Tanzanian childhoods: Street children's narratives of 'home'

Journal of Contemporary African Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-92

  Evans, Ruth M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD WELFARE; HOMELESSNESS; SOCIAL NETWORK; STREET CHILDREN;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 1642487705     PISSN: 02589001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0258900042000179616     Document Type: Article

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