Children at Work : Child Labor Practices in Africa / Maurizia Tovo, Anne Kielland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kielland, Anne, Author.

Tovo, Maurizia, Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (191 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In this accessible treatment of child labor in Africa, straightforward prose is enriched throughout with photographs that give a human face to the issues involved. The authors draw on sources ranging from scholarly studies to children's own voices. After providing a general background to the topic—debunking myths in the process—they describe the work typically done by African children in the home, as apprentices, and in commercial labor markets. They also present a clearheaded discussion of the worst, exploitive kinds of child labor. The book ends with a discussion of the effects of work on children, suggesting a variety of concrete, realistic approaches to minimizing negative consequences.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Tables and Figures

Preface

1 Child Labor in Africa: Where to Start?

Part 1 Children at Work

Introduction to Part 1

2 Child Labor in and Around the Household

3 Child Labor as Apprenticeship Arrangement

4 Child Labor in the Commercial Labor Market

5 The Worst Forms of Child Labor

Part 2 Consequences and Cures

6 Consequences

7 Possible Cures

8 Conclusion

Endnotes

References

Index

About the Book

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022)

ISBN:

1-68585-777-9