Introduction: making sense of the world. Rashin sani ya hi dare duhu: ignorance is darker than the night -- Niamey yesterday and today. Duniya mai halin dan mangoro: life can surprise you if you don't take care -- Niamey and the global Hausa diaspora. Tahiya ta hi zaman gida: moving is better than staying put -- Striving for survival and meaning in Hausa communities of Niamey. Zaman duniya sai hank'uri: only with patience can one make it in the world -- Multiple articulations of modernity. Duniya a bi ta a sannu-sannu: world affairs should be followed with caution -- Growing up male in Niamey. Yaro da gari abokin tahiya manya: a rich young man can become an old person's friend -- Conclusion: uncertain futures. Sani gaibu sai Allah: only God knows what will happen
Summary
Surviving with Dignity focuses on the lived experience of two generations of migrant Hausa men in Niamey, Niger's capital city, set in a larger social matrix of national and global transformations. Their extraordinary ability to maintain their dignity despite their daily struggles to eke out a living in the face of structural violence and unrelenting hardship reveals a tremendously powerful will and capacity to keep going
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-223) and index
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