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| Title: | The Socio-Economic Basis of a Diaspora Community |
| Author: | Uduku, Ola |
| Year: | 2002 |
| Periodical: | Review of African Political Economy |
| Volume: | 29 |
| Issue: | 92 |
| Period: | July |
| Pages: | 301-311 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Nigeria |
| Subjects: | Igbo social networks associations diasporas Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) Urbanization and Migration Labor and Employment Economics and Trade |
| External links: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03056240208704615 http://ejournals.ebsco.com/direct.asp?ArticleID=4E71BFB8E4BBA3434A3A |
| Abstract: | This paper looks at the historical and socioeconomic development of the Igbo diaspora within a local and global context. Its thesis is that the Igbo community in the diaspora has shown remarkable characteristics of evolution and development and continued attachment to their geographical region 'Igboland' (Nigeria). When compared to other Nigerian and African ethnic groups, their development of the hometown union structure and, most recently, the World Igbo Congress (WIC), has been unique. The paper discusses the way in which the Igbo community establishes its presence in its adopted countries throughout the world but, more importantly, maintains links with hometown communities. This takes place especially via large and small-scale economic ventures, including capital construction projects, local investments, and occasionally local recruitment for the international market, from hometowns (often small villages) in eastern Nigeria. The last section of the paper examines the success of Igbo hometown unions and what future contributions such groups might have in a rapidly globalizing world economy. Bibliogr., sum. [ASC Leiden abstract] |
