Extended families in Africa and the African diaspora
By: edited by Osei-Mensah Aborampah and Niara Sudarkasa
Publisher: Africa World Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Trenton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 398
Subjects: African diaspora; Social life and customs; African American families; Families; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Africa; title: The African family and the challenge of the twenty-first century / Mario J. Azevedo; title: Reflections on motherhood in nuclear and extended families in Africa and in the United States / Niara Sudarkasa; title: A time of transition : contemporary extended family networks in Ghana / Osei-Mensah Aborampah; title: Families in Cameroun / Zacharia N. Nchinda; title: Procreation and marriage heritage and social change among the Abagusii of Kenya / Alfred T. Kisubi; title: Health and the survival of the extended family in Africa / Mario J. Azevedo; title: Extended family and kinship network systems for caring for children / Florence Kyomugisha and John B. K. Rutayuga; title: North Africa; title: The African American family : challenges and opportunities / Gwendolyn S. Prater; title: Autoethnographic analysis of African American extended family communication experiences : creating harmony, unity, and understanding / Rhunette C. Diggs; title: Women, patrilateral kinship, and the family compound among the rural Gullah / Bamidele Agbasegbe Demerson; title: "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; title: The Caribbean; title: Insights to the Caribbean family : legacy, tradition and culture / Michele Sogren; title: Extended family rhoteric : reviewing childhood and family in Barbados and the Caribbean / Christine Barrow; title: The impact of family structure on child development in Jamaica / Stacey N. Brodie-Walker and Kai A. D. Morgan; title: Conclusion; title: Extended families in Africa and the African diaspora : commonalities, challenges, and prospects / Osei-Mensah Aborampah.