A Twum-Danso Imoh
Biographic Data
| ID | 18350 |
|---|---|
| NAME | A Twum-Danso Imoh |
| GIVEN NAMES | A Twum-Danso |
| FAMILY NAME | Imoh |
| SIGNATURE | IMOH A T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Sheffield |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7158-9332 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 110 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Children supervising children across low- and middle-income countries: The role of mothers’ education
Around the world, many young children spend time supervising or being supervised by other children without adults. This can have both positive (e.g., strengthening sibling ties) and negative (e.g., hinder supervisor’s schooling) consequences for children, families, and communities. Population-based information from low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) is scarce on this phenomenon. Poisson random effect regression models using the most recent M…
Like a Kid's Book’: Pilot Testing of a Visual Informed Consent Form With Children in Canada, Ghana and Laos
It is a moral imperative to conduct the consent process in a way that is understandable, engaging and meaningful for children. This underscores the necessity of obtaining consent through age‐ and culturally appropriate methods and content. Using qualitative, participatory visual research methods, this study aimed to gather feedback on a visual informed consent (VIC) storybook among 17 primary school‐aged children in Canada, Ghana and Laos. Partic…
A Handbook of Children and Young People’s Participation: Conversations for Transformational Change
This paper reflects on the transformative potential of a peer research project that was concerned with women’s access to travel in low-income neighbourhoods in three African cities – Abuja, Cape Town and Tunis. For the young unemployed women who partnered in this project from 2019 to 2022, peer research offered an opportunity to grow confidence, generate income, manage emotions and build respect in their communities, which was valuable during Cov…
Teaching 'global childhoods' in Childhood Studies
Childhood studies programs and generic social science programs in universities across the world increasingly offer courses that in some way focus on ‘global childhoods’. For this webinar, we will bring into conversations four prominent scholars who, based on their teaching and research experiences on ‘global childhoods’, will explore and reflect on four sets of ideas: theoretical and empirical framing of ‘global childhoods’, questions around inte…
Studies of childhoods in the Global South: Towards an Epistemic Turn in Transnational Childhood Research
The most well-known and widely cited literature in the multidisciplinary field of childhood studies has been undertaken by scholars based in the Global North, who have produced theoretical frameworks and conceptualisations about childhood frequently deployed by Northern and Southern scholars alike. These are often based on priorities developed in Northern academic institutions, sometimes in response to funding calls by grant-making agencies also …
Framing reciprocal obligations within intergenerational relations in Ghana through the lens of the mutuality of duty and dependence
Reciprocity has long been recognised as a key feature in intragenerational relations amongst kin, affines and trading partners, but also in intergenerational relations, especially those between children and their caregivers in diverse societies. This paper seeks to explore reciprocity as the tie that binds relationships between caregivers and children while the latter are still 'dependents' and the consequences for both parties when this tie is b…
Towards a more holistic understanding of child participation: Foregrounding the experiences of children in Ghana and Nigeria
Emerging scholars of Childhood Studies
QUESTION 1
Tackling the Physical Punishment of Children in Resource Poor Contexts
Despite the global wind of change in public attitudes towards the physical punishment of children, partly influenced by the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child, the practice remains prevalent in diverse societies. This implies that current efforts are limited as strategies to initiate behaviour change, especially in societies where the practice is not only condoned, but also where governments lack the capacity, largely as a result of resou…
From the singular to the plural: Exploring diversities in contemporary childhoods in sub-Saharan Africa
The challenges that sub-Saharan Africa has faced in the post-colonial period have come to characterise the way the region is perceived. These narratives are especially evident in the various ways children's lives are discussed, leading to a particular focus on childhoods in difficult circumstances or at the margins. This has eclipsed the mundanities of everyday life for many children whose lives are not characterised by 'lacks'. This article seek…
Not Just a Victim: The child as catalyst and witness of contemporary Africa
The rapid growth of the interdisciplinary field of childhood studies has been instrumental in foregrounding the active role children play in determining not only their own social lives, but also those of their wider societies. However, the majority of such studies have been conducted in Western Europe and North America. This edited collection is an especially welcome contribution to the development of childhood studies in Africa because it explor…
Children's perceptions of physical punishment in Ghana and the implications for children's rights
International children's rights discourses are centred on the principles of child protection and participation. Underpinning these discourses is the assumption that when children express their views they will support children's rights principles. However, this is not a guarantee. On key issues affecting their lives such as children's work and labour, children's views are often in striking opposition to the dominant children's rights discourse. Th…
Rites vs rights: Female genital cutting at the crossroads of local values and global norms
Although culture is frequently advanced as a key obstacle to children’s rights in Africa, the reality of people’s lives shows that the outlook of many communities incorporates both local and global values. This is becoming particularly evident in the case of female genital cutting which is being adapted by practising communities or abandoned altogether despite the fact that it is informed by deeply rooted socio-cultural ideologies. Hence, this ar…
From Central to Marginal: Changing Perceptions of Kinship Fosterage in Ghana
Historically, child care, in much of Africa, was a communal responsibility especially through the practice of kinship fosterage. However, as a result of recent socioeconomic changes, there is some evidence to suggest that a shift is taking place in community perceptions about the continuing benefit of kinship fosterage for children in particular. Instead, the roles of parents are being foregrounded in the socialization process. Despite this, ther…
Searching for a Middle Ground in Children's Rights in Ghana
The universality versus relativity debate has dominated the children's rights discourse from its earliest days. It has particularly intensified since the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by the UN General Assembly in 1989. While acknowledging the validity of both arguments the key point underpinning this article is that the universality–relativity dichotomy does not help us to achieve children's rights or protect children on …
Generations in Africa: Connections and Conflicts
By Erdmute Alber, Sjaak Van der Geest, Susan Reynolds Whyte ( eds ) London : Verlag , 2008 ISBN 9783825807153 , 416 pp (pb), 39.90 EUR Although the concept of generations has always been an important component of anthropological study in Africa, in the post-colonial period other issues came to dominate the research agenda. However, in the past 20 years or so, the concept has been revived — not least as result of the social and economic changes th…
Situating participatory methodologies in context: The impact of culture on adult–child interactions in research and other projects
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child marked a significant development in thinking about children and their rights. For the first time in the history of the United Nations, this treaty recognises children as autonomous individuals and holders of rights. As a result, numerous organisations and academic institutions have adopted a children's-rights approach in their work with children, which predominately foregrounds participator…
Reciprocity, Respect and Responsibility: The 3Rs Underlying Parent-Child Relationships in Ghana and the Implications for Children's Rights
As families are central to the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and children's rights generally, it is necessary to develop a deeper understanding of the ways in which children and adults interact with each other in these spheres. Thus, this paper explores the dynamics of parent-child relationships in Ghana, the first country to ratify the Convention. In particular, it focuses on the three Rs of intergenerational relati…
Reciprocity, Respect and Responsibility: The 3Rs Underlying Parent-Child Relationships in Ghana and the Implications for Children's Rights
As families are central to the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and children's rights generally, it is necessary to develop a deeper understanding of the ways in which children and adults interact with each other in these spheres. Thus, this paper explores the dynamics of parent-child relationships in Ghana, the first country to ratify the Convention. In particular, it focuses on the three Rs of intergenerational relati…
From the singular to the plural: Exploring diversities in contemporary childhoods in sub-Saharan Africa
The challenges that sub-Saharan Africa has faced in the post-colonial period have come to characterise the way the region is perceived. These narratives are especially evident in the various ways children's lives are discussed, leading to a particular focus on childhoods in difficult circumstances or at the margins. This has eclipsed the mundanities of everyday life for many children whose lives are not characterised by 'lacks'. This article seek…
Children's perceptions of physical punishment in Ghana and the implications for children's rights
International children's rights discourses are centred on the principles of child protection and participation. Underpinning these discourses is the assumption that when children express their views they will support children's rights principles. However, this is not a guarantee. On key issues affecting their lives such as children's work and labour, children's views are often in striking opposition to the dominant children's rights discourse. Th…
Framing reciprocal obligations within intergenerational relations in Ghana through the lens of the mutuality of duty and dependence
Reciprocity has long been recognised as a key feature in intragenerational relations amongst kin, affines and trading partners, but also in intergenerational relations, especially those between children and their caregivers in diverse societies. This paper seeks to explore reciprocity as the tie that binds relationships between caregivers and children while the latter are still 'dependents' and the consequences for both parties when this tie is b…
Towards a more holistic understanding of child participation: Foregrounding the experiences of children in Ghana and Nigeria
Emerging scholars of Childhood Studies
QUESTION 1
Situating participatory methodologies in context: The impact of culture on adult–child interactions in research and other projects
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child marked a significant development in thinking about children and their rights. For the first time in the history of the United Nations, this treaty recognises children as autonomous individuals and holders of rights. As a result, numerous organisations and academic institutions have adopted a children's-rights approach in their work with children, which predominately foregrounds participator…
From Central to Marginal: Changing Perceptions of Kinship Fosterage in Ghana
Historically, child care, in much of Africa, was a communal responsibility especially through the practice of kinship fosterage. However, as a result of recent socioeconomic changes, there is some evidence to suggest that a shift is taking place in community perceptions about the continuing benefit of kinship fosterage for children in particular. Instead, the roles of parents are being foregrounded in the socialization process. Despite this, ther…
Studies of childhoods in the Global South: Towards an Epistemic Turn in Transnational Childhood Research
The most well-known and widely cited literature in the multidisciplinary field of childhood studies has been undertaken by scholars based in the Global North, who have produced theoretical frameworks and conceptualisations about childhood frequently deployed by Northern and Southern scholars alike. These are often based on priorities developed in Northern academic institutions, sometimes in response to funding calls by grant-making agencies also …
Searching for a Middle Ground in Children's Rights in Ghana
The universality versus relativity debate has dominated the children's rights discourse from its earliest days. It has particularly intensified since the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by the UN General Assembly in 1989. While acknowledging the validity of both arguments the key point underpinning this article is that the universality–relativity dichotomy does not help us to achieve children's rights or protect children on …
Tackling the Physical Punishment of Children in Resource Poor Contexts
Despite the global wind of change in public attitudes towards the physical punishment of children, partly influenced by the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child, the practice remains prevalent in diverse societies. This implies that current efforts are limited as strategies to initiate behaviour change, especially in societies where the practice is not only condoned, but also where governments lack the capacity, largely as a result of resou…
Situating participatory methodologies in context: The impact of culture on adult–child interactions in research and other projects
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child marked a significant development in thinking about children and their rights. For the first time in the history of the United Nations, this treaty recognises children as autonomous individuals and holders of rights. As a result, numerous organisations and academic institutions have adopted a children's-rights approach in their work with children, which predominately foregrounds participator…
Reciprocity, Respect and Responsibility: The 3Rs Underlying Parent-Child Relationships in Ghana and the Implications for Children's Rights
As families are central to the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and children's rights generally, it is necessary to develop a deeper understanding of the ways in which children and adults interact with each other in these spheres. Thus, this paper explores the dynamics of parent-child relationships in Ghana, the first country to ratify the Convention. In particular, it focuses on the three Rs of intergenerational relati…
Generations in Africa: Connections and Conflicts
By Erdmute Alber, Sjaak Van der Geest, Susan Reynolds Whyte ( eds ) London : Verlag , 2008 ISBN 9783825807153 , 416 pp (pb), 39.90 EUR Although the concept of generations has always been an important component of anthropological study in Africa, in the post-colonial period other issues came to dominate the research agenda. However, in the past 20 years or so, the concept has been revived — not least as result of the social and economic changes th…
Searching for a Middle Ground in Children's Rights in Ghana
The universality versus relativity debate has dominated the children's rights discourse from its earliest days. It has particularly intensified since the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by the UN General Assembly in 1989. While acknowledging the validity of both arguments the key point underpinning this article is that the universality–relativity dichotomy does not help us to achieve children's rights or protect children on …
Rites vs rights: Female genital cutting at the crossroads of local values and global norms
Although culture is frequently advanced as a key obstacle to children’s rights in Africa, the reality of people’s lives shows that the outlook of many communities incorporates both local and global values. This is becoming particularly evident in the case of female genital cutting which is being adapted by practising communities or abandoned altogether despite the fact that it is informed by deeply rooted socio-cultural ideologies. Hence, this ar…
From Central to Marginal: Changing Perceptions of Kinship Fosterage in Ghana
Historically, child care, in much of Africa, was a communal responsibility especially through the practice of kinship fosterage. However, as a result of recent socioeconomic changes, there is some evidence to suggest that a shift is taking place in community perceptions about the continuing benefit of kinship fosterage for children in particular. Instead, the roles of parents are being foregrounded in the socialization process. Despite this, ther…
Not Just a Victim: The child as catalyst and witness of contemporary Africa
The rapid growth of the interdisciplinary field of childhood studies has been instrumental in foregrounding the active role children play in determining not only their own social lives, but also those of their wider societies. However, the majority of such studies have been conducted in Western Europe and North America. This edited collection is an especially welcome contribution to the development of childhood studies in Africa because it explor…
Children's perceptions of physical punishment in Ghana and the implications for children's rights
International children's rights discourses are centred on the principles of child protection and participation. Underpinning these discourses is the assumption that when children express their views they will support children's rights principles. However, this is not a guarantee. On key issues affecting their lives such as children's work and labour, children's views are often in striking opposition to the dominant children's rights discourse. Th…
Tackling the Physical Punishment of Children in Resource Poor Contexts
Despite the global wind of change in public attitudes towards the physical punishment of children, partly influenced by the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child, the practice remains prevalent in diverse societies. This implies that current efforts are limited as strategies to initiate behaviour change, especially in societies where the practice is not only condoned, but also where governments lack the capacity, largely as a result of resou…
From the singular to the plural: Exploring diversities in contemporary childhoods in sub-Saharan Africa
The challenges that sub-Saharan Africa has faced in the post-colonial period have come to characterise the way the region is perceived. These narratives are especially evident in the various ways children's lives are discussed, leading to a particular focus on childhoods in difficult circumstances or at the margins. This has eclipsed the mundanities of everyday life for many children whose lives are not characterised by 'lacks'. This article seek…
Emerging scholars of Childhood Studies
QUESTION 1
Towards a more holistic understanding of child participation: Foregrounding the experiences of children in Ghana and Nigeria
Studies of childhoods in the Global South: Towards an Epistemic Turn in Transnational Childhood Research
The most well-known and widely cited literature in the multidisciplinary field of childhood studies has been undertaken by scholars based in the Global North, who have produced theoretical frameworks and conceptualisations about childhood frequently deployed by Northern and Southern scholars alike. These are often based on priorities developed in Northern academic institutions, sometimes in response to funding calls by grant-making agencies also …
Framing reciprocal obligations within intergenerational relations in Ghana through the lens of the mutuality of duty and dependence
Reciprocity has long been recognised as a key feature in intragenerational relations amongst kin, affines and trading partners, but also in intergenerational relations, especially those between children and their caregivers in diverse societies. This paper seeks to explore reciprocity as the tie that binds relationships between caregivers and children while the latter are still 'dependents' and the consequences for both parties when this tie is b…
A Handbook of Children and Young People’s Participation: Conversations for Transformational Change
This paper reflects on the transformative potential of a peer research project that was concerned with women’s access to travel in low-income neighbourhoods in three African cities – Abuja, Cape Town and Tunis. For the young unemployed women who partnered in this project from 2019 to 2022, peer research offered an opportunity to grow confidence, generate income, manage emotions and build respect in their communities, which was valuable during Cov…
Teaching 'global childhoods' in Childhood Studies
Childhood studies programs and generic social science programs in universities across the world increasingly offer courses that in some way focus on ‘global childhoods’. For this webinar, we will bring into conversations four prominent scholars who, based on their teaching and research experiences on ‘global childhoods’, will explore and reflect on four sets of ideas: theoretical and empirical framing of ‘global childhoods’, questions around inte…
Children supervising children across low- and middle-income countries: The role of mothers’ education
Around the world, many young children spend time supervising or being supervised by other children without adults. This can have both positive (e.g., strengthening sibling ties) and negative (e.g., hinder supervisor’s schooling) consequences for children, families, and communities. Population-based information from low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) is scarce on this phenomenon. Poisson random effect regression models using the most recent M…
Like a Kid's Book’: Pilot Testing of a Visual Informed Consent Form With Children in Canada, Ghana and Laos
It is a moral imperative to conduct the consent process in a way that is understandable, engaging and meaningful for children. This underscores the necessity of obtaining consent through age‐ and culturally appropriate methods and content. Using qualitative, participatory visual research methods, this study aimed to gather feedback on a visual informed consent (VIC) storybook among 17 primary school‐aged children in Canada, Ghana and Laos. Partic…
Sociology (16 works) · Children's Rights and Participation (13 works) · Political science (13 works) · Psychology (12 works) · Gender Studies (9 works) · Law (9 works) · Human rights (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (6 works) · Convention on the Rights of the Child (5 works)