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The Practice and Experience of Adoption in the African Family

The Practice and Experience of Adoption in the African Family

Awono Levodo, Thomas Fabrice

Paperback

General Psychology

ISBN10: 6630377516
ISBN13: 9786630377514
Publisher: Our Knowledge Publishing
Published: Sep 23 2026
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.63
Height: 0.48 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Socioeconomic transformations in sub-Saharan Africa are profoundly redefining the temporal dynamics of the family institution. This is evident in the emergence of households headed entirely by women and the shift in parental authority in the face of the crisis of traditional values and the advent of hypermodernity. In this changing context, the child ceases to belong exclusively to the extended community and instead becomes an individual or couple's project, very often burdened by heavy narcissistic or reparative expectations. Whether it involves the traditional rotation of children among relatives, taking in a spouse's child, or adoption in the face of infertility, the integration of a child requires a fundamental shift from biological filiation to social and emotional affiliation. This process awakens unconscious psychological dynamics that can generate conflicts of loyalty. Under these circumstances, the success of building a family depends on a structured psychological support system that safeguards the child's identity and ensures the harmony of family homeostasis.

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