| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 218 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Peasants by other means : (im)mobility and the making of a village mooring -- Being-on-the-land : the agri-culture of migration -- Looking for money : livelihood trajectories in and out of mobility -- Just sitting : the spectre of bare immobility -- Hesitant patriarchs : becoming a household head -- Civic leaders? Reviving the age groups, recapturing permanence -- Conclusion : possibilities |
| Summary |
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 activists, or, alternatively, as unemployed, demoted youth. Those who stay do so not only because of financial and legal limitations, but also because of pressures to maintain family and social bases in the Gambia valley. 'Stayers' thus enable migrants to migrate, while ensuring the activities and values attached to rural life are passed on to the future generations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Young men -- Gambia -- Social conditions
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Rural-urban migration -- Gambia
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Rural development -- Gambia
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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Rural conditions.
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Rural development.
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Rural-urban migration.
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Young men -- Social conditions.
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| SUBJECT |
Gambia -- Rural conditions
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| Subject |
Gambia.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781782387800 |
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1782387803 |
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