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P/E/178. The role of rural links for urban migrants in West Africa

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2004
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The paper looks at the urban population in West Africa that have rural origin, the author claims that these migrant communities see themselves as strangers in the urban setting maintaining close links with their home villages. Economic, cultural and psychological aspects of this phenomenon are examined with examples drawn from the life in Nigeria and Cameroon. The concepts of 'cultural norm', 'ethnic associations', 'elite associations', 'regional autochthony', etc. are discussed.

 

KEYWORDS: role, rural, links, urban, migrants, west, africa,

 
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