Children and youth in the labour process in Africa / edited by Osita Agbu.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Agbu, Osita.

Codesria.

Series:

Codesria book series.

Codesria book series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child labor--Africa.

Child labor.

Child labor--Law and legislation--Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (234 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Dakar : Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa ; Oxford, U.K. : Distributed elsewhere by African Books Collective, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

It is increasingly clear that children and the youth today play a significant role in the labour process in Africa. But, to what extent is this role benign? And when and why does this role become exploitative rather than beneficial? This book on children and the youth in Africa sets out to address these questions. The book observes that in Africa today, children are under pressure to work, often engaged in the worst forms of child labour and therefore not living out their role as children. It argues that the social and economic environment of the African child is markedly different from what

Contents:

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; 1. Introduction: Children and Youth in the Labour Process; 2. Child Labour in Contemporary Africa: Issues and Challenges; 3. Getting Them Young: Child Labour in Ikot Ekpene from a Historical Perspective; 4. Economic Crises and Child Trafficking in Nigeria: A Comparative Analysis of the 1930's and 1990's; 5. Children Exploitation in the Labour Process: Empirical Exposition from Ile-Ife, Nigeria; 6. Internal Child Trafficking in Nigeria: Transcending Legal Borders

7. Le Phénomène 'Vidomégon': une autre forme de Traffic d' Enfant dans la ville de Cotono 8. Problématique du Travail des Enfants et les Stratégies de Survie au Congo Brazzaville; 9. Étude sur le Travail des Enfants dans L'Agriculture: Région de Meknès - Tafilalet, Maroc; 10. Problématique de la Prostitution Infanto-Juvénile à Kinshasa: Cas des 'Tshel'; 11. Enfants et jeunes dans le métier de la danse au sein des groupes musicaux modernes à Kinshasa; 12. Conclusion; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786612901294

9781282901292

128290129X

9782869783904

2869783906

9782869783461

2869783469

9782869782983

2869782985

OCLC:

741350867