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African families at the turn of the 21st century /

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African families at the turn of the 21st century /

[Book]

edited by Yaw Oheneba-Sakyi and Baffour K. Takyi.

Westport, Conn. :

Praeger,

©2006.

xiv, 303 pages :

map ;

24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Chapter 1. Introduction to the Study of African Families: A Framework for Analysis / Yaw Oheneba-Sakyi and Baffour K. Takyi -- Part I. Northern Africa -- Chapter 2. Continuity or Change: Family Law and Family Structure in Tunisia / Mounira M. Charrad and Allyson B. Goeken -- Chapter 3. Diversity and Family: Examples from Egypt / Bahira Sherif-Trask -- Chapter 4. The Sudanese Family: Past Reflections and Contemporary Realities / Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban -- Part II. Western Africa -- Chapter 5. Senegalese Families: The Confluence of Ethnicity, History, and Social Change / Loretta E. Bass and Fatou Sow -- Chapter 6. Structural Change and Continuity in the Ivorian Family / N'Dri Therese Assie-Lumumba -- Chapter 7. The Family in Ghana: Past and Present Perspectives / Elizabeth Ardayfio-Schandorf -- Chapter 8. The Nigerian Family: Contrast, Convergence, Continuity, and Discontinuity / Obioma Nnaemeka -- Part III. Central Africa -- Chapter 9. Reflections on the Changing Family System in Cameroon / Chuks J. Mba and Martin W. Bangha -- Part IV. Eastern Africa -- Chapter 10. Kenyan Families / Miroslava Prazak -- Part V. Southern Africa -- Chapter 11. Development, Family Change, and Community Empowerment in Malawi / Agnes M. Chimbiri -- Chapter 12. Family Life in Soweto, Gauteng, South Africa / Sylvia N. Moeno -- Part VI. Conclusion -- Chapter 13. The Study of African Families: Concluding Remarks / Baffour K. Takyi and Yaw Oheneba-Sakyi -- Appendix A. Contemporary Map of Africa -- Appendix B. Basic Information about Selected Countries.

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Geography, area studies, sociology, anthropology, and history are among the disciplines represented by contributors either from or in Africa, or specializing and having worked there. They provide a historical context for understanding the many types of families in the continent, and show how family systems have changed in country-specific contexts.

African families at the turn of the twenty-first century

Families-- Africa.

Multiculturalism-- Africa.

Africa.

Cameroon.

Côte d'Ivoire.

Egypt.

Familie

Familie.

Families.

family.

Ghana.

Kenya.

Malawi.

Multiculturalism.

Nigeria.

Senegal.

social change.

Social conditions

South Africa.

Sudan.

Tunisia.

Africa, Social conditions, 21st century.

Africa.

Afrika

Afrika.

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