City Work in a Time of Aids

Maasai Labor Migration in Tanzania

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3751028
AutoresAnn May (0009-0002-3452-9976), Ann Mari May (0000-0002-8717-0381), J Terrence Mccabe
Año2004
Volumen51
Número2
Páginas3-32
Fecha de publicación2004-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAfrica Today (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0001-9887 • E-ISSN: 1527-1978
EditorialIndiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/at.2005.0010
OpenAlexW4239253127
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas25
Referencias citadas39

Around 1997, Tanzanian Maasai began seeking city jobs in noticeable numbers, due to intensifying poverty. Having limited knowledge of cities, elders were ill-equipped to advise their brothers, wives, and sons about migration, which has ostensibly diminished "traditional" elder authority. Ethnographic research between 1999 and 2001 revealed confusion and lack of accurate knowledge about the mechanisms of HIV/AIDS. Perceptions of Maasai "backwardness" perpetuate negative reactions, and there is little assistance or support in cities. Increasing impoverishment and migration from some areas, and misunderstandings about HIV/AIDS, are combined with customary Maasai polygyny and inability to rely on elders' guidance. This suite of circumstances puts Maasai labor migrants at particular risk for contracting HIV/AIDS. Health-education programs are critically needed to avert a catastrophe in Maasai communities

Demographic economics · Economics · Geography · Labour economics · Maasai · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Tanzania · Work (physics) · China's Global Influence and Migration · Engineering · Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology · Sex work and related issues