ABSTRACT
This introductory chapter sets the stage for disabling dominant narratives in early care and education and makes a case for reconstructing nuanced accounts for birth to 3 in Africa. Three major issues are highlighted, namely, the need to focus on the birth to 3 phase, the sensitising concepts that enable a push from the margins with examples from the chapters in this book and mobilisation to address the weak ECCE research capacity in Africa. Affirming initiatives in this direction also form an integral part of the discussion. Each of the issues strengthens the call to action for strengthening ECCE research, policy and practice in Africa.
