US EditionBotswana: Marriage and Migration - What Happens When Men Return to the Family Home in Botswana
Labour migration shifted household power as many women became heads during men’s absence; returnees reclaimed authority, sometimes causing conflicts or divorces, according to interviews with 33 rural women.
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Botswana: Marriage and Migration - What Happens When Men Return to the Family Home in Botswana
Analysis - The history of labour migration in Botswana can be linked to the discovery of gold and diamonds in South Africa in the late 19th century. South Africa needed cheap labour, and men from neighbouring territories were pulled into the workforce as unskilled or semi-skilled workers in mines, factories, kitchens and farms.
Marriage and migration: what happens when men return to the family home in Botswana
The history of labour migration in Botswana can be linked to the discovery of gold and diamonds in South Africa in the late 19th century. South Africa needed cheap labour, and men from neighbouring territories were pulled into the workforce as unskilled or semi-skilled workers in mines, factories, kitchens and farms. Mine recruitment agencies like the Native Recruiting Corporation and the Witwatersrand Native Labour Association began expanding r…
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