Child fostering is an age-old and also modern phenomenon whose importance stretches much further than the boundaries of so-called ‘traditional’ African soci

Attempts at identifying some crucial functions played by fostering in the specific environmental and socio-economic conditions, specially of West Africa.

This dissertation explores solidarity arrangements inherent in developing countries, where financial markets and formal social protection are lacking. Its main

In Transfers of Belonging, Erdmute Alber argues for a new understanding of child foster practices in West Africa. It is based on the elaboration of the history