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

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

Label
Extended families in Africa and the African diaspora
Title
Extended families in Africa and the African diaspora
Statement of responsibility
edited by Osei-Mensah Aborampah and Niara Sudarkasa
Contributor
Subject
Language
eng
Cataloging source
DLC
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Aborampah, Osei-Mensah
  • Sudarkasa, Niara
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Families
  • African diaspora
  • African American families
  • Africa
Label
Extended families in Africa and the African diaspora, edited by Osei-Mensah Aborampah and Niara Sudarkasa
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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
Control code
697974248
Dimensions
23 cm
Extent
vi, 398 pages
Isbn
9781592218110
Lccn
2010054242
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)697974248
Label
Extended families in Africa and the African diaspora, edited by Osei-Mensah Aborampah and Niara Sudarkasa
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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
Control code
697974248
Dimensions
23 cm
Extent
vi, 398 pages
Isbn
9781592218110
Lccn
2010054242
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)697974248

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