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Gikuyu Families in Nairobi at the Millennium: Changing Economic and Social Patterns of Family Life

In: African Urban Economies

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  • Priscilla Wanjiru Kariuki

    (College of Education and External Studies, University of Nairobi)

  • Nici Nelson

    (University of Pennsylvania)

Abstract

As the above quotes indicate, urban Gikuyu family life has been undergoing major changes, not unlike those in other African urban areas. Colonialism, economic change, globalization and modernity have all impacted on marriage, family and parenting.

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  • Priscilla Wanjiru Kariuki & Nici Nelson, 2006. "Gikuyu Families in Nairobi at the Millennium: Changing Economic and Social Patterns of Family Life," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Deborah Fahy Bryceson & Deborah Potts (ed.), African Urban Economies, chapter 8, pages 184-206, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-52301-2_8
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230523012_8
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    1. Cassandra Cotton & Shelley Clark & Sangeetha Madhavan, 2022. "“One hand does not bring up a child:” Child fostering among single mothers in Nairobi slums," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 46(30), pages 865-904.

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