Surviving with dignity : Hausa communities of Niamey, Niger

Surviving with dignity : Hausa communities of Niamey, Niger / Scott M. Youngstedt.

Surviving with Dignity focuses on the lived experience of two generations of migrant Hausa men in Niamey, Niger's capital city, set in a larger social matrix of national and global transformations. Their extraordinary ability to maintain their dignity despite their daily struggles to eke out a...

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Main Author: Youngstedt, Scott M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2013.
Subjects:
Hausa (African people) > Niger > Niamey > Social conditions.
Hausa (African people) > Niger > Niamey > Economic conditions.
Rural-urban migration > Niger.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Hausa (African people) > Economic conditions
Rural-urban migration
Niger
Niger > Niamey
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Summary:Surviving with Dignity focuses on the lived experience of two generations of migrant Hausa men in Niamey, Niger's capital city, set in a larger social matrix of national and global transformations. Their extraordinary ability to maintain their dignity despite their daily struggles to eke out a living in the face of structural violence and unrelenting hardship reveals a tremendously powerful will and capacity to keep going.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 226 p., [8] p. of plates )
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-223) and index.
ISBN:9780739173510
0739173510
9781283979474
1283979470
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

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