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Senegalese Women and the Cyber Café: Online Dating and Aspirations of Transnational Migration in Ziguinchor

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Senegalese Women and the Cyber Café: Online Dating and Aspirations of Transnational Migration in Ziguinchor

African and Asian Studies , Volume 7 (4): 471 – Jan 1, 2008

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
© 2008 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
1569-2094
eISSN
1569-2108
DOI
10.1163/156921008X359623
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Abstract

<jats:sec> <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>In this article, I show how young women in the Senegalese town of Ziguinchor are using Internet technologies as a way to communicate with European men in the hope of forming relationships that may lead to transnational migration. Rather than assessing the degree to which women are successful in their aspirations, I consider how online communication enables them to assert their agency and imagine a better future for themselves.</jats:p> </jats:sec>

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African and Asian StudiesBrill

Published: Jan 1, 2008

Keywords: SENEGAL; MIGRATION; INTERNET; SEXUALITY; GENDER

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