THE URBAN-RURAL CONNECTION: CHANGING ISSUES OF BELONGING AND IDENTIFICATION.

From: Africa | Date: June 22, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

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.

A special characteristic of urbanisation in Africa is the continuing commitment of many urbanites to `the village'.(1) In the 1960s ...

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