Circular migration in Zimbabwe and contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa - Deborah Potts

ISBN: 9781919895970

Publisher: UCT Press and James Curry, 21 June 2011

Paperback, 302  pages

Circular migration—whereby rural migrants do not stay permanently in towns or cities—is a resilient survival strategy in Sub-Saharan Africa. Challenging the idea that permanent rural-to-urban urbanization happens without pause, research like Deborah Potts's landmark study Circular Migration in Zimbabwe and Contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa shows that economic decline pushes people back and forth between rural and urban areas as a vital livelihood adaptation