LEADER 04318nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910465067503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-78032-235-6 010 $a1-283-07095-2 010 $a9786613070951 010 $a1-84813-457-6 035 $a(CKB)2560000000073155 035 $a(EBL)688556 035 $a(OCoLC)719415390 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000534960 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11333857 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000534960 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10520005 035 $a(PQKB)11666227 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC688556 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL688556 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10464772 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL307095 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000073155 100 $a20110409d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aChild migration in Africa$b[electronic resource] /$fIman Hashim and Dorte Thorsen 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cZed Books ;$aUppsala, Sweden $cIn association with the Nordic Africa Institute ;$aNew York $cDistributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (162 p.) 225 1 $aAfrica now 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84813-456-8 311 $a1-84813-455-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAbout 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 327 $aMoving 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 327 $aConclusion: 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 3 327 $aChapter 4Chapter 5; Bibliography; Index 330 $aChild Migration in Africa explores the mobility of children without their parents within West Africa. Drawing on the experiences of children from rural Burkina Faso and Ghana, the book provides rich material on the circumstances of children's voluntary migration and their experiences of it. Part of the groundbreaking Africa Now series, Child Migration in Africa is an important and timely contribution to an under-researched area. 410 0$aAfrica now (Zed Books) 606 $aUnaccompanied immigrant children$zAfrica, West 606 $aChildren$zAfrica, West$xSocial conditions 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aUnaccompanied immigrant children 615 0$aChildren$xSocial conditions. 676 $a304.8083096 700 $aHashim$b Iman$0903392 701 $aThorsen$b Dorte$0903393 712 02$aNordiska Afrikainstitutet. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465067503321 996 $aChild migration in Africa$92019562 997 $aUNINA