Bush Bound Young Men and Rural Permanence in Migrant West Africa

• Hoofdauteur: Gaibazzi, Paolo (auth)
• Formaat: Elektronisch Hoofdstuk
• Taal: Engels
• Gepubliceerd in: Berghahn Books 2018
• Onderwerpen: Sociology: customs & traditions; Migration, immigration & emigration; Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography; Folklore; Sociology; Anthropology
• Online toegang: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Whereas most studies of migration focus on movement, this book examines the experience of staying put. It looks at young men living in a Soninke-speaking village in Gambia who, although eager to travel abroad for money and experience, settle as farmers, heads of families, businessmen, civic activist...