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Archambault, Caroline – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 2010
Among the Maasai of southern Kenya, child circulation in the form of adoption is widespread. It persists despite increased family nuclearization and pervasive sedentarizing discourses depicting "modern" family life as small, settled and nuclear. Through the perspectives and experiences of 10 families having undergone adoption, this…
Descriptors: Family Life, Family Relationship, Foreign Countries, Adoption
Zinger, Gary – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2009
The dynamics of how a family operates can be revealed by what happens in the kitchen. The kitchen is not just a cooking and eating place but also a place where family members gather--children playing board games or doing homework, parents looking through their latest bills and figuring out the family budget, and grandparents browsing through old…
Descriptors: Creative Activities, African American Culture, African American Family, Family Life
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Azevedo, Mario J.; Prater, Gwendolyn Spencer – Western Journal of Black Studies, 1986
The improvement in women's status in Cameroon between 1960 and 1985 is examined. Progress and obstacles to progress in the following areas are highlighted: (1) opportunities outside of the home; (2) social status; (3) political role; (4) access to education; (5) marital rights and restrictions; and (6) religious role. (PS)
Descriptors: African Culture, Economic Opportunities, Equal Education, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)