Child Fostering Chains Among Ovambo Families in Namibia, Southern Africa.

Childcare across sub-Saharan Africa is often socially distributed among adults, with care by the biological mother being one of several options available for children. Children typically move within and outside of large extended kin networks. Based on an ethnographic study of four Ovambo families in...

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Publicado en:Journal of Southern African Studies Vol. 37; no. 1; pp. 155 - 177
Autor principal: Brown, Jill
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Mar2011
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