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Childcare in poor urban settlements in Swaziland in an era of HIV/AIDS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Lynne JonesThis paper explores the role of the family in caring for orphans and other children in poor urban communities having some of the highest levels of HIV/AIDS prevalence in the world. A range of family forms in Swaziland was found... -
Patriarchal influences on the lives of African adolescent girls from child-headed households
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Charmaine Leatham --- Department of Educational Psychology and South African Research Chair in Education and Care in Childhood, Faculty of Education, South Africa Jace Pillay --- Department of Educational Psychology and South African Research Chair in Education and Care in Childhood, Faculty of Education, South Africa Helen Dunbar-Krige --- Department of Educational Psychology and South African Research Chair in Education and Care in Childhood, Faculty of Education, South AfricaThis study examined the gendered experiences of patriarchal family life by adolescent girls from a low socio-economic status (SES) neighbourhood in South Africa. The informants were nine girls from an urban setting, three of whom were from child-headed homes. The... -
The Subversion of Archipelagic Memory in Yvonne Owuor’s The Dragonfly Sea
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Edgar Fred Nabutanyi --- Makerere University, South AfricaArchipelago memory and history are often scripted as inherently colonial and patriarchal obligations. This is anchored on the belief that it is the dominant power that connects the archipelago and curates its history-making enterprise. This logic, which affirms the agency...