`I now have so many friends!’ how young migrants describe their quest to belong in a town in southern Uganda
ABSTRACTFor many young people in Uganda, labour migration has become a part of growing up. They may not move far, but it is still a move away from a place they belong. For young migrants, the route to economic independence may be precarious, even for those who have people they know nearby. We trace...
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| author | Janet Seeley Rachel Kawuma Edward Tumwesige Allen Asiimwe Chloe Lanyon Sarah Bernays |
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| description | ABSTRACTFor many young people in Uganda, labour migration has become a part of growing up. They may not move far, but it is still a move away from a place they belong. For young migrants, the route to economic independence may be precarious, even for those who have people they know nearby. We trace the experience of 12 young male and female migrants (aged 17–24 years) over their first year as a migrant in southern Uganda. Finding friends who could help find jobs, lend them money and be around to relax with, fulfiled an expressed need to belong. That friendship was often based on a shared interest in sport or through their place of work. In a setting where all the young people had at some point experienced hunger, insecurity and a fear of failing to make it, those friendships were a marker of beginning to feel they belonged. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d3f04a28bc104291a9916bdf05c6c4a52023-12-18T12:05:49ZengTaylor & Francis GroupInternational Journal of Adolescence and Youth0267-38432164-45272023-12-0128110.1080/02673843.2023.2277384`I now have so many friends!’ how young migrants describe their quest to belong in a town in southern UgandaJanet Seeley0Rachel Kawuma1Edward Tumwesige2Allen Asiimwe3Chloe Lanyon4Sarah Bernays5Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UKSocial sciences, MRC/UVRI & LSHTM Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, UgandaSocial sciences, MRC/UVRI & LSHTM Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, UgandaSocial sciences, MRC/UVRI & LSHTM Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, UgandaSchool of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, AustraliaDepartment of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UKABSTRACTFor many young people in Uganda, labour migration has become a part of growing up. They may not move far, but it is still a move away from a place they belong. For young migrants, the route to economic independence may be precarious, even for those who have people they know nearby. We trace the experience of 12 young male and female migrants (aged 17–24 years) over their first year as a migrant in southern Uganda. Finding friends who could help find jobs, lend them money and be around to relax with, fulfiled an expressed need to belong. That friendship was often based on a shared interest in sport or through their place of work. In a setting where all the young people had at some point experienced hunger, insecurity and a fear of failing to make it, those friendships were a marker of beginning to feel they belonged.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/02673843.2023.2277384MigrationyouthprecarityfriendshipemploymentEast Africa |
| spellingShingle | Janet Seeley Rachel Kawuma Edward Tumwesige Allen Asiimwe Chloe Lanyon Sarah Bernays `I now have so many friends!’ how young migrants describe their quest to belong in a town in southern Uganda International Journal of Adolescence and Youth Migration youth precarity friendship employment East Africa |
| title | `I now have so many friends!’ how young migrants describe their quest to belong in a town in southern Uganda |
| title_full | `I now have so many friends!’ how young migrants describe their quest to belong in a town in southern Uganda |
| title_fullStr | `I now have so many friends!’ how young migrants describe their quest to belong in a town in southern Uganda |
| title_full_unstemmed | `I now have so many friends!’ how young migrants describe their quest to belong in a town in southern Uganda |
| title_short | `I now have so many friends!’ how young migrants describe their quest to belong in a town in southern Uganda |
| title_sort | i now have so many friends how young migrants describe their quest to belong in a town in southern uganda |
| topic | Migration youth precarity friendship employment East Africa |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/02673843.2023.2277384 |
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