 Child begging, as a manifestation of child labour in Dagbon of Northern Ghana, the perspectives of mallams and parentsTufeiru Fuseini and Marguerite Daniel Children and Youth Services Review, 2020, vol. 111, issue C Abstract: The existence of begging in Ghana is a historical phenomenon. In the past, it was interpreted in religious and geographical terms where the beggars in the capital city of Accra were said to be destitute Muslims coming from the northern sector of Ghana due to the poverty situation in the area. This study looks at the position of Islam on begging. It also highlights good ways of raising a child in Dagbon and why parents send their children to beg. Focus group discussions and in-depth interviews were used to explore the perspectives of mallams and parents regarding child begging in Dagbon and data were also collected through participant observation. Our study shows that there was a dichotomy of opinions between clergy participants (who stated that Islam does not support begging) and the parent participants (who believed Islam supported begging). The practice of child begging in Dagbon differs from how it is practiced elsewhere in West Africa. The role of the secular Ghanaian government regarding child begging, in spite of laws on compulsory education and a ban on child labour, is largely absent. Date: 2020 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:111:y:2020:i:c:s019074091931031x DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.104836 Access Statistics for this article Children and Youth Services Review is currently edited by Duncan Lindsey More articles in Children and Youth Services Review from Elsevier |
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