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" African families at the turn of the 21st century / "
edited by Yaw Oheneba-Sakyi and Baffour K. Takyi.
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BL
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1030523
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b784893
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African families at the turn of the 21st century /\ edited by Yaw Oheneba-Sakyi and Baffour K. Takyi.
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Westport, Conn. :: Praeger,, ©2006.
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xiv, 303 pages :: map ;; 24 cm
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0275972747
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: 9780275972745
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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| Contents
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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.
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Families-- Africa.
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Multiculturalism-- Africa.
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Africa.
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Cameroon.
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Côte d'Ivoire.
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Egypt.
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Familie
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Families.
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family.
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Ghana.
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Kenya.
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Malawi.
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Multiculturalism.
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Nigeria.
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Senegal.
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social change.
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Social conditions
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South Africa.
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Sudan.
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Tunisia.
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Familie.
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Africa, Social conditions, 21st century.
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Africa.
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Afrika
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Afrika.
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| Dewey Classification
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306.85096/090511
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HQ691.A698 2006
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MS 1900rvk
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| Added Entry
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Oheneba-Sakyi, Yaw.
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Takyi, Baffour K.
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| Parallel Title
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African families at the turn of the twenty-first century
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