Think Locally, Act Globally: Contributions of African Research to Child Development

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 119-125

  Super, Charles M ^a   Harkness, Sara ^a   Barry, Oumar ^b   Zeitlin, Marian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^c Earth Rights EcoVillage (EREV) Institute   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Africa; Culture; Developmental science; Local knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955767239     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-8606.2011.00166.x     Document Type: Article

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