Protecting children on the move in Mali: the blind spot of current mechanisms
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Street children in West Africa: what eight years of fieldwork reveals
Children begging near road traffic in Bamako, Mali. Drahmane Fondo, Supplied by the author This article was originally published on The Conversation Africa under a Creative Commons licence. Read the original article. 📄...
Child fostering in West Africa: a traditional practice tested by modernity
Eight years ago, I began spending my days — and very often my nights, patrolling — in the streets of Bamako, observing, listening, trying to understand. It was precisely this nocturnal work that enabled me to distinguish the different categories...
Fostering Children in Mali: What 8 Years of Field Research Reveal
In the streets of Bamako, leaving the markets of Timbuktu or beneath the palaver tree in Ségou, a reality has silently run through Malian society for generations: child fostering. This practice, deeply rooted in family systems...