African families in a global context /

African families in a global context / edited by G�ran Therborn. - Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 2004. - 118 p. ; 25 cm. - Research report, no. 131 1104-8425 ; . - Research report (Nordiska Afrikainstitutet) ; no. 131. .

Papers derived from reports at a conference held Nov. 29-Dec. 2, 2001, in Cape Town, South Africa.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction: Globalization, Africa, and African family pattern / G�ran Therborn -- Demographic innovation and nutritional catastrophe : change, lack of change, and difference in Ghanaian family systems / Christine Oppong -- Female (in)dependence and male dominance in contemporary Nigerian families / Bola Udegbe -- Globalization and family patterns : a view from South Africa / Susan C. Ziehl.

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Families--Africa--Congresses.


Africa--Social conditions--1960---Congresses.

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