Transnational mobility and the changing form and functioning of African family set-ups


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Transnational mobility and the changing form and functioning of African family set-ups

Abstract Cities of Africa are now places of transit lifestyles associated with the in-and outflow of formal wedged workers, creating new socio-demographic spaces that reshape the way families are structured and the relations therein. This paper sets out to examine how the quest for better wedges by working parents, alongside other factors, has altered the form and functioning of African families. A historical perspective is given on the traditions and values that lie beneath African family dynamics, for purposes of illustrating how gender roles and societal expectations on parenting and socialisation of children have been gradually reconfigured by urban trans-migratory lifestyles. The concept of transnational parenthood is applied as a reference to permanent and temporary work-related movement across borders while maintaining familial ties with children and other relatives back home. 

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