Anthropology of Kabyles in Marseille: An Early and Sustainable Migration
Moussima Henri *
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Faculty of Art, letters and Human Sciences, University of Ngaoundere, Cameroon.
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Abstract
This article aims at presenting Kabyle’s people immigration and taking a census of the difficulties encountered by immigrants in the frame of their integration in the French society. Maghrebi immigration for years now constitutes a legitimate field for researchers in social sciences. Seeking a cheap labour is at the base of the Kabyle’s people immigration in France and in factories in the city of Marseille particularly. The migrant originating from an economically underdeveloped region seizes this opportunity to expatriate himself in quest of a job or a better paid one. In spite of sociological and cultural difficulties, their overall integration has been a success. Nowadays, children issued from the integration register sound success and integrate the French society pretty fast, despite the barriers that still stand. In the mean-time, Kabyle’s people immigration has -in the course of its history- remained constant in the affirmation of its Berber identity.
Keywords: France, Marseille, Kabyle, migration