Child research in Africa
By: edited by Maylene Shung King ... [et al.].
Contributors: African Child Research Network Initiative; Codesria; Childwatch International Research Network
Series: Monograph series; Série des monographies (Codesria : Unnumbered)
Publisher: Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa; Childwatch International
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Dakar, Senegal
Language: eng
Number of pages: 97
ISBN-13: 9782869782624
Subjects: Children; Congresses; Research; Social conditions; Children's rights
Description: The concerns for African children should not be confined to the disadvantaged position of Africa, but rather extended to search into the virtues of their cultural heritage, historical background and values of the African civilisation as the basis for reflecting on the rights and welfare of the child. In other words, the perspectives on the African child are shaped by a multiplicity of factors that include both the worldview of the researchers, donor priorities and pressures, as well as what will 'sell' better in peer review journals. This implies a real concern with what is going on in terms of research on child issues in Africa, in order to avoid generalisations and particularising the African child in ways that portray them in an unfavourable light.
Notes: "The African Child Research Network Initiative report on the colloquium held on 21 and 22 November 2006 in Dakar, Senegal."

"Three discussion papers were commissioned prior to the colloquium to provide a theoretical and practical take off for the deliberations. The three papers were: Perspectives and approaches in African childhoods research / [Steven Arojjo O.O., Rebecca M. Nyonyintono]; Mechanisms and priorities in child research funding in sub-Saharan Africa / [Maureen Mweru, John Ng'asike]; and, An institutional analysis of child research in sub-Saharan Africa / [Kelvin Mwaba]"--[p. 7].

Includes bibliographical references.