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Ikpe migrant cocoa farmers of south-western Cameroon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2011

Stephen Ekpenyong
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The causes of migration are a major theoretical issue in migration studies. Some writers, such as Udo, see migration as involving a permanent or semi-permanent change of residence. It is usually considered to be a rational, that is an economic, man's reaction to economic differentials between regions (Udo, 1978: 124). Hill adds that in rural West Africa the propensity to migrate does not necessarily correlate at all closely with population density as demographers and economists so often assume; it may be the result of lack of lucrative non-farming occupations, because farming is not regarded as ‘work’ by some West Africans (Hill, 1978: 25–6).

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Fermiers migrateurs nigériens Ikpe au Cameroun du sud-ouest

Cet article examine le mouvement migratoire d'un grand nombre de travailleurs des villages Ikpe appartenant au secteur de gouvernement local Ini du territoire de ‘Cross River’ du Nigéria, vers les plantations de cacao du Cameroun du sud-ouest. Il se concentre sur l'impact que la migration a sur la vie socio-économique des régions d'origine et de destination, retrace son histoire et analyse ses causes profondes. L'influence de l'environnement ainsi que les facteurs de pressions y sont évalués. L'article discute également des perspectives d'avenir du système de migration à la lueur des conditions dans la région d'origine et à la lueur des relations actuelles entre le Niger et le Cameroun. II conclut, que si les conditions présentes économiques et sociales dans les villages Ikpe demeurent inchangées, le nombre des émigrants vers les fermes de cacao du Cameroun du sud-ouest continuera à décliner au cours des années à venir.

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Nigerian migrants
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Africa , Volume 54 , Issue 1 , January 1984 , pp. 20 - 30
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Copyright © International African Institute 1984

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