Download or read book Hoe And Wage written by Dennis D. Cordell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-01-16 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on an unusual source a retrospective survey of migration from 1900 to 1975 this book traces the history of internal and international labor migration in colonial and contemporary Burkina Faso, the West African coast, and other parts of Africa. Interviews with returned migrants elicited information about age, matrimonial status, motives for migrating, employment, destinations, residence, and motives for returning. The survey, which includes data on nearly one hundred thousand migrants and on 1.5 million instances of migration, offers a uniquely African perspective on migration in the region