Changes in kinship relations are part of the broad social change in all African societies. This article highlights trends and characteristics of changing kinship relations in West Africa. Its analysis focuses on the twentieth century, which was shaped by the colonial conquest and profound societal transformations like the political independence of the African colonies. In analysing three important kinship relations – parent–child relations, marriage, and care for the elderly – this article depicts the trends and conditions of historical change of these relationships. It also shows whether and how these changes are accompanied by conflict, and how people refer to the different ways of dealing with those conflicts. The article is based on emp...
In sub-Saharan Africa the phenomenology of the family and marriage is of great interest owing to the...
This study situates current kinship and inheritance practices among the matrilineal Asante within an...
International audienceBackground: Complex extended families are common in rural sub-Saharan Africa. ...
Changes in kinship relations are part of the broad social change in all African societies. This arti...
Changes in kinship relations are part of the broad social change in all African societies. This arti...
Joint families in Sub Saharan Africa have been largely studied by researchers. They are organised ac...
The material has shown that in traditional Yoruba society the lineage is the unit of social action....
Kuper Adam. The Kinship Factor in Ngologa Politics. In: Cahiers d'études africaines, vol. 9, n°34, 1...
For a period, it was argued by analysts that as society develops wider kin relations are weakened, w...
This book is about the novel and often experimental ways West African migrants in the Netherlands us...
(English) Evolutions in matrimonial behaviour reveal profound changes in society. Current transition...
When I started fieldwork among the Maka in SE Cameroon in 1971 I was suprised that for them kinship ...
With the advent of modernization traditional African family patterns are slowly but progressively be...
By taking practical kinship as a point of departure, this workshop aims at reflecting upon current c...
This paper examines the changing patterns of inheritance and succession in traditional African socie...
In sub-Saharan Africa the phenomenology of the family and marriage is of great interest owing to the...
This study situates current kinship and inheritance practices among the matrilineal Asante within an...
International audienceBackground: Complex extended families are common in rural sub-Saharan Africa. ...
Changes in kinship relations are part of the broad social change in all African societies. This arti...
Changes in kinship relations are part of the broad social change in all African societies. This arti...
Joint families in Sub Saharan Africa have been largely studied by researchers. They are organised ac...
The material has shown that in traditional Yoruba society the lineage is the unit of social action....
Kuper Adam. The Kinship Factor in Ngologa Politics. In: Cahiers d'études africaines, vol. 9, n°34, 1...
For a period, it was argued by analysts that as society develops wider kin relations are weakened, w...
This book is about the novel and often experimental ways West African migrants in the Netherlands us...
(English) Evolutions in matrimonial behaviour reveal profound changes in society. Current transition...
When I started fieldwork among the Maka in SE Cameroon in 1971 I was suprised that for them kinship ...
With the advent of modernization traditional African family patterns are slowly but progressively be...
By taking practical kinship as a point of departure, this workshop aims at reflecting upon current c...
This paper examines the changing patterns of inheritance and succession in traditional African socie...
In sub-Saharan Africa the phenomenology of the family and marriage is of great interest owing to the...
This study situates current kinship and inheritance practices among the matrilineal Asante within an...
International audienceBackground: Complex extended families are common in rural sub-Saharan Africa. ...