Africa's future, Africa's challenge : early childhood care and development in Sub-Saharan Africa / editors, Marito Garcia, Alan Pence, Judith L. Evans.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The state of young children in sub-Saharan Africa / Marito Garcia, Gillian Virata, and Erika Dunkelberg -- Positioning ECD nationally : trends in selected African countries / Agnes Akosua Aidoo -- Early childhood care and education in sub-Saharan Africa : what would it take to meet the millennium development goals? / Adriana Jaramillo and Alain Mingat -- Brain development and ECD : a case for investment / Mary Eming Young and Fraser Mustard -- New threats to early childhood development : children affected by HIV/AIDS / Jodie Fonseca [and others] -- ECD in Africa : a historical perspective / Larry Prochner and Margaret Kabiru -- (Mis)understanding ECD in Africa : the force of local and global motives / A. Bame Nsamenang -- Fathering : the role of men in raising children in Africa-- holding up the other half of the sky / Linda M. Richter and Robert Morrell -- ECD policy : a comparative analysis in Ghana, Mauritius, and Namibia / J.K.A. Boakye [and others] -- Participatory ECD policy planning in Francophone West Africa / Emily Vargas-Barón -- Responding to the challenge of meeting the needs of children under 3 in Africa / Kofi Marfo [and others] -- Introducing preprimary classes in Africa : opportunities and challenges / Linda Biersteker [and others] -- Inclusive education : a Mauritian response to the inherent rights of the child / Gilberte Chung Kim Chung and Cyril Dalais -- Parenting challenges for the changing African family / Judith L. Evans, Chalizamudzi Elizabeth Matola and Jolly P.T. Nyeko -- ECD and HIV/AIDS : the newest programming and policy challenge / Patrice L. Engle and Erika Dunkelberg with Shireen Issa -- Supporting young children in conflict and postconflict situations : child protection and psychosocial well-being in Angola / Michael Wessells and Carlinda Monteiro -- Strategic communication in early childhood development programs : the case of Uganda / Cecilia Cabañero-Verzosa and Nawsheen Elaheebocus -- The synergy of nutrition and ECD interventions in sub-Saharan Africa / Harold Alderman and Patrice L. Engle -- The impact of ECD programs on maternal employment and older children's school attendance in Kenya / Michael M. Lokshin, Elena Glinskaya and Marito Garcia -- Madrasa early childhood development program : making a difference / Peter Mwaura and Bishara T. Mohamed -- Linking policy discourse to everyday life in Kenya : impacts of neoliberal policies on early education and childrearing / Elizabeth Swadener [and others] -- Community-based approaches that work in eastern and southern Africa / Jane E. Lucas [and others] -- Can early childhood programs be financially sustainable in Africa? / Adriana Jaramillo and Alain Mingat -- A tri-part approach to promoting ECD capacity in Africa : ECD seminars, international conferences, and ECDVU / Alan Pence with Abeba Habtom and Francis R.W. Chalamada.