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MIGCHOICE country report: Guinea

Botta, Ester and Engeler, Michelle and Somparé, Abdoulaye. (2021) MIGCHOICE country report: Guinea. Birmingham.

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Abstract

This report focuses on the relationship between development interventions and migration in the Republic of Guinea. Although Guinea is a small country in West Africa, with a surface area of 245,857 Km², it is a country of great natural and ethnic diversity, with four natural regions that bring together populations that are very different from a cultural point of view, but also with regard to the culture of migration. The Fulani and Malinke populations of Middle and Upper Guinea, as well as the Conianke of the forest zone and the Diakhanké of Boké, have a long tradition of mobility. On the other hand, the populations of Maritime Guinea and most of the ethnic groups in the forest zone are more sedentary, but they have a long-established culture of welcoming foreigners into their homes, which also influences their interrelation with migration. Against that background and with regard to current conjunctures the migration projects of Guineans seem to be shaped by three different factors, namely the migration cultures of each ethnic group, the evolution of the Guinean state's migration policies and the current trend perceiving migration as a strategy of social reproduction for the wealthiest families and social mobility for the less privileged strata.
Faculties and Departments:04 Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > Departement Gesellschaftswissenschaften > Ehemalige Einheiten Gesellschaftswissenschaften > Visuelle und politische Ethnologie (Förster)
UniBasel Contributors:Engeler, Michelle
Item Type:Other
Publisher:University of Birmingham
Number of Pages:21
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Other publications
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