Economic migrants, would be an appropriate descriptive. The same applies in other places including for me in the US (immigrant). (pointed out to forestall any banal knee jerk response)
Venantius J Pinto On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 6:51 PM, Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا <fredericknoron...@gmail.com> wrote: > Rather interesting book, just out in the Goa market. At first glance: very > detailed and insightful. Here's one quote to illustrate Frenz's writing > (p.132): > > Goans migrated largely due to economic considerations, > unlike many other South Asians. From their first migration to > East Africa in the late nineteenth century up to the 1950s, they > could best be described as 'voluntary' migrants. 'Greener > pastures', that is, promising professional opportunities, > initially lured them to British ships, and later, on to the East > African coast. In the early period, the first port of call was > Zanzibar which provided ample opportunities to set up > business or find work in the Sultan's government. As the > British colonial governments expanded throughout East Africa, > new economic opportunities opened up and Zanzibar > lost its pivotal position for Goans, though the community there > remained very strong. Their economic success was reflected > in remittances to their family who remained in Goa. But the > economic successes were not accompanied by political power... > > Useful set of maps at the start of the book -- migration-oriented areas of > Goa; movement from Goa to East Africa (Zanzibar, Tanganyika, Kenya, > Uganda); Goan institutions at the Zanzibar Stone Town; Dar es Salaam Goan > institutions; Nairobi Goan instituions; Kampala Goan instituions; the > movement out of East Africa from the mid 20th century; post-colonial Goa. > > Frenz margret.fr...@stx.ox.ac.uk is a lecturer in Global and Imperial > History at St Cross College, University of Oxford. Published by Oxford > University Press ISBN 9780199451753. Rs 995 in Goa. Pp 380. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/15417867338/in/photostream/ > https://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/14983824893/in/photostream/ > -- > P +91-832-2409490 M 9822122436 Twitter: @fn Facebook: fredericknoronha > -- +++++++++++++ Venantius J Pinto
