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  1. ‘Baby factories’ versus the objectification of surrogacy cum child adoption in Nigeria.Chika Eze & Al Chukwuma Okoli - 2021 - Human Affairs 31 (2):212-222.
    This paper examines the phenomenon of ‘baby factories’ as an abusive pattern of surrogacy and child adoption practices in Nigeria. Relying on a mixed qualitative approach that draws on extant literature and field-based personal insights, the paper posits that the economic, socio-cultural and psycho-emotional value of bearing and having a child, as well as the tacit disapproval of adoptive parenting by some cultures in Nigeria, have driven childless couples and adults into seeking child adoption through illicit and unconventional paths, such (...)
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