In this article we discuss how transnational motherhood is managed and experienced in
contexts of uncertainty and conflicting pressures. We propose a conceptual approach and …

People in southern Ghana provide care by attending to and synchronizing their and others'
life courses. Women, in particular, synchronize their life courses with the developmental and …

Although mobility-related categorization processes are central to migration studies, the ways
that mobile populations understand, adapt, or contest them remain understudied. To trace …

To care about and for others—that is other people, collectivities, plants, animals, or the
climate—is a mundane and ubiquitous act. At some point in life, almost every human being …

A growing body of research suggests that orphanhood and fostering might be
(independently) associated with educational disadvantage in sub-Saharan Africa. However …

Rising feminization of migration has resulted in substantial flows of women migrating in
Africa, increasing the importance of migration in women's lives. Although child fostering is an …

In dem vorliegenden Beitrag setze ich mich aus emotionstheoretischer Perspektive mit
transnationalen Lebensformen auseinander und hinterfrage die in zahlreichen …

Objective To explore the long‐distance mothering strategies of migrant women living in
urban slums in Nairobi, Kenya. Background Throughout sub‐Saharan Africa, migration has …

This article addresses transnational migration from the perspective of emotion theory. It
argues that enormous emotional and affective challenges confront individuals who are …

In February 2007, I received a letter from Rita, a Ghanaian friend, informing me of the death
of one of her friends who had been caring for her grandchildren because her daughter was …