UID:
almahu_9949701676202882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9789004492202
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9789004120723
Series Statement:
Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495 1
Content:
This anthology deals with the complexity, variety and experience of all the forms of mobility we witness today in Sub-Saharan Africa. Three sets of issues are being discussed. First, the concept of mobility itself is considered and how it is conceived of in distinction from sedentarity. Second, which forms of mobility can be distinguished, not only from the perspective of Western social sciences, but also from the perspective of people's own experiences, ideas, notions, etc? Social science in Africa has particularly focused on rural-urban migration, but it is clear that there are many other forms as well. Third, the concept of mobility concerns not only geographical space, but there are other 'spaces' to consider as well. In addition to 'forms of mobility' there is a 'mobility of forms' in which the perception of those other spaces plays a crucial role. In short, the book intends to turn the whole notion of mobility as a supposedly rupturing phenomenon on its head, emphasizing that rather through travelling connections are established and continuity is experienced. We are challenged to delve into the traveller's mind, to think and follow their multi-spatial livelihoods and to explore what it means to people if they move in a variety of spaces.
Note:
Contents -- Maps vii -- Tables viii -- Preface ix -- Mobile Africa: An introduction 1 -- Mirjam de Bruijn, Rijk van Dijk & Dick Foeken -- Population mobility in Africa: An overview 9 -- Han van Dijk, Dick Foeken & Kiky van Til -- Territorial and magical migrations in Tanzania 27 -- Todd Sanders -- Moving into another spirit province: Immigrants and the Mhondoro cult in northern Zimbabwe 47 -- Marja Spierenburg -- Cultures of travel: Fulbe pastoralists in Mali and Pentacostalism in Ghana 63 -- Mirjam de Bruijn, Han van Dijk & Rijk van Dijk -- Mobile workers, urban employment and 'rural' identities: Rural-urban networks of Buhera migrants, Zimbabwe 89 -- Jens A. Andersson -- Migration as a positive response to opportunity and context: The case of Welo, Ethiopia 107 -- Jonathan Baker -- Multi-spatial livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa: Rural farming by urban households The case of Nakuru town, Kenya 125 -- Dick Foeken & Samuel O. Owuor -- Urbanization and migration in Sub-Saharan Africa: Changing patterns and trends 141 -- Cecilia Tacoli -- Processes and types of pastoral migration in northern Côte d'Ivoire 153 -- Youssouf Diallo -- Mobility and exclusion: Conflicts between autochthons and allochthons during political liberalization in Cameroon 169 -- Piet Konings -- Population displacement and the humanitarian aid regime: The experience of refugees in East Africa 195 -- Patricia Daley -- List of authors 213.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Mobile Africa : Changing Patterns of Movement in Africa and Beyond. Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2001 ISBN 9789004120723
Language:
English
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