The Place of Work in African Childhoods.

The Place of Work in African Childhoods.

This book is about how work enters and affects the lives of children in Africa, taking for granted neither the traditional values surrounding children's work, nor the international standards against it. Many African societies nurture their children on the ingrained notion that children must wor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bourdillon, M. F. C.
Other Authors: Mutambwa, M., Mutambwa, Georges M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : CODESRIA, 2015.
Series:Codesria book series The place of work in African childhoods
Subjects:
Child labor > Africa.
Child labor
Africa
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents/Sommaire; Contributors/Contributeurs; 1. Introduction: Children's Work in Africa; Conflicting Values; Right to Work?; International Standards; Child Protection; Conclusion; Notes; References; 2. Work Opportunities and Frictions for Rural Child Migrants in West African Cities; Introduction; Initiation into Urban Work; Occupational Repertoire; Negotiating the Terms of Labour; Conclusion: Adaptation and Learning; Notes; Bibliography; 3. Children's Motivations for Migration and Engagement in Labour in the City of Accra; Introduction.
  • The African Street ChildResearching Street Children; Heading for Accra; Doing Something for Myself; Learning to Walk; Conclusion; Notes; References; 4. Repenser la question du travail en RDC: une approche sociolinguistique des activités de l'enfant à Lubumbashi; Pertinence de l'approche sociolinguistique; Récolte et traitement des données; Corpus et échantillonnage; Le registre du travail; Kazi ya mikono vs kazi ya bureau; Ce que le travail n'est pas; Le registre de l'enfance; Le registre du travail de l'enfant; Les trajectoires de vie des enfants travailleurs; Résultats des enquêtes.
  • ConclusionNotes; Références; 5. Children and Employers' Perspectives on Child Work: A Case Study of Weaving Children in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Background to the Problem; Method; Living Conditions of the Children and their Families in Gamo; The Motivation to Come to Addis Ababa; The Children's Living and Working Conditions in Addis Ababa; Benefits and Harmful Aspects of Weaving; Would the Children have Fared Any Better in Gamo?; Summary and Conclusion; Notes; References; 6. Child Domestic Work in Cameroon: An Exploratory Study of Perceptions by Working Children; Introduction.
  • Profiling Cameroon and the Incidence of Child Domestic WorkCauses of Child Domestic Work; Methodology; Results; Push Factors; Pull Factors; Conditions of Work and Coping Strategies in Employment Households; Perceived Benefits and Expectations of Domestic Workers; Discussion; Concluding Thoughts; References; 7. Enfants et vente d'eau dans les artères de Brazzaville : un nouveau dynamisme d'un travail à la criée; Introduction; Perspectives sur le travail des enfants en matière de vente d'eau; Les enfants, éclosion de l'informel à Brazzaville et terrain de l'enquête.
  • Les enfants travailleurs et leurs milieux d'origineL'eau pure et l'organisation des enfants vendeurs; Relations entre pouvoirs publics et enfants vendeurs; Conclusion; Notes; Références; 8. La place du travail dans la vie des enfants talibés évoluant dans des daaras de type traditionnel à Saint-Louis; Introduction; Eclairage conceptuel : les talibés et le daara traditionnel de quelle réalité parle-t-on?; Les enfants talibés dans la littérature sur le travail des enfants; Les enfants talibés et le travail; Les enfants et le daara : quelles raisons de rester?; Les jeunes et leurs loisirs.

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