Based on a study of women in one Nigerian city, contends that female migration cannot properly be understood or analyzed without reference to a variety of gender-specific factors. Concentrates on one category of women, the autonomous migrants, and examines the patterns and the precipitating and contributory causes of their migration, and its effects.-Author

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