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Extended families in Africa and the African diaspora / edited by Osei-Mensah Aborampah and Niara Sudarkasa

Catalog Data

Author:
Aborampah, Osei-Mensah  Search this
Sudarkasa, Niara  Search this
Physical description:
vi, 398 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Africa
Date:
2011
C2011
Contents:
Africa -- The African family and the challenge of the twenty-first century / Mario J. Azevedo -- Reflections on motherhood in nuclear and extended families in Africa and in the United States / Niara Sudarkasa -- A time of transition : contemporary extended family networks in Ghana / Osei-Mensah Aborampah -- Families in Cameroun / Zacharia N. Nchinda -- Procreation and marriage heritage and social change among the Abagusii of Kenya / Alfred T. Kisubi -- Health and the survival of the extended family in Africa / Mario J. Azevedo -- Extended family and kinship network systems for caring for children / Florence Kyomugisha and John B. K. Rutayuga -- North Africa -- The African American family : challenges and opportunities / Gwendolyn S. Prater -- Autoethnographic analysis of African American extended family communication experiences : creating harmony, unity, and understanding / Rhunette C. Diggs -- Women, patrilateral kinship, and the family compound among the rural Gullah / Bamidele Agbasegbe Demerson -- "My aunt talks about black people all the time" : the significance of extended family networks in the racial socialization of African American adolescents / Erin N. Winkler -- The Caribbean -- Insights to the Caribbean family : legacy, tradition and culture / Michele Sogren -- Extended family rhoteric : reviewing childhood and family in Barbados and the Caribbean / Christine Barrow -- The impact of family structure on child development in Jamaica / Stacey N. Brodie-Walker and Kai A. D. Morgan -- Conclusion -- Extended families in Africa and the African diaspora : commonalities, challenges, and prospects / Osei-Mensah Aborampah
Topic:
Extended families  Search this
African American extended families  Search this
Families  Search this
African diaspora  Search this
African American families--History  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_988775