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| Title | Tanzania: Update to TZA18108.E of 11 August 1994 on Christian mainlanders, including illegitimacy, the social-legal position of the father and grandfather, the role of step-parents, family laws and whether the police intervene to protect abused children |
| Publisher | Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Country | United Republic of Tanzania |
| Publication Date | 1 August 1994 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | TZA18352.E |
| Cite as | Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Tanzania: Update to TZA18108.E of 11 August 1994 on Christian mainlanders, including illegitimacy, the social-legal position of the father and grandfather, the role of step-parents, family laws and whether the police intervene to protect abused children, 1 August 1994, TZA18352.E, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/3ae6ac261.html [accessed 30 May 2012] |
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Tanzania: Update to TZA18108.E of 11 August 1994 on Christian mainlanders, including illegitimacy, the social-legal position of the father and grandfather, the role of step-parents, family laws and whether the police intervene to protect abused children
For further information on the above mentioned subject, please refer to the attachments. Although some of the information refers to particular ethnic groups, the sources indicate a general communality among the kinship mechanisms of sub-Saharan African societies.
This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Attachments
Hatch, John. Tanzania: A Profile. 1972. London: Pall Mall Press, pp. 132-51.
Tanzania: A Country Study. 1978. Edited by Irving Kaplan. Washington, DC: The American University, pp. 152-79.
Wilson, Monica. 1977. For Men and Elders. New York: Africana Publishing Company, pp. 85-104.
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