The West African children 'farmed out' to white families
Toyin Okunuga with her foster grandfather (left) and foster father and grandparents (right). By ITV News Multimedia Producer Wedaeli Chibelushi “Pretty baby girl needs a new home” - Nursery World, 1971 From the 1950s to the 1970s, it was not at all uncommon for West African children and babies to be fostered via newspapers and childcare journals. The above advert was placed by a Nigerian mother looking for someone to care for her three-month-old. In 1968, The Times reported that up to 5,000 West African children were privately fostered in Britain each year. Many of these children were bor...
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