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‘Youthscapes’ and escapes in rural Africa: education, mobility and livelihood trajectories for young people in Eastern Cape, South Africa

Porter, G.; Hampshire, K.; Mashiri, M.; Dube, S.; Maponya, G.

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Authors

M. Mashiri

S. Dube

G. Maponya



Abstract

This paper draws attention to the significance of mobility in shaping the educational and livelihood trajectories of rural young people in sub-Saharan Africa, with particular reference to a case study in Eastern Cape, South Africa. Young rural people commonly face both economic and political exclusions. As our case study illustrates, in the context of work demands, restricted basic education and poverty, the potential for escape, whether to secondary education or city jobs, is limited and in some respects highly gendered. We draw principally on ethnographic material from interviews with people aged 9–18 years, their parents, teachers and other key informants.

Citation

Porter, G., Hampshire, K., Mashiri, M., Dube, S., & Maponya, G. (2010). ‘Youthscapes’ and escapes in rural Africa: education, mobility and livelihood trajectories for young people in Eastern Cape, South Africa. Journal of International Development, 22(8), 1090-1101. https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.1748

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Nov 17, 2010
Deposit Date May 17, 2012
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Journal of International Development
Print ISSN 0954-1748
Electronic ISSN 1099-1328
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 22
Issue 8
Pages 1090-1101
DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.1748
Keywords Mobility, Education, Workloads, Livelihoods, Gender, Inter-generational friction, South Africa.

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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Porter, G., Hampshire, K., Mashiri, M., Dube, S. and Maponya, G. (2010), ‘Youthscapes’ and escapes in rural Africa: Education, mobility and livelihood trajectories for young people in Eastern Cape, South Africa. Journal of International Development, 22 (8): 1090–1101, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jid.1748. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.





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