Bush bound : young men and rural permanence in migrant West Africa / by Paolo Gaibazzi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gaibazzi, Paolo, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Young men--Gambia--Social conditions.

Young men.

Rural-urban migration--Gambia.

Rural-urban migration.

Rural development--Gambia.

Rural development.

Gambia--Rural conditions.

Gambia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford, England : Berghahn Books, 2015.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Notes on Transliteration

Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter 1 Peasants by Other Means (Im)mobility and the Making of a Village Mooring

Chapter 2 Being-on-the-land The Agri-culture of Migration

Chapter 3 Looking for Money Livelihood Trajectories in and out of Mobility

Chapter 4 Just Sitting The Spectre of Bare Immobility

Chapter 5 Hesitant Patriarchs Becoming a Household Head

Chapter 6 Civic Leaders? Reviving the Age Groups, Recapturing Permanence

Conclusion Possibilities

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781782387800

1782387803