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Changing Webs of Kinship: spotlights on West Africa

Webs of Kinship im Wandel – Detailansichten aus Westafrika
[journal article]

Alber, Erdmute
Häberlein, Tabea
Martin, Jeannett

Abstract

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 t... view more

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 empirical data from three thematically intertwined research projects.... view less


Der vorliegende Artikel thematisiert Tendenzen und Merkmale des Wandels verwandtschaftlicher Beziehungen im Norden von Benin und Togo und deren Wechselspiel mit Tendenzen des allgemeinen gesellschaftlichen Wandels. Der Blick liegt dabei auf dem 20. Jahrhundert, das von den tief greifenden Veränderun... view more

Der vorliegende Artikel thematisiert Tendenzen und Merkmale des Wandels verwandtschaftlicher Beziehungen im Norden von Benin und Togo und deren Wechselspiel mit Tendenzen des allgemeinen gesellschaftlichen Wandels. Der Blick liegt dabei auf dem 20. Jahrhundert, das von den tief greifenden Veränderungen gekennzeichnet ist, die die koloniale Eroberung und die politische Unabhängigkeit der Kolonien auf dem afrikanischen Kontinent auslöste. Anhand von drei Arten verwandtschaftlicher Beziehungen – Eltern-Kindbeziehungen, Heiratsbeziehungen und innerfamiliäre Altersversorgung – werden zentrale Tendenzen und Bedingungen dieses historischen Wandels beschrieben. Dabei wird auch der Frage nach der Konflikthaftigkeit sowie nach dem Umgang mit Konflikten im Zuge dieser Wandlungsprozesse nachgegangen. Der Beitrag basiert auf empirischen Daten, die im Rahmen von thematisch miteinander verwobenen Forschungsprojekten erhoben wurden.... view less

Keywords
political change; wedding; colonialism; ethnology; Africa; Ghana; social relations; Benin; West Africa; childhood; economization; woman; family; migration; elderly; Togo; social change; twentieth century; parenthood

Classification
Family Sociology, Sociology of Sexual Behavior
Sociology of Developing Countries, Developmental Sociology

Method
qualitative empirical; empirical

Free Keywords
Social Anthropology; social change; family; kinship; Sozialanthropologie; West Africa; twentieth century

Document language
English

Publication Year
2010

Page/Pages
p. 43-67

Journal
Africa Spectrum, 45 (2010) 3

ISSN
1868-6869

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works


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