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Accepted Paper
Paper short abstract
In this paper we examine how migrant daughters assist relatives left behind. The assistance, we argue, is often to secure a patrimony of sorts in households.
Paper long abstract
In Zimbabwe, there has been a huge movement of people to the diaspora, South Africa. While this movement was dominated by males, it has now become characterized by the involvement of youths and women. In this paper we examine the support that women give to potential migrants, and the expectations that they have in so doing. We argue that daughters use this support to relatives as a way to bargain for a larger role in lineage decision making and inheritance .
Our data comes from ethnographic work in Chivi district of Masvingo, Zimbabwe. This is where daughters who themselves are migrants, are now supporting people left at home, as well as potential migrants. They do so to win the support of fathers who customarily don't confer them patrimonial rights.
Kinship ties and networks on the move: strategies for mobility
Session 1 Friday 14 June, 2019, -