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Child Trafficking in Africa
This is a wonderful site to get loads of information about the child trafficking in Africa. It not only describes what the issue is, but it gives examples from several different countries in Africa. On top of that it gives prevention strategies as well as whom to contact about involvement. There’s only so much to say about the site other than that it compiles loads of information on the subject into different sections of this one website. It is definitely a key resource when researching about the trafficking of children in Africa.

Child Trafficking
This site is a research hub for child trafficking all over the world. It is really useful in the aspect that it provides pdf’s that can be downloaded. As far as the actual site, it provides information about child trafficking, prevention strategies, and different organizations that help. It is really helpful when focusing on more than just child trafficking as it also provides information on the trafficking of all human beings, and not just in Africa.

Globalization and Child Labor
This site is very useful when looking at the direct correlations between child labor and globalization. More specifically this source looks at the cacao production and child laborers in West Africa. However, it is very useful to see how the global market causes riches for some and harsh conditions for others.

West Africa: Combating Child Trafficking
This source mainly focuses on Ghana and its history of child trafficking. It also shows similar patterns in Gambia. Throughout this source it provides the relationship between the two African countries and their experiences with child trafficking. It tells of the history and what should come in the future to stop this problem.


URA Campaigns Against Sexual Abuse
This is a great source for focusing on the progression of preventing child trafficking. It really shows the current problems in Uganda and problems that have previously occurred as well as demonstrate the new methods of prevention. Excuses such as “limited resources” are being refuted and the cases are being reexamined. Uganda has finally had enough of the child kidnapping, rapes, and killings. They are finally trying to put an end to it.

Sudan Street Children
This source mainly focuses on the street children of Sudan. This is a great source for finding out more about how the children came to be. It also shows how corrupt the government can be. In many other sources, they outline what the government is trying to do, but this particular source demonstrates how the government is failing at what should be done. This source sheds light on the so-called “street” children and how some of them are not what they appear to be. Although many of them were previously abducted children, some have homes and families but are still taken by the government because they portray a certain image. It is a very interesting view of child trafficking and the government.

Objective Thinking
This source is somewhat vague on the concept of child labor in Africa. It is really useful as a visual aid though. There is a map that is proportionate to child labor around the world. It shows which countries have the highest number of child laborers in relation to its size. This source is also great when looking at the cycle of child trafficking, what contributes to it, and what keeps it going.

Child Labor in Africa
This source really focuses on child labor in Africa, pretty self-explanatory given the title. It provides some sound examples of the hardships families go through. It also explains what is being done to try and stop the traffickers in Africa. The overall theme of this source is poverty as the key problem to child trafficking, which seems to be a common theme in other sources as well.

History of Child Labor
Although this source is somewhat short, it is good in explaining what child labor actually is and why it is a problem. It begins with the overall meaning of child labor and the different types, then proceeds on about the history, and finishes with the laws enacted against the exploitation of children.

Globalization, Over-exploitation, and Social Exclusion: The View from the Children
This source is excellent for the generalities of child labor. It maps out where and how child labor is an issue, not just for third world countries, but also those at the top of the capitalist countries. It really provides the link between globalization and capitalism. It starts by explaining the origin of child labor, then transitions into sexual exploitation, and finally it concludes with the killings of children and the child soldiers.


Stolen Childhood
This source is helpful when looking for more than just trafficking. It provides visuals of for many problems that occur in many different countries. When looking for trafficking specifically there are visuals for that as well. The information may not be as much as some of the other sources, but it is definitely useful in the aspect of providing visuals. This source puts a face to the problem. It makes the problem more real for people who are so used to just numbers.


The Use of Children as Soldiers in Africa
This source provides an in-depth view of children soldiers in Africa. It outlines the reasons as to how the children are recruited by the government and what they go through. It is obvious when reading this that making children fight in wars and genocides is a definite problem we should all pay attention to. It also gives evidence that there are organizations trying to fight this issue. This source is more useful when focusing on child soldiers, rather than more generally child trafficking. However, they are related in the actual causes.

In Africa, Money isn’t the Only Reason Young Girls are Sexually Exploited
This source provides anecdotal evidence about the problem of young girls who are taken as sex slaves. It lacks some empirical evidence that the other sources provide, however it is much easier to connect to on a more emotional level. Reading this source definitely aids in the understanding the different trafficking problems in Africa. Although most of the sexual assault is blamed on money, there is apparently a myth that claims that having intercourse with a young girl cures AIDS. This source is a tragic eye opener, but necessary for understanding.

Oak Foundation
This source is very brief in explaining the different organizations that aid in the prevention of child trafficking of all sources. Not only does it provide the different organizations, but it also gives several different prevention strategies for those who are not active members of these organizations. This is a necessary tool when looking at child trafficking because it is not enough just to look at the problem. Looking at the different methods of prevention should be incorporated in any child trafficking research.

Street Child Africa
This is another source that describes an organization which is working towards the aid of children. This organization however incorporates more than one and is working in more than seven countries in Africa now. They focus on the children who are living on the street and they try to provide homes and care for them. The main goal is to get these children off the streets and lead them away from the road to poverty. They want to give the opportunity for a better education which has been taken away from the children. They provide stories from some of the children who have been helped. Contact information is also available to make donations or help support the cause. On top of literature they further promote their cause with visual aid. This source is more for incorporating personal activism than empirical support.