are the Barrels Empty? Are The Children Any Safer? Child Domestic Labor and Servitude in Ghana

      • C. Nana Derby
      Pages 19-32

    3. Matches But No Fire: Street Children in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

      • Claire M. Wagner, Emmanuely D. Lyimo, Steven Lwendo
      Pages 33-46

    4. Youth Agency and Survival Strategies in Sierra Leone’s Postwar Informal Economy

      • John Idriss Lahai
      Pages 47-59

    5. Turkana Children’s Contributions To Subsistence and Household Ecology in Kenya

      • Tammy Y. Watkins
      Pages 61-77

  4. The Social Context of African Children: Kinship, Hardship, and Community

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79
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    2. Children Who Take Care of Other Children in the Suburbs of Maputo, Mozambique

      • Elena Colonna
      Pages 81-94

    3. Seen But Not Heard: African Orphanhood in the Age Of Hiv/Aids

      • Kristen E. Cheney
      Pages 95-108

    4. Militarization, Generational Conflict, and the Eritrean Refugee Crisis

      • Tricia M. Redeker Hepner
      Pages 109-123

  5. The Human Capital of African Children: Youth Voices and Schooling in the Youngest Continent

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125
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    2. Representing Youth: School Dramas and Youth Authority in Ghana

      • Cati Coe
      Pages 127-140

    3. Conceptualizing the Child: An Analysis of Early Childhood Care and Education Policy in Tanzania

      • Bethany C. Wilinski
      Pages 141-155

    4. Striving For Knowledge and Dignity: Young Qur’Anic Students in Kano, Nigeria

      • Hannah Hoechner
      Pages 157-170

  6. African Children as Political Actors: Child-Inclusive Views on Peacebuilding and Social Change

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 171-171
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    2. Dinka Youth and the Culture of Formal Schooling in Postconflict South Sudan

      • Andrew I. Epstein
      Pages 173-186

    3. Educating Postconflict Societies: Lessons From Rwanda and Liberia

      • Francis E. Godwyll, Siphokazi Magadla
      Pages 187-200

    4. Our Voice: Public Health and Youths’ Communication For Social Change in Senegal

      • Laurel J. Felt, Alexandre Rideau
      Pages 201-217

    5. Painting a Picture of Creative Arts Therapy For War-Affected Youth in Northern Uganda

      • Julia R. Hanebrink, Alanya J. Smith
      Pages 219-233
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With 70 per cent of its people under the age of 30, Africa is the world's youngest continent. African youngsters have been largely characterized as either vulnerable victims of the frequent humanitarian crises that plague their homelands, or as violent militarized youth and 'troubled' gang members. Young people's contributions to processes of educational provision, peace building and participatory human development in Africa are often ignored. While acknowledging the profound challenges associated with growing up in an environment of uncertainty and deprivation, African Childhoods sheds light on African children's often constructive engagement with a variety of societal conditions, adverse or otherwise, and their ability to positively influence their own lives and those of others.

About the authors

KRISTEN CHENEY International Institute of Social Studies, The Netherlands CATI COE Rutgers University, USA ELENA COLONNA Istituto de Educação, Universidade do Minho, Portugal C. NANA DERBY Virginia State University, USA BRADLEY E. ENSOR Eastern Michigan University, USA ANDREW EPSTEIN University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA LAUREL FELT Réseau Africain d'Education pour la Santé, Senegal FRANCIS GODWYLL Rhodes University, South Africa JULIA R. HANEBRINK Minority Health International Research Training TRICIA M. REDEKER HEPNER University of Tennessee, USA HANNAH HÖCHNER University of Development, University of Oxford, UK JOHN IDRISS LAHAI University of New England, Australia SIPHOKAZI MAGADLA Rhodes University, South Africa BONODJI NAKO University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA ALEXANDRE RIDEAU Réseau Africain d'Education pour la Santé, Senegal ALANYA J. SMITH Minority Health International Research Training THERESE MUNGAH SHALO TCHOMBE Center for Research in Child and Family Development, University of Buea, Cameroon TAMMY Y. WATKINS Organization for Tropical Studies BETHANY WILINSKI University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

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