Representations of orphaned children’s lives in Lesotho • Susan E. Short, Brown University ; Maletela Tuoane, Department of Social Development, Pretoria

Family structure, gender of the household head and child opportunities in Addis Ababa: an analysis from 1994 Ethiopian census and 2000 Ethiopian DHS data • Aurora Angeli, Università di Bologna ; Silvana Salvini, University of Florence

Single-parenthood in Africa • Christine Tichit, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

New perspectives for African families • Thérèse Locoh, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) ; Mouvagha Myriam, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

The Family in TV comedy • Oluyinka A. Esan, University College Winchester