… There is still no single history of childhood in colonial Africa , and few readily available … of
childhood through the eyes of historical observers and historians , the stages of childhood , and …

… colonial subjects has been much discussed (see Baker 1998; Nandy 1983), this study focuses
on the European constructions of childhood … the privilege accorded by “childhood” to their …

… Culture of Infancy in West Africa (Chicago: Chicago … childhood and its use in colonial policy,
see Lisa McNee, "The Languages of Childhood: The Distinctive Construction of Childhood …

… Our special issue explores questions around colonialism and childhood, and specifically
their processes of racialization; and argues for a general practice of decolonizing the study of …

… In Africa most people grew up not knowing their exact birthday (and hence age), until the …
registration for colonial tax and other purposes. In precolonial and much of colonial Africa, the …

… If all Africans were recast as … childhood and adulthood during the colonial period do not
originate in the cultural dissonance between African and European definitions of childhood, but …

… With necessary interests in the colonial roots of schooling in Africa, a critical anti-colonial
discursive framework (CADF) informed our analysis. CADF theorists underline the importance …

… childhood concepts in colonial … colonial Nigeria and how did this category change over
time? Admitting that the sources reveal more about adult perceptions of childhood than childhood …

… , or the subaltern classes, so that we can rightly speak of a colonization of childhood or
the modern childhood as a kind of colony. This perspective also served as a model for early …

… This work chronicles the phases ofearly childhood development in Ghana. This West African
… , ofthe missionary-based education system under colonialism. The country movedfrom …