Child migration in Africa [[electronic resource] /] / Iman Hashim and Dorte Thorsen

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910465067503321
• Autore: Hashim Iman
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Zed Books; Uppsala, Sweden, : In association with the Nordic Africa Institute; New York, : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011
• ISBN: 1-78032-235-6; 1-283-07095-2; 9786613070951; 1-84813-457-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (162 p.)
• Collana: Africa now
• Altri autori (Persone): ThorsenDorte
• Disciplina: 304.8083096
• Soggetti: Unaccompanied immigrant children - Africa, West; Children - Africa, West - Social conditions; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: About the authors; Preface; 1 | Introduction: interrogating childhood and migration; Universalizing ideals of childhood; Childhood and its constituting concepts; The mobility-migration nexus in West Africa; Children's migration; Conclusion; 2 | Contexts of migration; Map 2.1 The research areas in West Africa; Communities generating child migrants; Histories of migration; Children's worlds and work; Children's worlds and learning; Conclusion: the importance of context; 3 | Choosing to move: the reasons for rural children's migration; Researching with children; Moving to find work; Moving and educationMoving to 'help'; Moving and family crisis; Children's migration and inter-generational conflict; Negotiated moves: the gendered nature of children's migratory trajectories; Conclusion; 4 | Journeys and arrivals: introductions to new social worlds; Social networks, kin and relatedness; Map 4.1 Amadou's travel route; Peer networks facilitating adolescents' migration; Getting in touch with ; established migrants; Children's and youth's journeys; The first journey; Safety mechanisms, trafficking and opportunistic journeys; Arriving in new spaces; Conclusion: journeying as part of extensive migrant networks5 | Navigating migrant life: processes of constructing identities; Getting into migrant work at rural and urban destinations; Striving for autonomy; Mobility at the destination; Educational dreams and dilemmas; Navigating identities and social contexts as migrants; 6 | Moving on; Revisiting the universalized ideals; Evaluating children's choices; Strategies in moving and the multiplicity of possible transitions; Negotiating social statuses; Child migrants' tactical choices; Postscript; Notes; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4Chapter 5; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Child Migration in Africa explores the mobility of children without their parents within West Africa. Drawing on the experiences of children from rural Burkina Faso and Ghana, the book provides rich material on the circumstances of children's voluntary migration and their experiences of it. Part of the groundbreaking Africa Now series, Child Migration in Africa is an important and timely contribution to an under-researched area.