Tabea Häberlein

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors highlight trends and characteristics of changing kinship relations in West Africa, focusing on the twentieth century, which was shaped by the colonial conquest and profound societal transformations like the political independence of the African colonies.

TL;DR: For example, Lindenau et al. as discussed by the authors pointed out that the sense of tension between uncertainty and hope with respect to young people and the future is possibly a cross-cultural phenomenon.

TL;DR: The intergenerational contract seems to be a dominant social norm of senior care all over the world, in which older adults are cared for reciprocally by those for whom they have cared as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: The education of young people in Africa has been receiving increasing political attention due to expanded schooling and, as a result, an expanding number of unemployed educated youths who challenge the status quo as discussed by the authors.