Practices of relatedness and the re-invention of duol as a network of care for orphans and widows in western Kenya

Africa

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 517-534

  Nyambedha, Erick Otieno ^a,b   Aagaard Hansen, Jens ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b MASENO UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL TRADITION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MODERNITY; ORPHAN; POST-INDEPENDENCE; RELATEDNESS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 37349057952     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/afr.2007.77.4.517     Document Type: Article

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