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Child Care in a Globalizing World: perspectives from Ghana ed. by Christine Oppong, Delali M. Badasu, and Kari Wærness (review)

working contexts. For them, schooling per se is not the solution. Instead, they demand the right to engage in work that is dignified, reflects their abilities and is regulated. Finally, although children’s work is often seen as depriving them of their right to play, a number of chapters in this volume, including that of Cindi Katz, highlight the extent to which play and work are not mutually exclusive. This is supported by Barbara Polack’s study of children’s work among the Bamana of Mali, which shows how young children freely move between work and play modes with little interference by adults. That children’s play may often reflect the work of adults in their lives is not surprising. Like children in other contexts, African children, as Lancy and Gerd Spittler (in his chapter on children’s work among the Kel Ewey Tuareg of Niger) respectively argue, imitate adults. This imitation serves two purposes. It not only prepares children for work in which they will increasingly engage as they mature, but it also allows them to play and explore with their peers.