1 - Introduction: Parents’ Involvement in Children’s Lives in Africa
Corresponding Author(s) : Mwenda Ntarangwi
Africa Development,
Vol. 37 No. 3 (2012): Africa Development: Special Issue on Parents’ Involvement in Children’s Lives in Africa
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- Bankole, A., Singh, S., Hussain, R., and Wulf, D., 2004, ‘The Sexual, Marriage and Fathering Behaviour of Men in Sub-Saharan Africa’, African Population Studies, Vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 21-44. Available online at www.africanfathers.org/ attachment_view.php?ia_id=69
- Blurton-Jones, N., Hawkes, K., and O’Connell, J., 1997, ‘Why do Hadza Children Forage?’, in Segal, Nancy, Weisfeld, Glenn and Weisfeld, Carol, eds., Uniting Psychology and Biology: Integrative Perspectives on Human Development. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. pp. 279-313.
- Bray, R. and Brandt, R., 2005, ‘What is Childcare Really About?: An Ethnographic Analysis of Care Relationships in a Resource-Poor Community’, CSSR Working Paper no. 139, Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town. Available at www.africanfathers.org/attachmentiew.php?ia_id=64
- Clark, G., 1999, ‘Mothering, Work and Gender in Urban Asante Ideology and Practice’, American Anthropologist, Vol. 101, no. 4, pp. 717-729.
- Gottlieb, A., 2004, The Afterlife is Where we Come From:The Culture of Infancy in West Africa, Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
- Harkness, S. and Super, C., 1992, ‘The Cultural Foundations of Father’s Roles: Evidence from Kenya and the United States’, in Barry S. Hewlett, ed., Father- Child Relations: Cultural and Biosocial Contexts, New Brunswick, NJ: Transactional Publishers. pp. 191-211.
- Harkness, S. and Super, C., 1991, ‘The «Developmental Niche»: A Theoretical Framework for Analyzing the Household Production of Health’, Social Science and Medicine, Vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 217-226.
- Harkness, S. and Super, C., 1985, ‘The Cultural Context of Gender Segregation in Children’s Peer Groups’, Child Development, Vol. 56, pp. 219-224.
- Holborn, L. and Eddy, G., 2011, First Steps to Healing the South African Family, Johannesburg, South Africa: South Africa Institute of Race Relations.
- Hope, K. R., 1998, ‘Urbanization and Urban Growth in Africa’, Journal of Asian and African Studies, Vol. 33, No. 4, pp. 345-358.
- Hunter, M., 2004, ‘Fathers Without «Amandla»?: Gender and Fatherhood Among IsiZulu Speakers’, The Journal of Natal and Zulu History, Vol. 22, pp. 149-160.
- Keller, E., Hilton, D. and Twumasi-Ankrah, K., 1999, ‘Teenage Pregnancy and Motherhood in a Ghanaian Community’, Journal of Social Development in Africa, Vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 69-84.
- Kennedy, E. and Haddad, L., 1994, ‘Are Pre-Schoolers from Female-Headed Households Less Malnourished? A Comparative Analysis of Results from Ghana and Kenya’, Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 380-395.
- Kossoudji, S. and Mueller, E., 1983, ‘The Economic and Demographic Status of Female-Headed Households in Rural Botswana’, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 831-859.
- Lancy, D., 1996, Playing on the Mother Ground: Cultural Routines for Children’s Development, New York, NY: Guilford.
- Levine, R., 2004, ‘Challenging Expert Knowledge: Findings from an African Study of Infant Care and Development’, in Childhood and Adolescence: Cross- Cultural Perspectives and Applications, edited by Uwe P. Gielen and Jaipul Roopnarine, pp. 149-165. Westport, CT: Praeger.
- Madhavan, S., Townsend, N., and Garey, A., 2008, «‘Absent Breadwinners»: Father-Child Connections and Paternal Support in Rural South Africa’, Journal of Southern African Studies, Vol. 34, No. 3, pp. 647-663.
- Magnani, R., Bertrand, J., Makani, B. and McDonald, S., 1995, ‘Men, Marriage and Fatherhood in Kinshasa, Zaire’, International Family Planning Perspectives, Vol. 21, no. 47, pp. 19-25.
- Monasch, R. and Boerma, T., 2004, ‘Orphanhood and Childcare Patterns in Sub- Saharan Africa: An Analysis of National Surveys from 40 Countries’, AIDS, vol. 18, pp. 55-65.
- Nair, R., 1999, ‘Rambo’s Boys: The Lure of the Violent Father’, Track Two, Vol. 8, no. 3. Available online at http://ccrweb.ccr.uct.ac.za/archive/two/8_3/ p17_rambos_boys.html
- Nsamenang, B., 2000, ‘Fathers, Families, and Child Well-Being: A Review of the Literature’, National Center on Fathers and Families, Philadelphia, PA. pp. 1- 12. Available online at www.africanfathers.org/attachment_view.php?ia_id=60
- Ocholla-Ayayo, A.B.C., 2000, ‘The African Family in Development Crisis in the Second Millenium’, The African Anthropologist, Vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 84-113.
- Oheneba-Sakyi, Y. and Takyi, B. K., 2006, African families at the turn of the 21st century, Westport: Praeger Publishers.
- Olawoye, J., Omololu, F., Aderinto, Y., Adeyafa, I., Adeyemo, D. and Osotimehin,
- B., 2004, ‘Social Construction of Manhood in Nigeria: Implications for Male Responsibility in Reproductive Health’, African Population Studies, Vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 1-20.
- Osirim, M.J., 2003, ‘Crisis in the State and the Family: Violence against Women in Zimbabwe’, African Studies Quarterly, Vol. 7, no.2 & 3. Available online at http://web.africa.ufl.edu/asq/v7/v7i2a8.htm
- Richter, L., 2004, The Fatherhood Project: Final Report to the Ford Foundation, Cape Town, Child, Youth and Family Development, HSRC. Available online at http://www.hsrc.ac.za/research/output/ outputDocuments/2865_Richter_Fatherhoodproject. pdf
- Richter, L. and Morrell, R., 2006, ‘Introduction’, in Richter, L. and Morrell, R., eds., Baba: Men and Fatherhood in South Africa, Cape Town, HSRC Press. pp. 1-23.
- Ringsted, M., 2007, ‘Collision in Life-Courses: Teenage Motherhood and Generational Relations in North-East Tanzania’, in Albert, E. and Van Der Geest, S., eds., Generations in Africa: Connections and Conflicts, Berlin, Germany: Lit Verlag. pp. 357-380.
- UN, 2001, Men in Families and Family Policy in a Changing World, New York: United Nations Publication, Box 1.2, pp. 31. Available online at http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/ family/docs/men-in-families.pdf
- Whiting, B., 1966, ‘The Effects of Social Change on Concepts of the Good Child and Good mothering: A Study of Families in Kenya’, Ethos, Vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 3-35.
References
Bankole, A., Singh, S., Hussain, R., and Wulf, D., 2004, ‘The Sexual, Marriage and Fathering Behaviour of Men in Sub-Saharan Africa’, African Population Studies, Vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 21-44. Available online at www.africanfathers.org/ attachment_view.php?ia_id=69
Blurton-Jones, N., Hawkes, K., and O’Connell, J., 1997, ‘Why do Hadza Children Forage?’, in Segal, Nancy, Weisfeld, Glenn and Weisfeld, Carol, eds., Uniting Psychology and Biology: Integrative Perspectives on Human Development. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. pp. 279-313.
Bray, R. and Brandt, R., 2005, ‘What is Childcare Really About?: An Ethnographic Analysis of Care Relationships in a Resource-Poor Community’, CSSR Working Paper no. 139, Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town. Available at www.africanfathers.org/attachmentiew.php?ia_id=64
Clark, G., 1999, ‘Mothering, Work and Gender in Urban Asante Ideology and Practice’, American Anthropologist, Vol. 101, no. 4, pp. 717-729.
Gottlieb, A., 2004, The Afterlife is Where we Come From:The Culture of Infancy in West Africa, Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
Harkness, S. and Super, C., 1992, ‘The Cultural Foundations of Father’s Roles: Evidence from Kenya and the United States’, in Barry S. Hewlett, ed., Father- Child Relations: Cultural and Biosocial Contexts, New Brunswick, NJ: Transactional Publishers. pp. 191-211.
Harkness, S. and Super, C., 1991, ‘The «Developmental Niche»: A Theoretical Framework for Analyzing the Household Production of Health’, Social Science and Medicine, Vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 217-226.
Harkness, S. and Super, C., 1985, ‘The Cultural Context of Gender Segregation in Children’s Peer Groups’, Child Development, Vol. 56, pp. 219-224.
Holborn, L. and Eddy, G., 2011, First Steps to Healing the South African Family, Johannesburg, South Africa: South Africa Institute of Race Relations.
Hope, K. R., 1998, ‘Urbanization and Urban Growth in Africa’, Journal of Asian and African Studies, Vol. 33, No. 4, pp. 345-358.
Hunter, M., 2004, ‘Fathers Without «Amandla»?: Gender and Fatherhood Among IsiZulu Speakers’, The Journal of Natal and Zulu History, Vol. 22, pp. 149-160.
Keller, E., Hilton, D. and Twumasi-Ankrah, K., 1999, ‘Teenage Pregnancy and Motherhood in a Ghanaian Community’, Journal of Social Development in Africa, Vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 69-84.
Kennedy, E. and Haddad, L., 1994, ‘Are Pre-Schoolers from Female-Headed Households Less Malnourished? A Comparative Analysis of Results from Ghana and Kenya’, Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 380-395.
Kossoudji, S. and Mueller, E., 1983, ‘The Economic and Demographic Status of Female-Headed Households in Rural Botswana’, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 831-859.
Lancy, D., 1996, Playing on the Mother Ground: Cultural Routines for Children’s Development, New York, NY: Guilford.
Levine, R., 2004, ‘Challenging Expert Knowledge: Findings from an African Study of Infant Care and Development’, in Childhood and Adolescence: Cross- Cultural Perspectives and Applications, edited by Uwe P. Gielen and Jaipul Roopnarine, pp. 149-165. Westport, CT: Praeger.
Madhavan, S., Townsend, N., and Garey, A., 2008, «‘Absent Breadwinners»: Father-Child Connections and Paternal Support in Rural South Africa’, Journal of Southern African Studies, Vol. 34, No. 3, pp. 647-663.
Magnani, R., Bertrand, J., Makani, B. and McDonald, S., 1995, ‘Men, Marriage and Fatherhood in Kinshasa, Zaire’, International Family Planning Perspectives, Vol. 21, no. 47, pp. 19-25.
Monasch, R. and Boerma, T., 2004, ‘Orphanhood and Childcare Patterns in Sub- Saharan Africa: An Analysis of National Surveys from 40 Countries’, AIDS, vol. 18, pp. 55-65.
Nair, R., 1999, ‘Rambo’s Boys: The Lure of the Violent Father’, Track Two, Vol. 8, no. 3. Available online at http://ccrweb.ccr.uct.ac.za/archive/two/8_3/ p17_rambos_boys.html
Nsamenang, B., 2000, ‘Fathers, Families, and Child Well-Being: A Review of the Literature’, National Center on Fathers and Families, Philadelphia, PA. pp. 1- 12. Available online at www.africanfathers.org/attachment_view.php?ia_id=60
Ocholla-Ayayo, A.B.C., 2000, ‘The African Family in Development Crisis in the Second Millenium’, The African Anthropologist, Vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 84-113.
Oheneba-Sakyi, Y. and Takyi, B. K., 2006, African families at the turn of the 21st century, Westport: Praeger Publishers.
Olawoye, J., Omololu, F., Aderinto, Y., Adeyafa, I., Adeyemo, D. and Osotimehin,
B., 2004, ‘Social Construction of Manhood in Nigeria: Implications for Male Responsibility in Reproductive Health’, African Population Studies, Vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 1-20.
Osirim, M.J., 2003, ‘Crisis in the State and the Family: Violence against Women in Zimbabwe’, African Studies Quarterly, Vol. 7, no.2 & 3. Available online at http://web.africa.ufl.edu/asq/v7/v7i2a8.htm
Richter, L., 2004, The Fatherhood Project: Final Report to the Ford Foundation, Cape Town, Child, Youth and Family Development, HSRC. Available online at http://www.hsrc.ac.za/research/output/ outputDocuments/2865_Richter_Fatherhoodproject. pdf
Richter, L. and Morrell, R., 2006, ‘Introduction’, in Richter, L. and Morrell, R., eds., Baba: Men and Fatherhood in South Africa, Cape Town, HSRC Press. pp. 1-23.
Ringsted, M., 2007, ‘Collision in Life-Courses: Teenage Motherhood and Generational Relations in North-East Tanzania’, in Albert, E. and Van Der Geest, S., eds., Generations in Africa: Connections and Conflicts, Berlin, Germany: Lit Verlag. pp. 357-380.
UN, 2001, Men in Families and Family Policy in a Changing World, New York: United Nations Publication, Box 1.2, pp. 31. Available online at http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/ family/docs/men-in-families.pdf
Whiting, B., 1966, ‘The Effects of Social Change on Concepts of the Good Child and Good mothering: A Study of Families in Kenya’, Ethos, Vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 3-35.