The Urban-Rural Connection: Changing Issues of Belonging and Identification
Author(s)
Geschiere, Peter; Gugler, Josef
Abstract
The relations between rural and urban residents of Africa are impacted by a variety of factors. These include economic, political and religious influences, competition for resources, changing gender roles and alternating definitions of kinship and ethnicity. While some relationships extend from generation to generation, others are severed at death. Most families and individuals who move to the cities continue to view the rural areas they came from as home.
