Children in many parts of west africa are valued as

religious leaders

farmworkers

educators

market owners

Farm workers. Because they are viewed as not as important. 

farm-workers

Explanation:

As Africa is consisting a world that was in the period of colonial rule and is still experiencing the challenges in their agricultural system and is still under the neo-colonial influence. Thus the African are losing there value systems and that is also evident by the 21 st century. Most of the [robles of the families are the hardships that are associated with the dwindling manpower and the death of the business. The example of the child about the cocoa land of West Africa in the ivory coast and old french colonies.

The answer is cultural