Multifaceted Crises and Family Disintegration in the Far North of Cameroon
This study analyzes displaced families’ disintegration amidst multifaceted crises in the Far North Region of Cameroon. The focus is on displaced families in four divisions where host communities along the border of Nigeria have fled Boko Haram, due to sociopolitical instability and environmental deg...
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| description | This study analyzes displaced families’ disintegration amidst multifaceted crises in the Far North Region of Cameroon. The focus is on displaced families in four divisions where host communities along the border of Nigeria have fled Boko Haram, due to sociopolitical instability and environmental degradation. Both quantitative and qualitative analyses show how insecurity and precarity have resulted in disintegrating, dispersing and sometimes recomposing the traditional structure of the family institution by disrupting marriage traditions, gender roles and intergenerational relations. Such shifts in the family occurred as a result of the challenging contexts in their hometowns, during flight and after settling in the host towns. The findings demonstrate the effects of the multifaceted crises, which created intergenerational, but also inter- and intra-community rifts that are challenging to repair amidst mass distrust and continued insecurity. This study contributes especially to understanding how these crises affect family cohesion and intergenerational relations as part of dynamics of great social change. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-11079f56a6a348abb78f72e34d2158832025-08-20T03:27:18ZengMDPI AGGenealogy2313-57782025-05-01925610.3390/genealogy9020056Multifaceted Crises and Family Disintegration in the Far North of CameroonGustave Gaye0Carola Tize1Lidewyde Berckmoes2Department of Sociology, Anthropology and the Social Sciences for Development, University of Maroua, Maroua P.O. Box 644, CameroonDepartment of Anthropology, University College London, 14 Taviton Street, London WC1H 0BW, UKAfrican Studies Center Leiden, Leiden University, Witte Singel 27A, 2311 BG Leiden, The NetherlandsThis study analyzes displaced families’ disintegration amidst multifaceted crises in the Far North Region of Cameroon. The focus is on displaced families in four divisions where host communities along the border of Nigeria have fled Boko Haram, due to sociopolitical instability and environmental degradation. Both quantitative and qualitative analyses show how insecurity and precarity have resulted in disintegrating, dispersing and sometimes recomposing the traditional structure of the family institution by disrupting marriage traditions, gender roles and intergenerational relations. Such shifts in the family occurred as a result of the challenging contexts in their hometowns, during flight and after settling in the host towns. The findings demonstrate the effects of the multifaceted crises, which created intergenerational, but also inter- and intra-community rifts that are challenging to repair amidst mass distrust and continued insecurity. This study contributes especially to understanding how these crises affect family cohesion and intergenerational relations as part of dynamics of great social change.https://www.mdpi.com/2313-5778/9/2/56crisisfamily disintegrationdisplaced personsFar North CameroonBoko Haramenvironmental crisis |
| spellingShingle | Gustave Gaye Carola Tize Lidewyde Berckmoes Multifaceted Crises and Family Disintegration in the Far North of Cameroon Genealogy crisis family disintegration displaced persons Far North Cameroon Boko Haram environmental crisis |
| title | Multifaceted Crises and Family Disintegration in the Far North of Cameroon |
| title_full | Multifaceted Crises and Family Disintegration in the Far North of Cameroon |
| title_fullStr | Multifaceted Crises and Family Disintegration in the Far North of Cameroon |
| title_full_unstemmed | Multifaceted Crises and Family Disintegration in the Far North of Cameroon |
| title_short | Multifaceted Crises and Family Disintegration in the Far North of Cameroon |
| title_sort | multifaceted crises and family disintegration in the far north of cameroon |
| topic | crisis family disintegration displaced persons Far North Cameroon Boko Haram environmental crisis |
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