Hoe and Wage: A Social History of a Circular Migration System in West Africa

ISBN-13: 9780367007232 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 400 str.

Dennis D. Cordell; Joel W. Gregory; Victor Piché

Opis

Hoe and Wage is a social history of migration as perceived and remembered by men and women who moved from Burkina Faso since 1900. It traces the history of international labor migration in colonial and contemporary Burkina Faso, the West African coast, and other parts of Africa.

Spis treści

Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Migration in West Africa: Past and Present -- Contexts of Burkinabè Migration: Precolonial Societies and Colonial Policies -- The Creation of a Male Migrant Labor System: Colonial Burkina Faso, 1900–1946 -- From Colonial Ghana to Côte d’Ivoire: The Growth of “Free” Labor Migration, 1947–1973 -- “The Men Followed the Money and the Women Followed the Men”:* Female Migration, 1900–1973 -- “Yes, Migration Is Good, but ...,” “Yes, Migration Is Bad, but ...”: Circular Migration and Underdevelopment -- Conclusion and Epilogue -- Appendix