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Hoe And Wage

A Social History Of A Circular Migration System In West Africa

Dennis D Cordell author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:13th Dec '21

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Based on an unusual source a retrospective survey of migration from 1900 to 1975 this book traces the history of internal and international labor migration in colonial and contemporary Burkina Faso, the West African coast, and other parts of Africa. Interviews with returned migrants elicited information about age, matrimonial status, motives for migrating, employment, destinations, residence, and motives for returning. The survey, which includes data on nearly one hundred thousand migrants and on 1.5 million instances of migration, offers a uniquely African perspective on migration in the region

ISBN: 9780367007232

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 453g

400 pages