Gender, ethnicity and social relations in the narratives of elderly Sikh men and women

This article explores narratives by elderly Sikh men and women about their arrival in Tanzania and highlights the significance of gender, ethnicity and social networks. The article argues that narratives provide rich accounts of the ways in which social capital, understood as resources held in networks, is influenced by social identities and place. It demonstrates that such nuances remain hidden in standard methods, such as surveys, generally used in the study of social capital. Furthermore, with a focus on the elderly migrants, the article illustrates that narratives have a particular affinity with migration, for like migrants they move across time and place.