Exile, masculine honor, and gender relations among the Tuareg from Mali in Niamey, Niger

Bibliographic Data

ID19000267
AuthorsDiallo (0000-0003-1172-5739, University of Münster, corresponding author), Souleymane Diallo (0000-0002-5968-510X, University of Münster)
Year2022
Volume56
Issue3
Pages657-676
Publication date2022-02-17
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCanadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0008-3968 • E-ISSN: 1923-3051
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00083968.2021.2017307
OpenAlexW4213324124
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited36

This article explores how adverse living conditions of relocation affect practices by which Tuareg men from Mali assert gender identity in Niamey. The argument is based on a two-step analysis. First, the article discusses the changing conditions of household economies and family relations and reflects on how men’s sense of honor has been affected; and, second, it delves into how women negotiate male honor in response to these adverse conditions. By examining these processes, the article places the empirical focus of a study of masculinity on women. It departs from men’s studies that focus on how men seek to control women or in other ways understand masculinity as a reflection of intergenerational dynamics and tensions among men. The analysis draws influence from scholarly works on shame and honor in African and Mediterranean studies, research carried out by social psychologists, and recent men’s studies

Argument (complex analysis) · Gender relations · Honor · Identity (music) · Indigenous · Masculinity · Negotiation · Shame · Social group · Social identity theory · Social science · Sociology · African Studies and Ethnography · African Studies and Geopolitics · Gender Studies · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender · Psychology · Social Psychology