"We get nothing from fishing" : fishing for boat opportunities amongst Senegalese fisher migrants / Henrietta Mambo Nyamnjoh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nyamnjoh, Henrietta Mambo.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fishing--Senegal.

Fishing.

Fishers--Senegal.

Fishers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (234 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bamenda, Cameroon : Langaa Research and Pub. Common Initiative Group, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The world is regularly confronted on television and in other mass media with dramatic images of African boat migrants. Seemingly desperate, these Africans, most of them males, are willing to risk a perilous journey at sea, hoping for a better life in Europe. And, even worse, hundreds more are believed to die each year, swallowed up anonymously by the choppy waters off Africaís coast. This book focuses on fishermen who have played a pivotal role in boat migration from Senegal to Spainís Canary Islands, advancing various reasons for the fishermenís prominent role. Besides their long history of m

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter One. Themes and methodology of the project; Introduction; Research site and background; Saint Louis; Guet Ndar; Yarakh and Thiaroye-sur-Mer; M'bour; Kayar; Methodology; Chapters and thematic review; Notes; Chapter Two. The genesis of boat migration; Introduction; Overview of migration; Boat migration in Senegal; Organisation of boat migration; Demographics of boat migration; Profile of the migrants; Boat migration and margins; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter Three. Fishermen in boat migration; Introduction

Overview of the fishing economyThe role of the fishermen and their involvement in boat migration; Exorbitant cost of fishing and cost of materials; Lack of resources; Unemployment and increased insecure employment; Corned mareyeur/fishermen by local and European partners; Fishing, religion and 'maraboutage'; The effects of boat migration on the fishery sector; Effects of boat migration on the family; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter Four. The economy of boat migration; Introduction; Consequences of boat migration on relationships at home; The story of Ahmed and family

Another dimension of 'maraboutage'The family; Successful migrants; Unsuccessful migrants/failed migration; "Sans papiers"; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter Five. Perceptions of Europe and ideologies about migration; Introduction; Migrants' perception of Europe and imagined migration; Appropriating knowledge, language and attitude; Europe/migration as a safety valve; Perception of successful migrants; Machismo; Migrants' perceptions and ideologies of the spiritual/grigri powers of Marabouts; Sub-culture of migration; Conclusion; Notes

Chapter Six. Navigating and harnessing networks in the migration processIntroduction; The role of the family (parents); Muslim Brotherhood or the dahira Confraternity; Strangers/luck; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter Seven. Governance and fishing policies; Introduction; Policies regulating fisheries in Senegal; Issuance of fishing licences to foreign boats; Abuse of concessions to artisanal fishers and local boats; Need for greater concerted efforts by the fishers; Attention to other sectors over fishery; European Union/African Policies to curb boat migration; Policing sea and land borders

Bilateral protocolRole of nongovernmental and intergovernmentalorganizations; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter Eight. Conclusion; Recommendation; References; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-220).

ISBN:

9786612710940

9781282710948

128271094X

9789956578122

9956578126

9789956616893

9956616893

9789956616688

9956616680

OCLC:

729015665