In other parts of Africa, men migrate to the burgeoning cities in search of employment in offices and factories.

Young Shauka men availed of job reservations given to them by the government and migrated permanently to cities in the plains, taking their families with them.

Census records suggest that only a few hundred Muslim men migrated between 1900 and 1914.

This indicates that Jewish men migrated to Africa in ancient times and took wives from among the local people after settling in new communities.

He received a traditional Jewish education and as a young man (in the early 1830s) migrated to Palestine and settled in Jerusalem.

Both men and women must migrate in search of work and there is little need to secure inheritance through marriage.

One reason for this is that many men still migrate out of the community to work, mostly to the United States.

Two rural men have migrated to the city and now find themselves working on towering buildings.

Some have attempted to grow crops, while many young men have migrated for at least short periods to cities to seek wage work.

Most able-bodied young men migrate to Nigeria and beyond in search of work, supporting their families with remittances.