African Perspectives on South-South Migration

ISBN-13: 9781032436463 / Angielski

Meron Zeleke; Lahra Smith

Opis

This book investigates the diverse and dynamic forms of migration within Africa. It will be crucial reading for researchers, students, and policy makers with a focus on South-South Migration, Migration and Inequalities, Migration and Development, and Refugee and Humanitarian Studies.  

Spis treści

Part I: Introduction   1. Introduction: Intra-continental migration dynamics in Africa and the importance of South-South Migration (SSM)  Part II: Agency in South-South Migration  2. Platinum mining, migrant labour, and community formation in informal settlements in Rustenburg, South Africa, 1994-2018  3. Unpacking the reasons for dominance of South-South migration: The Ethiopian case 4. Exploring the lived experiences of Ghanaian migrants along the Ghana-China migration corridor  5. Looking beyond the victimhood discourse: The case of forced migrants in the Global South  Part III: The Flows of Resources in South-South Migration  6. Humanitarian nomads: The mobilities and disjunctures inherent to aid work in the Global South  7. The flow of resources in the Global South: The transfer of agricultural skills between Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso  8.  Transnational flow of ideas in the Ethiopia-South Africa migration corridor: Hadiya experiences  9. Religious place-making and African mobilities: Muslim and Christian Moroccan sites in migrant trajectories within and beyond the continent  10. Djibouti, a migratory crossroads in the Red Sea basin: Prospects and challenges  11. Forced Migration Life Trajectories and Politics of Contradictions: South Sudanese between being IDPs and Refugees in Sudan and South Sudan

 

O autorze

Meron Zeleke is an Associate Professor at the Center for Human Rights, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. She has years of teaching and research experience at renowned academic institutions in Africa, North America, Europe and Asia, and is a member of several international academic associations and editorial board member of internationally renowned journals.

Lahra Smith is an Associate Professor in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and the Department of Government at Georgetown University, USA, and the Director of the African Studies Program. She is a Political Scientist with a particular interest in citizenship, migration and political institutions in Africa.