Mariama Zaami

Gendered Strategies among Migrants from Northern Ghana

Social Networking and Gendered Ethnic Spaces by Northern Migrants in the Informal Economy in Accra, Ghana

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Ghana is not an exception as migration has become a common household survival strategy and the basic survival strategy for individuals and families to enable them cope with difficult economic conditions. However, migration from the Northern Regions (comprising the Northern, Upper East and Upper West Regions) of the country to the economically rich regions in the Southern part of Ghana (particularly the Greater Accra Region) has been taking place for a very long time due to environmental problems, ethnic conflicts and endemic poverty. Men have dominated the process of migration from the North to the South to supply labour in the cocoa farms, industries and mining centres. Historically, the few women involved in the migration process have usually migrated to join their husbands. However, the trend has changed since the 1980s with more women migrating independently to urban centres in Southern Ghana to work as head porters (kaya yei) and in other jobs such as petty trading and housemaids.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 120
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 197g
• ISBN-13: 9783846555231
• ISBN-10: 3846555231
• Artikelnr.: 34546119

Autorenporträt

She holds M.Phil Degree in Geography from the University of Bergen and a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Ghana. Her research interest is on Gender approaches to Development, Ethnicity, and Human Migration, Food Security and Resource Adaptations.