Migration and resilience of rural households' livelihoods in the face of changing political and economic contexts: the case of South Mozambique (1900-2010)

Mercandalli Sara, Anseeuw Ward. 2017. Migration and resilience of rural households' livelihoods in the face of changing political and economic contexts: the case of South Mozambique (1900-2010). African Studies, 76 (2), n.spéc. Opening-up Mozambique: Histories of the present : 221-242.

https://doi.org/10.1080/00020184.2017.1322868

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Résumé : This article investigates how labour migrations of rural households from Leonzoane in Southern Mozambique have changed since the colonial period to a post-war (1992) and post-apartheid (1994) context and their links with livelihoods restructuring. It draws on a qualitative analysis of the features of labour migrations, through a sample of households on five generations. Results reveal the evolution of men's forms of mobility from longstanding circular and formal migrations to South Africa's mines, toward multi-sited, informal, and more flexible migrations into mining and other sectors. These renewed forms of mobility are a core element of households' livelihoods restructuring, as part of strategies to adapt the changing political-economic constraints of the broader globalising environment in terms of increasing informal and volatile labour conditions. The article concludes with a call for further analysis and integration of migration features in development policies.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : main d'oeuvre familiale, migration, ménage, population rurale, moyens d'existence, politique économique, condition de travail, histoire, étude de cas, environnement socioéconomique, politique de développement, développement économique