Sharing home, food and bed: Paths of grandmotherhood in East Cameroon

Africa

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 6-27

  Notermans, Catrien ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; ELDERLY POPULATION; FAMILY STRUCTURE; KINSHIP; RESOURCE USE; URBAN SOCIETY;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 3242881002     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/afr.2004.74.1.6     Document Type: Article

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