Nehemy Ndirangu Kihara Ph D

Kenyan Diasporic Family Nehemy Ndirangu Kihara Ph D

The nuclear family has been a basic kin group in North America, especially for the middle and upper class. A nuclear family consists of a married couple(mates)and their children living together. Nuclear families are widespread in our modern societies but are notably on decline, due to more diversity in household and living arrangements. However, the other form that is widespread but not universal in the West, is some sort of extended family that occur more frequently among the poor and immigrant populations of North America. Having stable families in the diaspora is crucial in its ability to develop its homeland of Kenya The family regulates sexual relationship, in order to ensure continual reproduction and socialize its new members into the community. This book attempts to examine some challenges facing the extended family of the Kenyan Diaspora in United States of America and its role in national development of their homeland.