Flexibility in domestic organization and seasonal migration among the Fulani of Northern Burkina Faso

Africa

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 402-426

  Hampshire, Kate ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33748711831     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/afr.2006.0044     Document Type: Article

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