scholarly journals Female migration in the Cape Verde islands: From islandness to transnationalism

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-135
Author(s):  
Martina Giuffrè
Keyword(s):  
Cape Verde ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Cape Verdean ◽  
Female Migration ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Object Of Study ◽  
Gender Boundaries ◽  
Identity Perception ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Sense Of Home

Following island studies scholars’ suggestion to think “with the archipelago” in order to denaturalize and de-territorialize the object of study and grant more attention to decolonization processes and mobilities, this paper uses a gender perspective and multi-sited ethnographic research to explore changes in Cape Verdean identity perception related to islandness and migration issues. The tension between ‘openness’ and ‘closure’ is significant in the case of Cape Verde, where the relationship between the island and islanders represents a condition of being in the world. The sea opens to the outside, but it also closes off and imprisons islanders within the borders of the island. Before the 1970s, when most Cape Verdean migrants were men, inside/outside boundaries were played out as gender boundaries along the male/female opposition: external/internal, Terra Longe (the outside world)/Terra Mamaizinha (the motherland), danger/security. On the isle of Santo Antão, however, this has been changing with the gradual feminization of emigration to Europe. This shift has revolutionized the previous sense of home, giving rise to a new form of transnational female family that connects places of immigration and places of origin while also reorienting Cape Verdean female belonging from insular to transnational.

FEMALE ISLAMIC STATE RECRUITS: MIGRATION AND VALUES, NEEDS AND IMAGES

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 118-132
Author(s):  
Gulden Karimova ◽  
Serik Seydumanov ◽  
Olga Kutsenko
Keyword(s):  
Russian Language ◽  
Islamic State ◽  
Western Balkans ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
Female Migration ◽  
Terrorist Groups ◽  
Binary Oppositions ◽  
Characteristic Features ◽  
And Migration ◽  
The Relationship

This paper presents the results of a study of the phenomenon of female migration from abroad to the IS and their return. This phenomenon emerges because the organization and female recruits had to satisfy each other’s needs. A theoretical model that allows to track the formation of values ​​and needs of female IS recruits has been developed. This model reflects the connections between various factors and their cumulative influence on the formation of values ​​and needs of female recruits. The feasibility of using value-oriented and systems approaches in the study is determined by the specifics of Islamic radical groups, including the IS, as self-regulating systems with significant potential for mobilization and mobility, as well as the division and restoration of functional structures. Also, the characteristic features of female migration to the IS were identified in conjunction with a system of binary oppositions that form the habitus of radical monotheism. The article contains the results of comprehensive content analysis of 189 texts presented on Russian-language online resources and devoted to the propaganda, recruitment and migration of female IS recruits. The geography of the study includes 25 states from 5 regions (Central Asia, the Middle East, the Caucasus, Europe and separately the Western Balkans). We have analyzed 167 articles related to the IS and similar groups (2013-2020), and 22 articles connected to terrorist groups (2003-2012). Out of these, 56 articles contain interview excerpts and complete interviews with IS volunteer recruits, both male and female, as well as with their family members and officials. The results of the study allowed to determine the relationship between the values ​​and needs of female recruits and the organization itself, as well as between military and political processes and the formation of images of a passionary and victimized woman in the IS. The periods of distribution of these images coincide with two differently directed waves of migration of female recruits: to the ranks of the organization (2013-2016) and back (2016-the present time). The first wave of migration satisfied the organization’s need to increase the number of highly motivated members, and the second one meets the need to preserve and relocate the IS contingent to other regions. This work highlights the previously unexplored aspects of the migration of female IS recruits. The results of the study can be applied in planning and improving the activities of state and civil structures aimed at re-ideologizing and rehabilitating the returning female IS recruits.

scholarly journals The Meaning of Home in Male Migration: Listening to Men’s Experiences

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paola Cardinali ◽  
Joseph R. Ferrari ◽  
Vittoria Romoli ◽  
Andrew Camilleri ◽  
Laura Migliorini
Keyword(s):  
Affective State ◽  
Psychological Adaptation ◽  
Semistructured Interview ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Adult Men ◽  
Secure Environment ◽  
And Migration ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Meaning Of Home ◽  
Sense Of Home

AbstractWe assessed the sense of psychological home among adult men (n = 17; M age = 29.7 years old) who had experienced migration to Italy, focusing on the relationship between psychological home and the process of integration into the new country. Psychological home is a dynamic process in which people sense a safe and secure environment that ranges beyond the confines of a structured dwelling, a process which is reflective and which communicates one’s self-identity. Participants engaged in a semistructured interview with the aim of establishing a generic concept of psychological home and identifying the issues that arise at the intersection of psychological home and migration. The results highlighted certain themes about the meaning that psychological home assumes in the lives of migrants and about the way in which the migration experience acts to support or hinder the process of building this sense of home. Of special interest is the idea that individuals might develop multiple psychological homes related to the different places and relationships that they experience. In this sense, establishment of a psychological home might be considered the ideal affective state for psychological adaptation to a new country.

Cape Verde, Let's Go

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derek Pardue
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Rap Music ◽  
West African ◽  
Cape Verde ◽  
Immigrant Community ◽  
Cape Verdean ◽  
African Languages ◽  
Individual Achievement ◽  
The Relationship

Musicians rapping in Kriolu—a hybrid of Portuguese and West African languages spoken in Cape Verde—have recently emerged from Lisbon's periphery. They popularize the struggles with identity and belonging among young people in a Cape Verdean immigrant community that shares not only the Kriolu language but its culture and history. Drawing on fieldwork and archival research in Portugal and Cape Verde, this book introduces Lisbon's Kriolu rap scene and the role of rap music in challenging metropolitan Portuguese identities. It demonstrates that Cape Verde, while relatively small within the Portuguese diaspora, offers valuable lessons about the politics of experience and social agency within a postcolonial context that remains poorly understood. As the book argues, knowing more about both Cape Verdeans and the Portuguese invites clearer assessments of the relationship between the experience and policies of migration. That in turn allows us to better gauge citizenship as a balance of individual achievement and cultural ascription.

Cape Verdean Women on the Move: ‘Immigration Shopping’ in Italy and Europe

Modern Italy ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Andall
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Workers ◽  
Constant Factor ◽  
Cape Verde ◽  
Cape Verdean ◽  
Women Migrants ◽  
Family Reunion ◽  
Female Migration ◽  
Family And Household ◽  
Stable Employment ◽  
Depth Interviews

SummaryThe central theme of this article is the notion that migrants ‘shop’ for opportunities of work, income and social advantages in different countries. Taking the case of Cape Verdean women migrants, the research is based on 25 in-depth interviews carried out with domestic workers in Rome and Rotterdam. I explore ways in which these women have negotiated mobility, employment and family and household responsibilities within the context of a largely independent female migration which is well established from Cape Verde. Italy has a nodal role in channelling mobility from Cape Verde to various destinations in the global Cape Verdean diaspora. But while opportunities for stable employment as domestic workers in Italy have been a constant factor encouraging Cape Verdean women to migrate to Italy, difficulties over pay, working conditions, welfare and family reunion have led to much onward movement to the Netherlands and elsewhere.

scholarly journals Dividido entre o Ir e o Ficar: o Dilema Cabo-verdiano em Chuva Braba, de Manuel Lopes

2020 ◽  
pp. 109
Author(s):  
ADRIANNE GONÇALVES CARVALHO
Keyword(s):  
African Literature ◽  
Cape Verde ◽  
Cape Verdean ◽  
Cabo Verde ◽  
Love Letter ◽  
The Relationship

  Manuel Lopes afirma de forma categórica em suas obras, por meio de seus personagens, o amor que sente por sua terra natal, algo que não difere no romance Chuva Braba. Por meio dos dilemas vividos pelo nome principal do livro, sendo o central a ida ou permanência de Mané Quim no país insular, lemos uma carta de amor à Cabo Verde nas páginas de Chuva Braba, a terra-mãe de ambos: Mané Quim e Lopes. Nessas linhas, a relação de segurança, confortabilidade e amor existente entre Quim e sua terra natal é ameaçada por fatores para além de seu poder, o que acaba fazendo com que esses sentimentos se fortaleçam. Em síntese, vemos muitos conceitos da Geografia Humanista Cultural que oferecem uma possibilidade de diálogo com a publicação de Lopes, como conceitos derivados dos estudos de Yi-Fu Tuan (2013), ao versar sobre topofilia e topofobia, assim como pensamentos teorizados por Edward Relph (1976), quando trabalha com definições como lugar com lugaridade e lugar sem-lugaridade, além da possibilidade de análise por meio da geograficidade, terminologia oriunda dos preceitos de Dardel (2015).Palavras-chave: Chuva Braba. Geografia Humanista Cultural. Literatura Africana de Língua Portuguesa. Manuel Lopes. Torn between Leaving or Staying: the Cape verdean Dilemma in Wild Rain, by Manuel LopesABSTRACTManuel Lopes categorically states in his body of work, through characters, the love he feels for his homeland, which undeniably translates in his novel Wild Rain. Through the main character’s dillemas, to go or to stay being the main conflict, the pages of Wild Rain unfolds a love letter to Cape Verde, the motherland to both Mané Quim and Lopes. In this direction, the relationship implying security, comfort and love which exists between Quim and his homeland is threatened by elements which go beyond his own power, something which he held no control over and which strengthens those feelings. In summary, we see many concepts of Cultural/Humanist Geography that offer a possibility of dialogue with Lopes's publication, as concepts derived from the studies of Yi-Fu Tuan (2013), when dealing with topophilia and topophobia, as well as thoughts theorized by Edward Relph. (1976), when working with definitions such as place with place and place-without place, besides the possibility of analysis through geography, terminology deriving from Dardel's precepts (2015).Keywords: Wild Rain. Cultural/Humanist Geography. African literature in Portuguese. Manuel Lopes. 

Women and Migration

2018 ◽  
pp. 730-748
Author(s):  
Francisca M. Antman
Keyword(s):  
Labor Markets ◽  
Regional Migration ◽  
Migrant Networks ◽  
Female Migration ◽  
Female Migrants ◽  
The World ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Selection Factors ◽  
The Relationship

While scholars have long studied the economics of migration, increasing waves of international and regional migration around the world have placed greater focus on the varied impacts of migration in recent years. Critical to this line of research is an examination of the important role that women play in both sending and destination areas. This chapter addresses various aspects of the relationship between women and migration, including key ways in which nonmigrant women are affected by migration, as well as how female migrants affect families and labor markets in both source and destination communities. Selection factors and determinants of female migration, as well as the gendered impacts of migrant networks, are also discussed.

scholarly journals Cabo Verde e Brasil: A chave do Atlantico Sul

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Danillo Avellar Bragança
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
African Country ◽  
Atlantic Coast ◽  
Analytical Description ◽  
Cape Verde ◽  
Recent History ◽  
Cape Verdean ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Cabo Verde ◽  
The Relationship

O seguinte texto é um exercício de descrição analítica sobre Cabo Verde e as relações já existentes entre o país africano e o Brasil, em suas múltiplas continuações. O Atlântico Sul é área-chave para a projeção internacional brasileira e as relações com os países lindeiros em África têm sido alvo de políticas públicas importantes, mas são feitas de forma intermitente. Nesse momento, é possível dizer que há certa retração na aproximação do Brasil e dos países africanos parceiros da costa atlântica. Assim, a ideia é usar o exemplo cabo-verdiano para explorar as potencialidades brasileiras na região, além de trazer luz à sua história e trajetória política recente, pouco conhecida da maior parte do público acadêmico brasileiro.Palavras-chave: Cabo Verde; política externa brasileira; diplomacia; geopolítica; África.ABSTRACTThe following text is an analytical description exercise on Cape Verde and the relationship between the African country and Brazil, in its multiple continuations. The South Atlantic is key area for Brazilian international projection and relations with the nearby countries in Africa have been the target of important public policies, but are made intermittently. At this point, it is possible to say that there is a certain retraction in the approximation of Brazil and the African countries on the Atlantic coast. Thus, the idea is to use the Cape Verdean example to explore the Brazilian potentialities in the region, and bring light to its recent history and political trajectory, little known to most of the Brazilian academic public.Keywords: Cape Verde; Brazilian foreign policy; diplomacy; geopolitics; Africa.Recebido em: 14 jun. 2019 | Aceito em: 30 nov. 2019

scholarly journals Cape cerde and Brazil musical connections

2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-116
Author(s):  
Juliana Braz Dias
Keyword(s):  
Cape Verde ◽  
Cape Verdean ◽  
Brazilian Music ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Cape Verdeans

This article deals with a very particular trajectory that some forms of Brazilian music have taken. The focus lies on the Atlantic flows that allowed for the arrival of music and musicians from Brazil to the archipelago of Cape Verde, deeply influencing musical productions in these islands. This work is an analysis of the discourses articulated by Cape Verdeans, in various historical contexts, about the role that “Brazilian music” (as they perceive it) plays on their own musical productions. To fulfill this purpose, I examine narratives that take music as an object of reflection (poems, articles, biographies) and the lyrics of Cape Verdean songs that mention the relationship between Cape Verde and Brazil.

Credit constraints and Rural Migration: Evidence from Six Villages in Uttar Pradesh

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 389-398
Author(s):  
Ruchi Singh
Keyword(s):  
Credit Constraints ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression Model ◽  
Male Migration ◽  
Rural Economies ◽  
And Migration ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Empirical Analysis

Rural economies in developing countries are often characterized by credit constraints. Although few attempts have been made to understand the trends and patterns of male out-migration from Uttar Pradesh (UP), there is dearth of literature on the linkage between credit accessibility and male migration in rural Uttar Pradesh. The present study tries to fill this gap. The objective of this study is to assess the role of credit accessibility in determining rural male migration. A primary survey of 370 households was conducted in six villages of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh. Simple statistical tools and a binary logistic regression model were used for analyzing the data. The result of the empirical analysis shows that various sources of credit and accessibility to them play a very important role in male migration in rural Uttar Pradesh. The study also found that the relationship between credit constraints and migration varies across various social groups in UP.

Two Gambling Women

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-49
Author(s):  
Tzu-Hui Chen
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Immigrant Population ◽  
The Other ◽  
Mail Order ◽  
Foreign Brides ◽  
And Migration ◽  
The Relationship

This narrative aims to explore the meaning and lived experiences of marriage that a unique immigrant population—“foreign brides” in Taiwan—possesses. This convergence narrative illustrates the dynamics and complexity of mail-order marriage and women's perseverance in a cross-cultural context. The relationship between marriage, race, and migration is analyzed. This narrative is comprised of and intertwined by two story lines. One is the story of two “foreign brides” in Taiwan. The other is my story about my cross-cultural relationship. All the dialogues are generated by 25 interviews of “foreign brides” in Taiwan and my personal experience.

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