Migration aspirations and immobility in a Malian Soninke village

This paper explores the local meaning of migration and the experience of immobility among young men of Soninke ethnicity in a village in the Kayes region of Mali. Soninke communities in Kayes are characterised by a "culture of migration"; increasingly since the 1950s, Soninke men from this...

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Main Author: Jónsson, G
Format: Working paper
Language:English
Published: International Migration Institute 2008
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