Accademic Books, Articles & Thesis
Blackie, D. 2020. "Dis/Connected" in Connected Lives: Families, households, health and care in South Africa. Edited by Nolwazi Mkhwanazi and Lenore Manderson. Cape Town: HSRC Press.
Please see https://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/books/connected-lives
Please see https://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/books/connected-lives
Blackie, D. 2017. "Disrupted families: The social production of child abandonment in urban Johannesburg" in Young Families: Gender, Sexuality and Care. Edited by Nolwazi Mkhwanazi and Deevia Bhana. Cape Town: HSRC Press.
Please see https://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/books/young-families
Please see https://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/books/young-families
Blackie, D. E. 2014. Sad, Bad and Mad: Exploring Child Abandonment in South Africa. MA Thesis, University of the Witwatersrand.
| Sad Bad & Mad - Exploring Child Abandonment in SA Dee Blackie Masters Thesis 2014.pdf |
Presentations
Blackie, D. April 2022. "Abandonment, Adoption & Ancestral Belonging". Presentation at ASAA2022 4th Biennial Conference - Africa and the human: old questions, new imaginaries. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/hkLiIQ8Go04 HUMA University of Cape Town: African Studies Association of Africa.
Blackie, D. (2018) "NACSA Child Abandonment and Adoption Communication Campaigns and Engagement from 2011 to 2017". Presentation to the NACSA Board 2018.
| NACSA Communication & Engagement 2011 to 2017.pdf |
National Adoption Coalition of South Africa Inaugural Conference May 2010 Retrieve from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYYocXX6KuY
Media
The Daily Maverick 9 May 2021 Eskort Advert Making Adoptees the butt of tone deaf satirical ad leaves a bad taste
The Daily Maverick 17 January 2019 Why Adoption is a Problem in South Africa
The Daily Maverick 17 January 2019 Why Adoption is a Problem in South Africa