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Article: Child Labor in Sub-Saharan Africa
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- African Studies Review
- Article date:
- December 1, 2005
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ANTHROPOLOGY & SOCIOLOGY
Loretta E. Bass. Child Labor in Sub-Saharan Africa. Boulder, Colo.: Lynn Rienner Publishers, 2004. xii + 213 pp. Maps. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $49.95. Cloth.
Child Labor in Sub-Saharan Africa fills a critical void in the literature on children and work in Africa. Apart from the attention given to this subject by a few Africanist scholars, research has hitherto been dominated by nongovernmental organizations such as the ILO, UNICEF, the Anti-Slavery Society, and most recently, the World Bank. Thus Bass's work should go a considerable way toward meeting the demand for such books by academics in the fields of sociology, political science, ...