Not just any ‘Street’ child: Universals and particulars of childhood in North-Cameroonian society

Santen, J.C.M. van

doi:10.1007/bf02445177

“…A number of sociologists and anthropologists have investigated rural-based Qur'anic 'boarding' schools in West Africa (Wilks 1968;Cruise O'Brien 1971;Kaba 1976;Sanankoua 1985), arguing that the system is based on the exchange of students' farm labour for 'cultural capital' (Saul 1984;Bledsoe & Robey 1986), or on cultural and religious norms, including specific ideas about the proper upbringing of children (Sanneh 1975;D'Hondt & Vandewiele 1984;Last 2000;van Santen 2001). The extent of the continuity between this rural tradition and the more recent phenomenon of urban-based schools is, however, subject to debate.…”

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7. Producing “educated persons”

Hoechner¹

2013

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“…A number of sociologists and anthropologists have investigated rural-based Qur'anic 'boarding' schools in West Africa (Wilks 1968;Cruise O'Brien 1971;Kaba 1976;Sanankoua 1985), arguing that the system is based on the exchange of students' farm labour for 'cultural capital' (Saul 1984;Bledsoe & Robey 1986), or on cultural and religious norms, including specific ideas about the proper upbringing of children (Sanneh 1975;D'Hondt & Vandewiele 1984;Last 2000;van Santen 2001). The extent of the continuity between this rural tradition and the more recent phenomenon of urban-based schools is, however, subject to debate.…”

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confidence: 99%

6. Producing educational ideals

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Her research examines the role of education in intergenerational transfers of poverty and life chances, with a focus on young people's own experiences of, and views on, their education. In her DPhil, she combines a political economy perspective with ethnographic research, to understand the trajectories of traditional Qur'anic students (almajirai) in northern Nigeria. Searching for Knowledge and Recognition: Traditional Qur'anic Students (almajirai) in Kano, Nigeria is based on Hannah Hoechner's thesis work for her MPhil in Development Studies at the University of Oxford. It builds on three months of research conducted in 2009 in Kano in northern Nigeria and has been updated with insights from fieldwork she conducted for her DPhil in 2011. LGA Local Government Area makarantar allo traditional Qur'anic school (teaching full-time-or daystudents); lit. school using wooden slate (Hausa) mallam pl. mallamai Qur'anic teacher, honorific form of address (Hausa) purdah female seclusion Sabuwar Ƙofa New Gate (one of the gates in the city wall surrounding the Old City of Kano) sadaka alms, charity (Hausa) tafsiri Qur'anic exegesis (Hausa) tsangaya traditional Qur'anic 'boarding' school located in remote area hosting mainly older students (Hausa) ulama sg. al-alim class of religious scholars (Arabic)

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“…A number of sociologists and anthropologists have investigated rural-based Qur'anic 'boarding' schools in West Africa (Wilks 1968;Cruise O'Brien 1971;Kaba 1976;Sanankoua 1985), arguing that the system is based on the exchange of students' farm labour for 'cultural capital' (Saul 1984;Bledsoe & Robey 1986), or on cultural and religious norms, including specific ideas about the proper upbringing of children (Sanneh 1975;D'Hondt & Vandewiele 1984;Last 2000;van Santen 2001). The extent of the continuity between this rural tradition and the more recent phenomenon of urban-based schools is, however, subject to debate.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Her research examines the role of education in intergenerational transfers of poverty and life chances, with a focus on young people's own experiences of, and views on, their education. In her DPhil, she combines a political economy perspective with ethnographic research, to understand the trajectories of traditional Qur'anic students (almajirai) in northern Nigeria. Searching forKnowledge and Recognition: Traditional Qur'anic Students (almajirai) in Kano, Nigeria is based on Hannah Hoechner's thesis work for her MPhil in Development Studies at the University of Oxford. It builds on three months of research conducted in 2009 in Kano in northern Nigeria and has been updated with insights from fieldwork she conducted for her DPhil in 2011. LGA Local Government Area makarantar allo traditional Qur'anic school (teaching full-time-or daystudents); lit. school using wooden slate (Hausa) mallam pl. mallamai Qur'anic teacher, honorific form of address (Hausa) purdah female seclusion Sabuwar Ƙofa New Gate (one of the gates in the city wall surrounding the Old City of Kano) sadaka alms, charity (Hausa) tafsiri Qur'anic exegesis (Hausa) tsangaya traditional Qur'anic 'boarding' school located in remote area hosting mainly older students (Hausa) ulama sg. al-alim class of religious scholars (Arabic)

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Not just any ‘Street’ child: Universals and particulars of childhood in North-Cameroonian society

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