Senegal's Village Diaspora and the People Left Ahead

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ID20054567
AuthorsAbdoulaye Kane (0000-0002-2830-5338, corresponding author)
Year2020
Pages245-263
Publication date2020-12-16
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeCHAPTER
VenueTransnational Family (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9781003087205-18
OpenAlexW3111079743
ISBN9781003087205
LanguageEN
Citations received8

This chapter focuses on the organization of Senegalese village-based migrant communities in France. The transnational character of these migrant social networks is paradoxical because they arise in the context of globalization but are fundamentally rooted in highly localised West African village associational ties. The migration pattern has unfolded in response to the pulsation of local and international push and pull factors. Immigration policies in foreign countries, notably France, allowed legal migrants to proceed to family regrouping, bringing about the integration and settlement of whole families. The different organizational sections of TAD all display the common objective of contributing to community projects that enhance the social welfare of the local village population, specifically in the fields of education, health and water supplies

Diaspora · Geography · Sociology · African history and culture studies · Agriculture and Rural Development Research · Gender Studies · History

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