African families at the turn of the 21st century / edited by Yaw Oheneba-Sakyi and Baffour K. Takyi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Oheneba-Sakyi, Yaw.

Takyi, Baffour K.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Families--Africa.

Families.

Multiculturalism.

Africa.

Africa--Social conditions--21st century.

Social conditions.

Multiculturalism--Africa.

Physical Description:

xiv, 303 pages : map ; 24 cm

Other Title:

African families at the turn of the twenty-first century

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2006.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Introduction to the Study of African Families: A Framework for Analysis / Yaw Oheneba-Sakyi, Baffour K. Takyi 1

Part I Northern Africa

Chapter 2 Continuity or Change: Family Law and Family Structure in Tunisia / Mounira M. Charrad, Allyson B. Goeken 27

Chapter 3 Diversity and Family: Examples from Egypt / Bahira Sherif-Trask 49

Chapter 4 The Sudanese Family: Past Reflections and Contemporary Realities / Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban 69

Part II Western Africa

Chapter 5 Senegalese Families: The Confluence of Ethnicity, History, and Social Change / Loretta E. Bass, Fatou Sow 83

Chapter 6 Structural Change and Continuity in the Ivorian Family / N'Dri Therese Assie-Lumumba 103

Chapter 7 The Family in Ghana: Past and Present Perspectives / Elizabeth Ardayfio-Schandorf 129

Chapter 8 The Nigerian Family: Contrast, Convergence, Continuity, and Discontinuity / Obioma Nnaemeka 153

Part III Central Africa

Chapter 9 Reflections on the Changing Family System in Cameroon / Chuks J. Mba, Martin W. Bangha 171

Part IV Eastern Africa

Chapter 10 Kenyan Families / Miroslava Prazak 197

Part V Southern Africa

Chapter 11 Development, Family Change, and Community Empowerment in Malawi / Agnes M. Chimbiri 227

Chapter 12 Family Life in Soweto, Gauteng, South Africa / Sylvia N. Moeno 249

Chapter 13 The Study of African Families: Concluding Remarks / Baffour K. Takyi, Yaw Oheneba-Sakyi 273

Appendix A Contemporary Map of Africa 279

Appendix B Basic Information about Selected Countries 280.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0275972747

OCLC:

62408699

Publisher Number:

9780275972745