Children and labor power in precolonial Zimbabwe -- Struggles over African childhood: child and adolescent labor, 1890-1920s -- The crisis of control and the Native Juveniles Employment Act of 1926 -- "Earn while you learn": farm schools, labor stabilization, and the reconstruction of African...

In this accessible treatment of child labor in Africa, straightforward prose is enriched throughout with photographs that give a human face to the issues involved. The authors draw on sources ranging from scholarly studies to children`s own voices. After providing a general background to the...