- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Maps and Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- The Nubian Ethnological Survey
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1 Nubian Resettlement and Anthropology -
2 Anthropological Encounters in Nubia -
3 After the Move - Introduction
- Ethnological Survey of Nubia
- Field Research in a Nubian Village
- The Kenuz
- Socioeconomic Implications of the Waterwheel in Adindan, Nubia
- The Influence of Space Relations on the Tribal Groupings of Korosko
- The Economic Basis of Egyptian Nubian Labor Migration
- Some Differential Factors Affecting Population Movement
- Gender Relations in Kenuz Public Domains
- The Village Community of al-Dirr, Nubia
- Change in Religion in a Resettled Nubian Community, Upper Egypt
- Problems of Nubian Migration
- Cross-Cultural Resettlement Administration
- Initial Adaptations to a New Life for Egyptian Nubians
- Community Health Aspects of Nubian Resettlement in Egypt
- Field Research and Training of Autochthonous People
- Nubian Culture and Ethnicity
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Appendix 1 List of Districts in Old Nubia -
Appendix 2 List of Interviews -
Appendix 3 Key Nubian Collaborators -
Appendix 4 PhDs Earned by Team Members - Bibliography
The Economic Basis of Egyptian Nubian Labor Migration
The Economic Basis of Egyptian Nubian Labor Migration
- Chapter:
- (p.155) The Economic Basis of Egyptian Nubian Labor Migration
- Source:
- Nubian Encounters
- Author(s):
Nicholas S. Hopkins
Sohair R. Mehanna
- Publisher:
- American University in Cairo Press
This chapter analyzes Egyptian Nubian labor migration within the wider perspective of both migrancy and permanent migration as they occur throughout the African continent. In the African literature the term, “labor migration” refers to the voluntary circulation of adult male and female laborers between their rural tribal homes and external areas, both rural and urban, of employment. Prior to Nubian relocation in connection with the Aswan High Dam, increases in labor migration rates were closely correlated with decreases in per capita land resources. In this sense, the Nubian situation is yet another example of the economic motivation of labor migration. On the other hand, while African labor migrancy appears to be primarily a means to maintain the shaky economic base of a preferred rural society, it remains to be seen what proportion of Nubian wage laborers decide to rejoin their families in the resettlement areas.
Keywords: Nubia, labor migration, African labor, Nubian relocation, Aswan dam
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Maps and Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- The Nubian Ethnological Survey
-
1 Nubian Resettlement and Anthropology -
2 Anthropological Encounters in Nubia -
3 After the Move - Introduction
- Ethnological Survey of Nubia
- Field Research in a Nubian Village
- The Kenuz
- Socioeconomic Implications of the Waterwheel in Adindan, Nubia
- The Influence of Space Relations on the Tribal Groupings of Korosko
- The Economic Basis of Egyptian Nubian Labor Migration
- Some Differential Factors Affecting Population Movement
- Gender Relations in Kenuz Public Domains
- The Village Community of al-Dirr, Nubia
- Change in Religion in a Resettled Nubian Community, Upper Egypt
- Problems of Nubian Migration
- Cross-Cultural Resettlement Administration
- Initial Adaptations to a New Life for Egyptian Nubians
- Community Health Aspects of Nubian Resettlement in Egypt
- Field Research and Training of Autochthonous People
- Nubian Culture and Ethnicity
-
Appendix 1 List of Districts in Old Nubia -
Appendix 2 List of Interviews -
Appendix 3 Key Nubian Collaborators -
Appendix 4 PhDs Earned by Team Members - Bibliography
