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AMMODI is proud to introduce an interactive resource for accessing Africa-based scholarship on African migration, mobility, and displacement. Below, you will find two searchable tables; the first listing recent scholarship by Africa-based researchers, the second an index of active scholars based at African research institutions.
One of the aims of AMMODI is to promote collaboration between researchers and to strengthen the network’s relevance, reach, and visibility, especially in Africa. One persistent challenge in fostering such interaction, related to the global inequalities in knowledge production, is that African scholars are not adequately cited or engaged with in debates based in, or dominated by, research in the Global North. It is our hope that by using the AMMODI platform to highlight Africa-based scholarship, we may encourage scholars all over the world to read new exciting work, engage with it and open up new debates and research collaborations.
These lists are a starting point and by no means exhaustive. Mistakes and omissions are likely, so we ask you to use, share and amend them through the suggestions box. For any questions, concerns or ideas on improving the format please write to us at crgammodi@gmail.com.
AMMODI wishes to thank Netsereab Andom, Antonia Nölke, and Melissa Niederlöhner for their invaluable help in putting these lists together.
Publications by Africa-based scholars
| Author(s) | Title | Publication | Year | Keyword |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adamba, C., & Quartey. P. | Circular Migration and Entrepreneurship in Ghana. | Circular Migration and Entrepreneurship in Ghana. In C. Solé, S. Parella, T. Sordé, & S. Nita (Eds.), Impact of Circular Migration on Human, Political and Civil Rights: A Global Perspective (pp. 239-265). Springer. | 2016 | Internal migration, circular, intra-regional migration |
| Adepoju, Aderanti (Prof.) | The Dimensions of the Refugee Problem in Africa | The Dimensions of the Refugee Problem in Africa. African Affairs 81(322), 21–35. | 1982 | Internal migration, circular, intra-regional migration |
| Adepoju, Aderanti (Prof.) | Internal and International Migration within Africa | Internal and International Migration within Africa. In P. Kok, J. Oucho, D. Gelderblom, and J. Van Zyl. (Eds.) Migration in South and Southern Africa: Dynamics and Determinants (pp. 26–46). Human Sciences Research Council. | 2006 | Internal migration, circular, intra-regional migration |
| Babiker, Mohamed Abdelsalam (Prof.) | Legal Framework of Migration in Sudan. Analytic and Synthetic Note- Mediterranean and Sub-Saharan Migration: Recent Developments | Legal Framework of Migration in Sudan. Analytic and Synthetic Note- Mediterranean and Sub-Saharan Migration: Recent Developments. CARIM-AS 2010/78. | 2010 | Internal migration, circular, intra-regional migration |
| Kandilige, L., Pailey, R. N., Shilue, J. S., & Zongo, M. | Côte d’Ivoire Case Study: Côte d'Ivoire at a Crossroads – Socio-economic Development Implications of Crisis-induced Returns to Burkina Faso, Ghana and Liberia | Côte d’Ivoire Case Study: Côte d'Ivoire at a Crossroads – Socio-economic Development Implications of Crisis-induced Returns to Burkina Faso, Ghana and Liberia. International Centre for Migration Policy Development. | 2017 | Internal migration, circular, intra-regional migration |
| Kandilige, L. Francesca Zampagni, Hassan Boubakri, Remadji Hoinathy, Hamidou Manou Nabara, Sara Sadek, Mohamed ElSayeh, Mahamadou Zongo and Meagan Hendow | An unending crisis – responses of migrants, states and organisations to the 2011 Libya crisis | An unending crisis – responses of migrants, states and organisations to the 2011 Libya crisis. International Centre for Migration Policy Development. | 2016 | Internal migration, circular, intra-regional migration |
| Kok, P., Oucho, J., Gelderblom, D., & Van Zyl, J. | Migration in South and Southern Africa: Dynamics and Determinants | Migration in South and Southern Africa: Dynamics and Determinants. Human Sciences Research Council Press. | 2006 | Internal migration, circular, intra-regional migration |
| Mbembé, J-A., & Rendall S. | At the Edge of the World: Boundaries, Territoriality, and Sovereignty in Africa. | At the Edge of the World: Boundaries, Territoriality, and Sovereignty in Africa. Public Culture 12(1), 259-284. | 2000 | Internal migration, circular, intra-regional migration |
| Segatti, Aurelia (PhD) | Explaining the Impasse of Circular Migration in Southern Africa | Explaining the Impasse of Circular Migration in Southern Africa. In C. Solé., S. Parella, T. Sordé, & S. Nita (Eds.) Impact of Circular Migration on Human, Political and Civil Rights: A Global Perspective, (pp. 85-108). Springer. | 2016 | Internal migration, circular, intra-regional migration |
| Adepoju, Aderanti (Prof.) | Operationalising the ECOWAS Protocol on Free Movement of Persons: Prospects for Sub-Regional Trade and Development. | Operationalising the ECOWAS Protocol on Free Movement of Persons: Prospects for Sub-Regional Trade and Development. In M. Panizzon, G. Zucher, & G. Fornale (Eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of International Labour Migration. Palgrave Macmillan. | 2015 | Human mobility, free movement |
| Adepoju, Aderanti (Prof.) | Migration Management in West Africa within the Context of ECOWAS Protocol on Free Movement of Persons and the Common Approach on Skilled Migration | Migration Management in West Africa within the Context of ECOWAS Protocol on Free Movement of Persons and the Common Approach on Skilled Migration. In M. Tremolieres, (Ed.) Regional Challenges of West African Migration: African and European Perspectives. OECD. | 2009 | Human mobility, free movement |
| Crush, J., & Peberdy, S. | Histories, realities and negotiating free movement in southern Africa | Histories, realities and negotiating free movement in southern Africa. In A. Pecoud, & P. de Gucheneire (Eds.) Migration Without Borders: Essays on the Free Movement of People (pp. 175-198). Berghahn Books. | 2006 | Human mobility, free movement |
| Adepoju, A. | International migration and the economic crisis: Reflections from an African perspective | International migration and the economic crisis: Reflections from an African perspective [Conference presentation]. IUSSP Panel on Economic Crisis. IUSSP International Population Conference, Marrakech. | 2009 | Emigration, immigration |
| Awumbila, M. | Drivers of Migration and Urbanization in Africa: Key Trends and Issues | Drivers of Migration and Urbanization in Africa: Key Trends and Issues. Background Paper prepared for UN Expert Group Meeting on Sustainable Cities: Human Mobility and International Migration 7-8. | 2017 | Emigration, immigration |
| Badasu, D. M., & Darkwah, A. | Migration Research | Migration Research. In M. Awumbila, D.M. Badasu, & J. Teye (Eds.) Migration In A Globalizing World: Perspectives from Ghana. Sub-Saharan Publishers. | 2018 | Emigration, immigration |
| Crush, J. & Tevera, D. | Zimbabwe’s Exodus: Crisis, Migration, Survival. | Zimbabwe’s Exodus: Crisis, Migration, Survival. SAMP and Ottawa: IDRC432. | 2010 | Emigration, immigration |
| Hamood, S. | EU–Libya Cooperation on Migration: A Raw Deal for Refugees and Migrant | EU–Libya Cooperation on Migration: A Raw Deal for Refugees and Migrant. Journal of Refugee Studies 21(1), 19–42. | 2008 | Emigration, immigration |
| Hamood, S. | Europe’s Security Approach Failing to Halt Migration from Libya | Europe’s Security Approach Failing to Halt Migration from Libya. International Journal on Multicultural Societies (IJMS) 10(2), 128 -144. | 2008 | Emigration, immigration |
| Kandilige, L. | Changing conceptualisations of the effects of international migration on sending and receiving countries | Changing conceptualisations of the effects of international migration on sending and receiving countries. In Awumbila, M., D. Badasu, and J. K. Teye. Migration in a globalising world: perspectives from Ghana. University of Ghana Migration Reader Series, Accra: Sahara Publishers, pp. 215-232. | 2016 | Emigration, immigration |
| Quartey, P., & Arthur, P. | The Use of Aid to Manage Migration: the case of Ghana | The Use of Aid to Manage Migration: the case of Ghana. Ghana Journal of Development Studies 5(1), 20-38. | 2008 | Emigration, immigration |
| Amit, R. et al. | Migration Challenges and Opportunities in Southern Africa | Migration Challenges and Opportunities in Southern Africa. Report by African Centre for Migration and Society, Pretoria. | 2015 | Brain Drain, Loss of Skilled Workers |
| Assal, A. M. M. | Migration of Highly Skilled Sudanese: Gain or Drain | Migration of Highly Skilled Sudanese: Gain or Drain. Sudan Journal of Economic and Social Studies 9(1), 79-94. | 2011 | Brain Drain, Loss of Skilled Workers |
| Crush, J., & Chikanda, A. | Staunching the flow: The brain drain and health professional retention strategies in South Africa | Staunching the flow: The brain drain and health professional retention strategies in South Africa. In M. Czaika (Ed). High-Skilled Migration: Drivers and Policies. Oxford University Press. DOI:10.1093/oso/9780198815273.003.0016. | 2018 | Brain Drain, Loss of Skilled Workers |
| Dube, G. & Rukema, J. | Intracontinental Brain Drain and African Migrant Social Science Scholars in South Africa | Intracontinental Brain Drain and African Migrant Social Science Scholars in South Africa. International Journal of Sociology 43(1), 68-78. | 2013 | Brain Drain, Loss of Skilled Workers |
| Engelbrecht, L. K. | Plumbing the brain drain of South African social workers migrating to the UK: Challenges for social service providers. | Plumbing the brain drain of South African social workers migrating to the UK: Challenges for social service providers. Social Work/ Maatskaplike Werk 42(2), 127-146. | 2016 | Brain Drain, Loss of Skilled Workers |
| Ennaji, M. | Undocumented Labor Migration from Morocco to Europe: An African Perspective. | Undocumented Labor Migration from Morocco to Europe: An African Perspective. In M. Okome (Ed.) Transnational Africa and Globalization (pp.245-257). Palgrave McMillan. | 2011 | Brain Drain, Loss of Skilled Workers |
| Quartey P., & Kwakye E. | The net Benefit of Migration: the case of migrant nurses from Ghana to the UK. | The net Benefit of Migration: the case of migrant nurses from Ghana to the UK. Ghana Social Science Journal 5&6(1&2). | 2009 | Brain Drain, Loss of Skilled Workers |
| Teye, J. K., Acheampong, A. A, and Setrana, M. K. | Migration of health professionals from Ghana: Trends, drivers, and emerging issues | Migration of health professionals from Ghana: Trends, drivers, and emerging issues. Current Politics and Economics of Africa, 8(3), 459–486. | 2015 | Brain Drain, Loss of Skilled Workers |
| Akyeampong, E. | Diaspora and Drug Trafficking in West Africa: A Case Study of Ghana | Diaspora and Drug Trafficking in West Africa: A Case Study of Ghana. African Affairs 104(416), 429–47. | 2005 | Diaspora |
| Chikanda, A., & Crush, J. | Diasporas of the South. | Diasporas of the South. In R. Anich, J. Crush, S. Melde, & J.O. Oucho (Eds.) A New Perspective on Human Mobility in the South (pp. 65-88). Springer. | 2014 | Diaspora |
| Garba, F. M. | Migration and Inequality: African migrant workers in Germany, India and South Africa. | Migration and Inequality: African migrant workers in Germany, India and South Africa. In: A. Lenger, & F. Schumacher (Eds.) Understanding the dynamics of Global Inequality: Social Exclusion, Power Shift and Structural Changes. Springer. | 2015 | Diaspora |
| Issa-Salwe, A. M. | The Internet and the Somali diaspora: The Web as a means of expression | The Internet and the Somali diaspora: The Web as a means of expression. An International Journal of Somali Studies, 6(8), 54–67. | 2006 | Diaspora |
| Kandilige, L. | The Role of Trust and Migrant Investments in Diaspora-Homeland Development Relations | The Role of Trust and Migrant Investments in Diaspora-Homeland Development Relations. African Human Mobility Review 3(1), 671-701. | 2017 | Diaspora |
| Kandilige, L. | Collective Remittance Mobilisation Strategies of Ghanaian Hometown Associations in the UK | Collective Remittance Mobilisation Strategies of Ghanaian Hometown Associations in the UK. Ghana Journal of Geography, Vol.9 (3), pp. 23-49. | 2017 | Diaspora |
| Kandilige, L. | Down payment for future return: perspectives of Ghanaian migrants in the UK | Down payment for future return: perspectives of Ghanaian migrants in the UK, Ghana Social Science Journal, Vol. 14, No. 1 June 2017, pp. 193-226. | 2017 | Diaspora |
| Kandilige, L. | Partnering for rural development in Ghana: the case of Ghanaian hometown associations in the UK | Partnering for rural development in Ghana: the case of Ghanaian hometown associations in the UK. In Tonah, S., M. B. Setrana, and Arthur, J. A. Migration and Development in Africa: Trends, Challenges, and Policy Implications. Rowman/Littlefield/Lexington Books, pp. 69-89. | 2017 | Diaspora |
| Kandilige, L. | Ghanaian mobilities, intersecting inequalities and transnational activities | Ghanaian mobilities, intersecting inequalities and transnational activities. In Migration and Inequalities, Tanja Bastia (ed), Routledge Studies in Development Economics, pp. 95-120. | 2013 | Diaspora |
| Vasta, E. and L. Kandilige | London the Leveller: Ghanaian Work Strategies and Community Solidarity | London the Leveller: Ghanaian Work Strategies and Community Solidarity, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, pp. 581-598. | 2010 | Diaspora |
| Marx, L. & Cohen, R. | Cinematic representations of diaspora: Italians and Jews | Cinematic representations of diaspora: Italians and Jews. Crossings: Journal of Migration and Culture, 1 (1/199), 5-23. | 2010 | Diaspora |
| Mazrui, A. A., Okpewho I., & Davies C.B. | The African Diaspora: African Origins and the New World Identities | The African Diaspora: African Origins and the New World Identities. Indiana University Press. | 1999 | Diaspora |
| Kandilige, L. and G. Adiku | The quagmire of return and reintegration: challenges to multi-stakeholder coordination of involuntary returns | The quagmire of return and reintegration: challenges to multi-stakeholder coordination of involuntary returns. International Migration. doi: 10.1111/imig.12644 | 2019 | Return |
| Kandilige, L. and G. Adiku | Returns of failure: involuntary return migration and social change in Ghana | ‘Returns of failure: involuntary return migration and social change in Ghana’. In Remus G. Anghel, Margit Fauser & Paolo Boccagni (2019) Transnational return and social change: Social hierarchies, ideas, and social identities. London: Anthem Press, pp. 63-81. | 2019 | Return |
| Setrana, M. B. | Back Home at Last! Factors Influencing Return and Reintegration of Ghanaian Returnees. | Back Home at Last! Factors Influencing Return and Reintegration of Ghanaian Returnees. Journal of Identity and Migration Studies, 11(1), 27-46. | 2017 | Return |
| Chikanda, A., & Crush, J. | The Geography of Refugee Flows into Zimbabwe | The Geography of Refugee Flows into Zimbabwe. African Geographical Review 35(1), 18-34. | 2016 | Forced displacement, internal displacement |
| Kandilige, L. and M. Hamidou | ‘Migrants in countries in crisis’: The Experiences of Ghanaian and Nigerien Migrants During the Libyan Crisis of 2011 | ‘Migrants in countries in crisis’: The Experiences of Ghanaian and Nigerien Migrants During the Libyan Crisis of 2011. African Human Mobility Review, Vol. 5. No. 2, August, pp.1583-1610. | 2019 | Forced displacement, internal displacement |
| Landau, L.B. | Capacity, complicity, and subversion: Revisiting collaborative refugee research in an era of containment | Capacity, complicity, and subversion: Revisiting collaborative refugee research in an era of containment. In J. Young, & S. McGrath (Eds.) Reflections on a decade of the refugee research network. University of Calgary Press. | 2017 | Forced displacement, internal displacement |
| Landau, L.B. | Displacement and the pursuit of urban protection: Forced migration, fluidity, and global cities | Displacement and the pursuit of urban protection: Forced migration, fluidity, and global cities. In A. Bloch, & G. Dona (Eds.) Forced migration: Issues and debates. Routledge. | 2017 | Forced displacement, internal displacement |
| Amit, R. | Lost in the Vortex: Irregularities in the Detention and Deportation of Non-Nationals in South Africa | Lost in the Vortex: Irregularities in the Detention and Deportation of Non-Nationals in South Africa. FMSP Research Report, June 2010. https://ssrn.com/abstract=3274019 | 2010 | Legal Protection of Refugees and Asylum Seekers |
| Amit, R. | No Refuge: Flawed Status Determination and the Failures of South Africa’s Refugee System to Provide Protection | No Refuge: Flawed Status Determination and the Failures of South Africa’s Refugee System to Provide Protection. International Journal of Refugee Law 23(3), 458–488. | 2011 | Legal Protection of Refugees and Asylum Seekers |
| Amit, R. | Queue Here for Corruption Measuring Irregularities in South Africa’s Asylum System | Queue Here for Corruption Measuring Irregularities in South Africa’s Asylum System. A Report by Lawyers For Human Rights and The African Centre For Migration & Society. | 2015 | Legal Protection of Refugees and Asylum Seekers |
| Babiker, M. A., & Oette, L. | Migration Control à la Khartoum: EU External Engagement and Human Rights Protection in the Horn of Africa | Migration Control à la Khartoum: EU External Engagement and Human Rights Protection in the Horn of Africa. Refugee Survey Quarterly (36), 64–89. | 2017 | Legal Protection of Refugees and Asylum Seekers |
| Handmaker, J., De La Hunt, L. A., & Klaaren, J. | Advancing Refugee Protection in South Africa | Advancing Refugee Protection in South Africa. Berghahn Books. | 2008 | Legal Protection of Refugees and Asylum Seekers |
| Landau, L.B. | Southern urbanism, legalization, and the limits of migration law | Southern urbanism, legalization, and the limits of migration law. American Journal of International Law (AJIL) Unbound 111(1), 165-171. | 2017 | Legal Protection of Refugees and Asylum Seekers |
| Landau, L. B., & Amit, R. | Wither Policy? Southern African Perspectives on Understanding Law, ‘Refugee’ Policy and Protection | Wither Policy? Southern African Perspectives on Understanding Law, ‘Refugee’ Policy and Protection. Journal of Refugee Studies 27(4), 534-552. | 2014 | Legal Protection of Refugees and Asylum Seekers |
| Landau, L. B. | Protection and Dignity in Johannesburg: Shortcomings of South Africa's Urban Refugee Policy | Protection and Dignity in Johannesburg: Shortcomings of South Africa's Urban Refugee Policy. Journal of Refugee Studies 19(3), 308–327. | 2006 | Legal Protection of Refugees and Asylum Seekers |
| Palmary, I. | Advancing Refugee Protection in South Africa | Advancing Refugee Protection in South Africa. Journal of International Migration and Integration / Revue de l integration et de la migration internationale 10(2), 215-216. | 2009 | Legal Protection of Refugees and Asylum Seekers |
| Chereni, A. | Risk, vulnerability and Zimbabwean migrants' post-arrival adaptation in Johannesburg: Reflections on relational aspects of informal social protection | Risk, vulnerability and Zimbabwean migrants' post-arrival adaptation in Johannesburg: Reflections on relational aspects of informal social protection. Journal of Social Development in Africa 33(1), 53-80. | 2018 | Marginalization and similar social dynamics |
| Codjoe, S. N. A., Quartey, P., Tagoe, C. A., & Reed H. E. | Perceptions of the Impact of Refugees on Host Communities: The Case of Liberian Refugees in Ghana | Perceptions of the Impact of Refugees on Host Communities: The Case of Liberian Refugees in Ghana. Journal of International Migration and Integration 14(3), 439–456. | 2013 | Marginalization and similar social dynamics |
| Eno, O. A., & Eno, M. A. | The African Diaspora within Africa and the Impact of Slavery and Stigma in the Islamic: Society: A Case Study of Somalia | The African Diaspora within Africa and the Impact of Slavery and Stigma in the Islamic: Society: A Case Study of Somalia. Journal of Somali Studies, 1(2), 61-89. | 2014 | Marginalization and similar social dynamics |
| Lomo, Z. A. | Marginalisation: The Plight of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons in East Africa | Marginalisation: The Plight of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons in East Africa. Fountain Publishers. | 2012 | Marginalization and similar social dynamics |
| Murray, A. J. & Durrheim, K. | There was much that went unspoken- Maintaining racial hierarchies in South African domestic labor through the unsaid | There was much that went unspoken- Maintaining racial hierarchies in South African domestic labor through the unsaid. Ethnic and Racial Studies 42(15), 2623-2640. | 2019 | Marginalization and similar social dynamics |
| Ruedin, D. | Attitudes to immigrants in South Africa: personality and vulnerability. | Attitudes to immigrants in South Africa: personality and vulnerability. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 45(7): 1108-1126. | 2017 | Marginalization and similar social dynamics |
| Campbell, E., & Crush, J. | They Don’t Want Foreigners: Zimbabwean migration and the rise of xenophobia in Botswana | They Don’t Want Foreigners: Zimbabwean migration and the rise of xenophobia in Botswana. Pretoria: Human Sciences Research Council. | 2015 | Xenophobia and violence |
| Daniel, T. | African Migrants, Xenophobia and Urban Violence in Post-apartheid South Africa | African Migrants, Xenophobia and Urban Violence in Post-apartheid South Africa. Alternation Special Edition 7(9). | 2013 | Xenophobia and violence |
| Dube, G. | Afrophobia in Mzansi? Evidence from the 2013 South African Social Attitudes Survey | Afrophobia in Mzansi? Evidence from the 2013 South African Social Attitudes Survey. Journal of Southern African Studies 44(6), 1005-1021. | 2018 | Xenophobia and violence |
| Madueke, K. L. | From neighbors to deadly enemies: excavating landscapes of territoriality and ethnic violence in Jos, Nigeria | From neighbors to deadly enemies: excavating landscapes of territoriality and ethnic violence in Jos, Nigeria. Journal of Contemporary African Studies 36(1), 87-102. | 2018 | Xenophobia and violence |
| Pineteh, E. A. | Spatial Contestation, Victimisation and Resistance during Xenophobic Violence: The Experiences of Somali Migrants in Post‐Apartheid South Africa | Spatial Contestation, Victimisation and Resistance during Xenophobic Violence: The Experiences of Somali Migrants in Post‐Apartheid South Africa. International Migration 56(2), 133-145. | 2017 | Xenophobia and violence |
| Pineteh, E. A. | Illegal aliens and demons that must be exorcised from South Africa: Framing African migrants and xenophobia in post-apartheid narratives | Illegal aliens and demons that must be exorcised from South Africa: Framing African migrants and xenophobia in post-apartheid narratives. Cogent Social Sciences 3(1), 1-13. | 2017 | Xenophobia and violence |
| Abdel Ati, H. | Human Smuggling and Trafficking in Eastern Sudan | Human Smuggling and Trafficking in Eastern Sudan. Chr. Michelsen Institute: Sudan Report SR 2017, 2. | 2017 | Trafficking |
| Abdulraheem, S., & Oladipo, A. R. | Trafficking in women and children: A hidden health and social problems in Nigeria | Trafficking in women and children: A hidden health and social problems in Nigeria. International Journal of Sociology & Anthropology 2(3),34 | 2010 | Trafficking |
| Abiodun, A. K., George, A., Chukwuma, A. C., Gbenga, O., & Iluno, L. U. | Human Trafficking: A Global Challenge- Reflection of Challenges in Nigeria | Human Trafficking: A Global Challenge- Reflection of Challenges in Nigeria. Journal of Law, Policy & Globalization 61(1), 192-207. | 2017 | Trafficking |
| Babiker, M. A. | Irregular Migration in Sudan: A Legal Perspective | Irregular Migration in Sudan: A Legal Perspective. CARIM Analytic and Synthetic Notes, 2011/64. European University Institute: Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies. | 2011 | Trafficking |
| Babatunde, A. O. | Human Trafficking and Transnational Organized Crime: Implications for Security in Nigeria | Human Trafficking and Transnational Organized Crime: Implications for Security in Nigeria. Peace Research: The Canadian Journal of Peace and Conflict Studies 46(1), 61-84. | 2015 | Trafficking |
| Akyeampong, E. | Memories of place and belonging: identity, citizenship, and the Lebanese in Ghana | Memories of place and belonging: identity, citizenship, and the Lebanese in Ghana. Ghana Studies, 7(1), 25-42. | 2004 | Belonging |
| Akyeampong, E. K. | Race, identity and citizenship in Black Africa: The case of the Lebanese in Ghana | Race, identity and citizenship in Black Africa: The case of the Lebanese in Ghana. Africa, 76(3), 297-323. | 2006 | Belonging |
| Chereni, A. | Within the Borders but Not Really in South Africa: Narratives of Home and Belonging among Zimbabweans in Johannesburg and Their Implications for Circular Migration | Within the Borders but Not Really in South Africa: Narratives of Home and Belonging among Zimbabweans in Johannesburg and Their Implications for Circular Migration. African Diaspora 10(1-2), 117-138. | 2018 | Belonging |
| Chereni, A. | A methodological approach and conceptual tools for studying migrant belongings in African cities: A case of Zimbabweans in Johannesburg | A methodological approach and conceptual tools for studying migrant belongings in African cities: A case of Zimbabweans in Johannesburg. Historical Social Research/ Historische Sozialforschung, 293-328. | 2014 | Belonging |
| Langué, Y. | Giving contours to invisible figures: Post-reflections on Migrations. Narratives. Movements. Exhibition at Villa des Arts, Rabat | Giving contours to invisible figures: Post-reflections on Migrations. Narratives. Movements. Exhibition at Villa des Arts, Rabat. Crossings: Journal of Migration & Culture 10(1), 43-54. | 2019 | Belonging |
| Ojebode, A. | Alan Kurdî, deaths in the desert and failed migrants’ processing of dystopic images on social media | Alan Kurdî, deaths in the desert and failed migrants’ processing of dystopic images on social media. Crossings: Journal of Migration & Culture 8(2), 115-130. | 2018 | Belonging |
| Ojoniyi, O. W. | A travel in the narrative turn of the consciousness of a diaspora ghost | A travel in the narrative turn of the consciousness of a diaspora ghost. Crossings: Journal of Migration & Culture 8(2), 205-213. | 2017 | Belonging |
| Pineteh, E. A. & Mulu, T. N. | Tragic and heroic moments in the lives of forced migrants: Memories of political asylum seekers in post-apartheid South Africa | Tragic and heroic moments in the lives of forced migrants: Memories of political asylum seekers in post-apartheid South Africa. Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees 32(3), 63-72. | 2016 | Belonging |
| Chari, T. | Performing patriotic citizenship: Zimbabwean diaspora and their online newspaper reading practices | Performing patriotic citizenship: Zimbabwean diaspora and their online newspaper reading practices. Journal of African Media Studies 6(1), 91-109. | 2014 | Identity Politics |
| Dube, G. | Levels of Othering—The Case of Zimbabwean Migrants in South Africa | Levels of Othering—The Case of Zimbabwean Migrants in South Africa. Nationalism and Ethnic Politics 23(4), 391-412. | 2017 | Identity Politics |
| Harrison, P., Yang, Y., & Moyo, K. | Visual representations in South Africa of China and the Chinese people | Visual representations in South Africa of China and the Chinese people. Journal of African Cultural Studies 29(1), 25-45. | 2016 | Identity Politics |
| Mamdani, M. | From Citizen to Refugee: Uganda Asians come to Britain | From Citizen to Refugee: Uganda Asians come to Britain. Pambazuka. | 2011 | Identity Politics |
| Moyo, K., & Cossa, E. | Ethnic Enclave of a Special Sort? Mozambicans in La Rochelle, Johannesburg | Ethnic Enclave of a Special Sort? Mozambicans in La Rochelle, Johannesburg. Journal of Southern African Studies 41(1). | 2015 | Identity Politics |
| Mushemeza, E.D. | The Politics and Empowerment of Banyarwanda Refugees in Uganda, 1959-2001 | The Politics and Empowerment of Banyarwanda Refugees in Uganda, 1959-2001. Fountain Publishers. | 2007 | Identity Politics |
| Nyamnjoh, F. B. | Insiders and outsiders: Citizenship and xenophobia in contemporary Southern Africa | Insiders and outsiders: Citizenship and xenophobia in contemporary Southern Africa. Zed Books. | 2006 | Identity Politics |
| Pineteh, E. A. | The challenges of living here and there: Conflicting narratives of intermarriage between Cameroonians and South Africans in Johannesburg | The challenges of living here and there: Conflicting narratives of intermarriage between Cameroonians and South Africans in Johannesburg. African and Black Diaspora: An International Journal 8(1), 71-85. | 2015 | Identity Politics |
| Akokpari, J. K. | Migrant Remittances and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Cautionary Note’. | Migrant Remittances and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Cautionary Note’. Global Development Studies 5(3-4), 31-52. | 2009 | Poverty, livelihoods, ‘economic meltdown’, remittance |
| Janet MacGaffey, J., & Bazenguissa‐Ganga, R. | Congo-Paris: Transnational Traders on the Margins of the Law. | Congo-Paris: Transnational Traders on the Margins of the Law. Indiana University Press. | 2000 | Poverty, livelihoods, ‘economic meltdown’, remittance |
| Awumbila, M., Kofi Teye, J., Litchfield, J., Boakye-Yiadom, L., Deshingkar, P., & Quartey P. | Are Migrant Households better off than Non-Migrant Households? Evidence from Ghana. | Are Migrant Households better off than Non-Migrant Households? Evidence from Ghana. Migrating Out of Poverty Research Program Consortium, Working Paper 28. | 2015 | Poverty, livelihoods, ‘economic meltdown’, remittance |
| Chitambara, P. | Remittances, Institutions and Growth in Africa. | Remittances, Institutions and Growth in Africa. International Migration, 57(5), 57-70. | 2019 | Poverty, livelihoods, ‘economic meltdown’, remittance |
| Darkwah, A. K., Dako-Gyeke, M., & Nketia-Amponsah, E. | Hedging against Vulnerability: Associational Life as a Social Insurance Strategy by the poor in the Central Region of Ghana. | Hedging against Vulnerability: Associational Life as a Social Insurance Strategy by the poor in the Central Region of Ghana. In Awortwi, N. & Walter-Drop, G. (Eds.) Non-State Social Protection Actors and Services in Africa: Governance below the state (pp. 87-103). Routledge. | 2018 | Poverty, livelihoods, ‘economic meltdown’, remittance |
| Mazarire, G. C., & Swart, S. | The Pots on Our Roads’: The Diaspora Fleet and Harare’s Urban Commuter System. | The Pots on Our Roads’: The Diaspora Fleet and Harare’s Urban Commuter System. African Diaspora 7(1), 63–88. | 2014 | Poverty, livelihoods, ‘economic meltdown’, remittance |
| Myroniuk, T. W., & Vearey, J. | Social Capital and Livelihoods in Johannesburg: Differential Advantages and Unexpected Outcomes among Foreign-Born Migrants, Internal Migrants, and Long-Term South African Residents. | Social Capital and Livelihoods in Johannesburg: Differential Advantages and Unexpected Outcomes among Foreign-Born Migrants, Internal Migrants, and Long-Term South African Residents. International Migration Review 48(1), 243–273. | 2014 | Poverty, livelihoods, ‘economic meltdown’, remittance |
| Ndjio, B. | Mokoagne Moni: Sorcery and New Forms of Wealth in Cameroon. | Mokoagne Moni: Sorcery and New Forms of Wealth in Cameroon. Past & Present 199(3), 271-289. | 2008 | Poverty, livelihoods, ‘economic meltdown’, remittance |
| Abdel Ati, H. A., Pavanello, S., & Jaspars S. (with A. A. Hashim, M. Idris, & S. Pantuiliano) | City Limits: Urbanization and Vulnerability in Sudan: Port Sudan Case Study. | City Limits: Urbanization and Vulnerability in Sudan: Port Sudan Case Study. Humanitarian Policy Group/HPG-Overseas Development Institute/ODI. | 2011 | Urban vs. rural environment |
| Assal, M. A. M. | From the Country to the Town. | From the Country to the Town. In J. Ryle, J. Willis, S. Baldo, & J. Madut (Eds.) The Handbook of Sudan (pp. 120-129). Rift Valley Institute/James Currey. | 2011 | Urban vs. rural environment |
| Awumbila, M., Owusu, G., & Kofi Teye, J. | Can Rural-Urban Migration into Slums Reduce Poverty? Evidence from Ghana. | Can Rural-Urban Migration into Slums Reduce Poverty? Evidence from Ghana. Migration Out of Poverty: Research Program Consortium, Working Paper 13. | 2014 | Urban vs. rural environment |
| Bekker, S., & Fourchard, L. | Politics and Policies: Governing Cities in Africa. | Politics and Policies: Governing Cities in Africa. Pretoria: Human Sciences Research Council. | 2013 | Urban vs. rural environment |
| Foeken, D., & Owuor, S. O. | Multi-spatial livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa: rural farming by urban households - the case of Nakuru town, Kenya. | Multi-spatial livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa: rural farming by urban households - the case of Nakuru town, Kenya. In M. De Bruijn, R. van Dijk, & D. Foeken (Eds.) Mobile Africa Changing Patterns of Movement in Africa and beyond (pp. 125-140). BRILL. | 2001 | Urban vs. rural environment |
| Assal, M. A. M. | Gender and Migration in the Sudan: Socio-Political Aspects. | Gender and Migration in the Sudan: Socio-Political Aspects. Retrieved on: March 25, 2013. http://cadmus.eui.eu/handle/1814/15590 | 2011 | Gender |
| Awumbila, M. | Women Moving Within Borders: Gender and Internal Migration dynamics in Ghana. | Women Moving Within Borders: Gender and Internal Migration dynamics in Ghana. Ghana Journal of Geography 7(2), 132-145. | 2015 | Gender |
| Awumbila, M., P. Deshingkar, L. Kandilige, J. K. Teye and M. Setrana | Please, thank you and sorry – brokering migration and constructing identities for domestic work in Ghana | Please, thank you and sorry – brokering migration and constructing identities for domestic work in Ghana, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. DOI: 10.1080/1369183X.2018.1528097 | 2018 | Gender |
| Awumbila, M., P. Deshingkar, L. Kandilige, J. K. Teye and M. Setrana | Brokerage in migrant domestic work in Ghana: complex social relations and mixed outcomes | Brokerage in migrant domestic work in Ghana: complex social relations and mixed outcomes, Migrating out of Poverty Research Programme Consortium Working Paper no. 47. | 2017 | Gender |
| Babiker, M. A. | Gender and Migration in Sudan: A Legal Perspective. | Gender and Migration in Sudan: A Legal Perspective. CARIM Analytic and Synthetic Notes on Gender and Migration Series, 2011/27. European University Institute: Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies. | 2011 | Gender |
| Bisong, A. | Assessing Gender Inclusion in the Migration Policies of ECOWAS. | Assessing Gender Inclusion in the Migration Policies of ECOWAS. Africa Portal Policy Briefing: Women, Power & Policymaking. | 2019 | Gender |
| Darkwah, A. K. | Globalisation, Development and the Empowerment of Women. | Globalisation, Development and the Empowerment of Women. In J. Steans, & Tepe-Belfrage, D. (Eds) Handbook of Gender in International Relations (pp.386-393) Edward Elgar. | 2016 | Gender |
| Darkwah, Akosua K., Thorsen, Dorte., Boateng, Doris A and Joseph K. Teye. | Good for parents but bad for wives: Migration as a Contested Model of Success in Contemporary Ghana. | Good for parents but bad for wives: Migration as a Contested Model of Success in Contemporary Ghana. Migrating Out of Poverty Research Programme Consortium Working Paper No. 61. | 2019 | Gender |
| Ennaji, M. | Recruitment of foreign male and female fighters to Jihad: Morocco’s multifaceted counter-terror strategy. | Recruitment of foreign male and female fighters to Jihad: Morocco’s multifaceted counter-terror strategy. International Review of Sociology 26(3), 546-557. | 2016 | Gender |
| Garba, F. M., & Monteiro, B. | Maids and Masons: Class, Gender and Ethnicity in Migrant Experiences. | Maids and Masons: Class, Gender and Ethnicity in Migrant Experiences. Venezia: SSIIM. | 2018 | Gender |
| Manamere, K. T. | Majoni-joni – Wayward Criminals or a Good Catch? Labour Migrancy, Masculinity and Marriage in Rural South Eastern Zimbabwe. | Majoni-joni – Wayward Criminals or a Good Catch? Labour Migrancy, Masculinity and Marriage in Rural South Eastern Zimbabwe. African Diaspora 7(1), 89–113. | 2014 | Gender |
| Ndjio, B. | Shanghai Beauties’ and African Desires: Migration, Trade and Chinese Prostitution in Cameroon. | Shanghai Beauties’ and African Desires: Migration, Trade and Chinese Prostitution in Cameroon. European Journal of Development Research 21(4), 606-621. | 2009 | Gender |
| Nyarko P., Lattof, S. R., Coast E., Leone, T. | Contemporary female migration in Ghana: Analyses of the 2000 and 2010 Censuses. | Contemporary female migration in Ghana: Analyses of the 2000 and 2010 Censuses. Demographic Research (39)44. | 2018 | Gender |
| Oloka-Onyango, J. | Plight of the Larger Half: Human Rights, Gender Violence and the Legal Status of Refugee and Internally Displaced Women in Africa. | Plight of the Larger Half: Human Rights, Gender Violence and the Legal Status of Refugee and Internally Displaced Women in Africa. Denver Journal of International Law and Policy 24(3), 349–489. | 1995 | Gender |
| Sadiqi, F. & Ennaji, M. | The Impact of Male Migration from Morocco to Europe on Women: A Gender Approach. | The Impact of Male Migration from Morocco to Europe on Women: A Gender Approach. Finisterra, 39(77): 59-76. | 2004 | Gender |
| Thebe, V., & Maombera, P. | Negotiating the Border: Zimbabwean Migrant Mothers and Shifting Immigration Policy and Law in South Africa. | Negotiating the Border: Zimbabwean Migrant Mothers and Shifting Immigration Policy and Law in South Africa. African Studies Review, 1-20. | 2019 | Gender |
| Teye, Joseph, Awumbila, Mariama and Akosua K. Darkwah. | Gendered Dynamics of Remitting and Remittance Use in Northern Ghana. | Gendered Dynamics of Remitting and Remittance Use in Northern Ghana. Migrating Out of Poverty Research Programme Consortium Working Paper No. 48. | 2017 | Gender |
| Walker, R., Vearey, J. & Nencel, L. | Negotiating the city: Exploring the intersecting vulnerabilities of non-national migrant mothers who sell sex in Johannesburg | Negotiating the city: Exploring the intersecting vulnerabilities of non-national migrant mothers who sell sex in Johannesburg, South Africa. Agenda, 31(1), 91-103. | 2017 | Gender |
| Badasu, D. M., & Michel, S. | On a Collision Course: Millennium Development and Mother’s Migration. | On a Collision Course: Millennium Development and Mother’s Migration. In Z. Meghani (Ed.) Women Migrant Workers: Ethical, Political and Legal Problems. Routledge. | 2016 | Family |
| Chereni, A. | You become two in one: Women’s representations of responsibility and emotional vulnerability in Zimbabwean father-away families. | You become two in one: Women’s representations of responsibility and emotional vulnerability in Zimbabwean father-away families. International Social Work 60(2), 366-378. | 2017 | Family |
| Chereni, A. | Fathering and Gender Transformations in Zimbabwean Transnational Families. | Fathering and Gender Transformations in Zimbabwean Transnational Families. Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 16(2). | 2015 | Family |
| Dankyi, E. K., Poeze, M., & Mazzucato, V. | Navigating transnational childcare relationships: migrant parents and their children's caregivers in the origin country. | Navigating transnational childcare relationships: migrant parents and their children's caregivers in the origin country. Global Networks 17(1), 111-129. | 2016 | Family |
| Kufakurinani, U., Pasura, D., & McGregor J. A. | Transnational Parenting and the Emergence of ‘Diaspora Orphans’ in Zimbabwe. | Transnational Parenting and the Emergence of ‘Diaspora Orphans’ in Zimbabwe. African Diaspora 7(1), 114–138. | 2014 | Family |
| Ndlovu, T. | Where is my home? Rethinking person, family, ethnicity and home under increased transnational migration by Zimbabweans. | Where is my home? Rethinking person, family, ethnicity and home under increased transnational migration by Zimbabweans. African Identities 8(2), 117-130. | 2010 | Family |
| Babatunde, A. O. | Harnessing Traditional Practices for Use in the Reintegration of Child Soldiers in Africa: Examples from Liberia and Burundi. | Harnessing Traditional Practices for Use in the Reintegration of Child Soldiers in Africa: Examples from Liberia and Burundi. Intervention: Journal of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Conflict Affected Areas 12(3), 379–92. | 2015 | Youth, education |
| Engelbrecht, L., & Pullen- Sansfaçon, A., Spolander, G., | Migration of Professional Social Workers: Reflections on Challenges and Strategies for Education. | Migration of Professional Social Workers: Reflections on Challenges and Strategies for Education. Social Work Education 31(8), 1032–1045. | 2012 | Youth, education |
| Leurs, K. | The politics of transnational affective capital: Digital connectivity among young Somalis stranded in Ethiopia. | The politics of transnational affective capital: Digital connectivity among young Somalis stranded in Ethiopia. Crossings: Journal of Migration & Culture 5(1), 87 104. | 2014 | Youth, education |
| Quartey, P., & Yambilla, E., | The Costs and Benefits of Child Migration in Ghana : the Case of Child Migrants from Northern Ghana. | The Costs and Benefits of Child Migration in Ghana : the Case of Child Migrants from Northern Ghana. In Anarfi J , & Kwankye O (Eds.) Independent Migration of Children in Ghana. ISSER, University of Ghana. | 2010 | Youth, education |
| Biri, K. | Migration, Transnationalism and the Shaping of Zimbabwean Pentecostal Spirituality. | Migration, Transnationalism and the Shaping of Zimbabwean Pentecostal Spirituality. African Diaspora 7(1), 139–164. | 2014 | Religion, belief systems, spirituality |
| Moyo, K., Núñez, L. & Lueta, T. | (Un)Rest in Peace: The (Local) Burial of Foreign Migrants as a Contested Process of Place Making. | (Un)Rest in Peace: The (Local) Burial of Foreign Migrants as a Contested Process of Place Making. In M. Wilhelm-Solomon, L. Núñez, P. Kankonde Bukasa, B. Malcomess (Eds.) Routes and Rites to the City: Mobility, Diversity and Religious Space in Johannesburg (pp. 273-305). Palgrave Macmillan UK. | 2016 | Religion, belief systems, spirituality |
| Setrana, M. B., Kyei, J., R., K., O., & Smoczynski, R. | Practising Religion across national borders: A Study of Gnanaian Christian Churches in Amsterdam. | Practising Religion across national borders: A Study of Gnanaian Christian Churches in Amsterdam. V&R unipress GmbH. DOI: 10.14220/jrat.2017.3.1.148 | 2017 | Religion, belief systems, spirituality |
| Goldin, J., Botha, C., Koatla, T., Anderson, K., Owen, G., & Lebese, A. | Towards a Gender Sensitive Vulnerability Assessment for Climate Change: Lambani, Limpopo Province, South Africa. | Towards a Gender Sensitive Vulnerability Assessment for Climate Change: Lambani, Limpopo Province, South Africa. Human Geography: A Radical Journal 12(1), 19-32. | 2019 | Climate Change |
| Musemwa, M. | Climate and Societal Interaction in Southwestern Matabeleland, Colonial Zimbabwe: The Drought of 1964-66 and its Antecedents. | Climate and Societal Interaction in Southwestern Matabeleland, Colonial Zimbabwe: The Drought of 1964-66 and its Antecedents. Human Geography: A Radical Journal 12(1), 5-18. | 2019 | Climate Change |
| Owuor, B., Mauta, W., & Eriksen, S. | Sustainable adaptation and human security: Interactions between pastoral and agro pastoral groups in dryland Kenya. | Sustainable adaptation and human security: Interactions between pastoral and agro pastoral groups in dryland Kenya. Climate and Development 3(1), 42-58. | 2011 | Climate Change |
| Owuor, S.O. | Cities in Africa and climate change: Impact, vulnerability and adaptation. | Cities in Africa and climate change: Impact, vulnerability and adaptation. HEKIMA/ Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences 5(1), 112-123. | 2011 | Climate Change |
| Teye, J. K., Yaro, J. A., & Bawakyillenuo, S. | Local farmers’ experiences and perceptions of climate change in the Northern Savannah Zone of Ghana. | Local farmers’ experiences and perceptions of climate change in the Northern Savannah Zone of Ghana. International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, 7(3), 327–347. | 2015 | Climate Change |
Africa-based scholars
| Name | Affiliation | Theme(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Amuda-Kannike Abiodun | Poma International Business University, Nigeria | Law, Human Trafficking, Sexual Exploitation |
| Abigail Agyeiwaa Acheampong | Ghana | Global health, Migration, Ghana |
| Clement Adamba | School of Education and Leadership, University of Ghana | Policy Evaluation and Social Protection, Household Surveys; Monitoring and Evaluation |
| Aderanti Adepoju | Formerly University of Ife & Lagos (Nigeria), Chief Executive of Human Resources Development Centre, Lagos & Coordinator of Network of Migration Research on Africa | Social Sciences, Economics & Demography; Africa’s International Migration, Regional Integration |
| John K. Akokpari | Political and Administrative Sciences; International Human Rights Law, Forced Displacement, Sub-Saharan Africa | Department of Political and Administrative Studies, The National University of Lesotho |
| Emmanuel K. Akyeampong | Fellow at Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences (FGA) | History, English Workers’ History, Religious Studies, African Studies, Westafrican History, Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa, Diseases and Medicine, Ecology, African Diaspora, Trade and political economy |
| Neway Alemayehu | Jesuit Refugee Service, Addis Ababa | Refugees |
| Roni Amit | Forced Migration Studies Programme, African Centre for Migration & Society, University of Witwatersrand | Forced Migration Studies; South Africa, Asylum System, Corruption |
| Isabella Amony | Walokokwor Support Organisation, Uganda; Research & Evidence Facility (REF) on migration in the Horn of Africa | Refugees in Uganda, Gender, Women, Environment |
| Munzoul A. M. Assal | University of Khartoum, Peace Research Institute, NORHED Borderlands Dynamics in East Africa | (Social) Anthropology, Sociology; Migration |
| Hassan Abdel Ati | Formerly University of Khartoum, EDGE, National Civic Forum | Development Studies; International Migration, Sudan, Urbanization |
| Kobus Anderson | ARC-Institute for Soil Climate and Water, South Africa | Climate Change, Water, Soil, Natural Resources, Resilience |
| Pineteh Angu | Unit for Academic Literacy, University of Pretoria | Migrant Narratives, Multilingualism, African Transnational Migration, Xenophobia, Communication |
| Victoria Awiti | Maseno University, Kenya; Research & Evidence Facility (REF) on migration in the Horn of Africa | Political Science; Governance and Stability |
| Mariama Awumbila | Centre for Migration Studies & Department of Geography and Human Resources University of Ghana, Accra | Migration Studies, Geography and Human Resources; Gender, Migration |
| Abosede Omowumi Babatunde | Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies, Univorsity of Ilorin, Nigeria | Peace Studies; Transnational Organized Crime, Security |
| Delali Badasu | Centre for Migration Studies (CMS), University of Ghana | Migration and Social Change, Population and Socio-cultural Dynamics, Development |
| Mohamed Abdelsalam Babiker | University of Khartoum | International Law; Illegal Migration, Human Trafficking |
| Simon Bawakyillenuo | Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research, University of Ghana | Energy Policy, Rural Development, Social Constroction of Technology, Environmental Change |
| Simon Bekker | Sociology and Social Anthropology Department at UNISA, Centre for Social and Development Studies at the (then) University of Natal (Durban) | Sociology; Urbanization, Southern Africa |
| Kudzai Biri | University of Zimbabwe, Mount Pleasant, Harare | Religious Studies, Classics and Philosophy; Religion, Diaspora, Transnationalism |
| Louis Boakye-Yiadom | University of Ghana, Department of Economic | Development Economics, Migration Studies; Microeconomic Analysis of Migration, Remittances, Household Livelihood Strategies and Poverty/Wellbeing, Gender Dimension of Asset Ownership |
| Eugene Campbell | Department of Demography at the University of Botswana | Migration Studies, Demography; Xenophobia, Botswana |
| Tendai Chari | University of Venda, South Africa | Media Communication& Applied Language Studies; Diaspora |
| Admire Chereni | Centre for Anthropological Research. University of Johannesburg | Anthropology; Migration, Vulnerability |
| Prosper Chitambara | University of Witwatersrand Institute of Water and Sanitation Development, Zimbabwe | Economics; International Migration, African Economics |
| Amadi Celestine Chukwuma | Faculty of Law, Imo State University, Nigeria | Human Trafficking; Law |
| Samuel Nii Ardey Codjoe | Regional Institute for Poulation Studies, University of Ghana, Legon | Global Health, Child Trafficking, Family Legislation, Education |
| Erma Cossa | University of the Witwatersrand School of Social Sciences Johannesburg | South Africa, Labour Migration, Identity Narratives |
| Jonathan Crush | University of Cape Town, P/B Rondebosch, Founder of Southern African Migration Programme (SAMP) | International Policy & Law; Food Security, Poverty, Urbanization, Global Development, Migration |
| Mavis Dako-Geye | Department of Social Work, University of Ghana | Childhood Development and Family Welfare, Migration, Gender Issues, Social Protection, Mental Health, HIV and AIDS, Orphans and other Vulnerable Populations |
| Ernestina K. Dankyi | Centre for Social Policy Studies, University of Ghana | Transnational Migration, Parenting, Childcare, Social Policy |
| Akosua Keseboa Darkwah | University of Ghana, Department of Sociology | Sociology of Development and Work, Gender Studies |
| Godwin Dube | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Governance, Taxation and Development, Self-Employment, Migration and Race, Blackness and Black Ethnic Politics |
| Kevin Durrheim | School of Applied Human Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | Silence, Social Action, Social Psychology, Racism |
| Lambert Engelbrecht | Stellenbosch University, National Goodwill Ambassador for the ACVV | Social Work; Social Work Supervision and Management, Social Development, Poverty Alleviation |
| Moha Ennaji | Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fes (Morocco) | Gender, Language, Migration, education |
| Mohamed A. Eno | St Clements University, Somalia | Poetry, Education, Somalia, Applied Linguistics |
| Omar Eno | Atlas University of Somalia | Identity Politics, Disapora, Poetry |
| Papa Demba Fall | Cheikh Anta Dip University, Sénégal | Geography; International Mobility (especially that of Senegalese) in West Africa, Migration Politics, Impact of Migration on Group Identities and on Local Development |
| Dereje Feyissa | College of Law and Governance, University of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Social Anthropology; Ethnicity and Conflict, Islam in contemporary Ethiopia, the Political Economy of Development and the Transnational Politics of Migrants, Centre-periphery Relations, and Migration Related Issues in the Horn of Africa |
| Faisal M. Garba | Department of Sociology, University of Cape Town | African Migration, Social Change, Working Class History and Organization, African Historical Sociology, Social Theory |
| Oladapo Gbenga | Faculty of Law, Imo State University, Nigeria | Human Trafficking, Law |
| Derik Gelderblom | University of South Africa (UNISA), Tshwane (Pretoria) | Sociology; Migration Studies |
| Jacqueline Goldin | Department of Earth Sciences, University of the Western Cape | Human Geography, Gender, Vulnerability, Climate Change |
| Azale Gulilat | Jesuit Refugee Service | Refugees |
| Sara Hamood | Former Researcher at the Forced Migration and Refugee Studies Program, American University in Cairo | Israel and the occupied Palestinian Territory, Human Rights Organisations, Middle East & North Africa, Transit Migration through Libya |
| Philip Harrison | School of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg | South Africa, Visual Studies, Architecture |
| Lee Anne de la Hunt | The Cape Bar, Cape Town Area | Administrative/Public, Constitutional, Housing and Land Law, Labour, Local Government and Planning, Property |
| Alas Ibrahim | Banadir Regional Administration, Somalia; Research & Evidence Facility (REF) on migration in the Horn of Africa | Development Studies and Management; State Formation, Peace Building, and the Humanitarian Context in Somalia |
| Lawrence Udodilim Iluno | Faculty of Law, Imo State University Nigeria | Human Trafficking, Law |
| Abdisalam Issa-Salwe | East Africa University | Information Systems, Education, Computer Science |
| Leander Kandilige | University of Ghana, Centre for Migration Studies | Migration Studies, Forced Migration, International Affairs, Political Science and Philosophy; Forced Migration |
| Jonathan Klaaren | Law School and Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Human Rights, Competition Law, Socio-Legal Studies |
| Asnake Kefale | Department of Political Science and International Relations, Addis Ababa University; Forum for Social Studies (FSS); Research & Evidence Facility (REF) on migration in the Horn of Africa | Political Science and International Relations; Federalism, Conflict Management, Political Economy, and Migration |
| Jonathan Klaaren | Law School and Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Human Rights, Competition Law, Socio-Legal Studies |
| Thabiso Koatla | ARC-Institute for Soil Climate and Water, South Africa | Climate Change, Water, Soil, Natural Resources, Resilience |
| Pieter Kok | University of Pretoria (former Professor Extraordinary), Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), Tshwane (Pretoria) | Sociology, Social, Development and Demographic Research; Integrated Rural and Regional Development |
| Ushehwedu Kufakurinani | Department of Economic History, University of Zimbabwe | African Economic History, Gender and Empire, Land Resettlement, Natural Resources and Conflicts, Women and Music, Monetary Policies and Reform, De-Industrialisation, Economic Crisis, Zimbabwe |
| Justice Richard Ko Kyei | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Ghana | Religious Studies, Citizenship, Gender, Migration |
| Loren B. Landau | The African Centre for Migration & Society, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa | Migration Studies, Mobility, Political Subjectivity & authority, Urbanization, Ethics |
| Yvon Langué | La Villa des Arts—La Fondation ONA, Rabat | Art, Social Sciences, Photography, Migration, Displacement, Heritage |
| Ally Lebese | Department of Earth Sciences, University of the Western Cape | Climate Change, Gender, Natural Resources |
| Zachary A. Lomo | St August International University, Kampala | Human Rights, Forced Migration, Refugees |
| Kingsley L. Madueke | Urban Studies Foundation UC Irvine, Nigeria | Ethnic Conflict, Violent Extremism, Collective Violence, Peacebuilding, Political Institutions and Democracy |
| Mahmood Mamdani | Makerere Institute of Social Research at Makerere University Kampala | Islam, Migration, Integration |
| Pamela Maombera | University of Pretoria | Parenting, Immigration Law, Social Work, Children Mobility |
| Lesley Marx | The Centre for Film& media Studies, University of Cape Town | Film & Media Studies, Adaptation |
| Wycliffe Mauta | Kenya Forestry Research Institute | Climate Change, Security, Pastoralism, Drylands, Livelihoods |
| Gerald Chikozho Mazarire | Midlands State University, Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe, Decolonization, History, Geography, Restitution, Liberation Movements, Land and Agrarian Reform, Pre-colonial African History |
| Ali A. Mazrui | Former University of Makerere, Uganda and University of Jos, Nigeria | Development, Postcolonialism, African & Islamic Studies |
| Achille Mbembe | Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WISER), University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | African History, Postcolonial Studies, Biopolitics |
| Meron Mengesha | Representative of the Jesuit Refugee Service | Refugees |
| Khangelani Moyo | School of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg | South Africa, Visual Studies, Architecture, Urban migration policies, refugee politics |
| Truphena Mukuna | Organisation for Social Science in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA) | Education; Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change, Social Protection, Gender Studies, Vulnerable Populations, Resilience Analysis, Environmental Sustainable Development, Child, Adolescents and Youth affairs |
| Thecla N. Mulu | African Centre for Citizenship and Democracy, University of the Western Cape (South Africa) | Forced Migration, South Africa, Apartheid |
| Amy Jo Murray | University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban Area SA | Silence, Social Action |
| Muchaparara Musemwa | School of Social Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg | Climate Change, Colonialism, Social Sciences |
| Elijah Dickens Mushemeza | Ankole Western University (Uganda) | Education, Governance, Poverty, Conflict, Forced Migration, Security, Oil and Gas, Development |
| Thabisani Ndlovu | Department of African Literature, University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg | Transnational Migration, Identity Politics, Family, Ethnicity, Literature |
| Basile Ndijo | Department of Anthropology, Universite de Douala (Cameroon) | Unwanted Patients, Inhospitable Medicine, Medical Discrimination, Homosexuality, Cameroon |
| Edward Nketiah-Amponsah | Economics Department, University of Ghana | Development, Labour Migration, Economics, Health |
| Lorena Núñez | Department of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg | Mobility, Diversity, Religious Studies, Urbanization, South Africa |
| Philomena Nyarko | Ghana Statistical Service | Demography, Statistics, Population Studies |
| Ayo Ojebode | University of Ibadan, Nigeria | Applied Communication, Development, Media Studies |
| Ojoniyi Olabode Wale | Centre for Performing Art Studies in Education, Osogbo (Nigeria) | Theatre and Film Studies, Acting Theory, Performance Analysis |
| A. R. Oladipo | Teaching Hospital, University of Nigeria | Disability Studies, Health, Trafficking |
| Joe Olaka-Onyango | School of Law, Makarerere University | Human Rights, Constitutionalism, Political Question Doctrine |
| Samuel Omuor | Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Nairobi | Urban Development and Governance, Urban Poverty and livelihoods, Urban Food Security and Urban-rural Linkages |
| Linda Oucho | African Migration and Development Policy Centre, Nairobi | Ethnic Relations; Migration and Poverty, Human Trafficking, Gender and Migration, Media and Perception on Immigration, and Human Rights |
| Germaine Owen | University of Cape Town | Geography, Water Resource Management, Equity and Social Justice, Gender, Climate Change |
| Michael Owiso | School of Development & Strategic Studies, Maseno University, Kenya; Research & Evidence Facility (REF) on migration in the Horn of Africa | Political Science and International Relations; Displacement, Peace Buildung and Conflict Resolution, Multidisciplinary Research |
| Bernard Owuor | Kenya Forestry Research Institute | Climate Change, Security, Pastoralism, Drylands, Livelihoods |
| George Owusu | University of Ghana, Department of Geography and Resource Development | Geography and Resource Management; Agricultural Water Management, Water Quality and Quantity Modeling, Urban Flood Simulation Catchment Erosion Modeling, Wetlands Drought and Water Conservation Techniques, Water Supply and Sanitation in Ghana Oil, Water and Environmental Remediation, Soil Quality Modeling Topographic Modeling of Ghana |
| Robtel Neajai Pailey | Former Mo Ibrahim Foundation Leadership Fellow at the African Development Bank (AfDB) in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow at Oxford’s Department of International Development | Critical Development Studies and Critical African Studies; Political Economy of Development, Migration, Race, Citizenship, Conflict, Post-war Recovery, Governance all with respect to Africa |
| Ingrid Palmary | Department of Sociology, University of Johannesburg | Gender, Violence and Displacement |
| Peter Quartey | University of Ghana, Institute for Statistical, Social and Economic Research | Statistical, Social and Economic Research; Private Sector Development, Development Finance, Monetary Economics, Migration and Remittances, Poverty Analysis |
| Abdul Raheem | Department of Epidemology & Community Health, College of Medicine, University of Ilorin, Nigeria | Public Health, Epidemology & Biostatistics, Geriatrics |
| Didier Ruedin | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | Migration and Population Studies, Labour Market, Migration policies, Conflict, Politicization |
| Joseph Rudigi Rukema | University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | Social Entrepreneurship, Climate Change, Natural Disaster, Conflict Resolution and Peace Building, Migration, Political Violence, African Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Rural Development, Regional Integration, Terrorism |
| Fatima Sadiqi | Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez (Morocco) | Linguistics, Gender Studies, Transnational Feminisms, Media Studies |
| Kalyango Ronald Sebba | School of Women and Gender Studies, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Makerere University | Philosophy; Migration and Refugees, Gender Based Violence, Social Policy |
| Aurelia Segatti | African Centre for Migration & Society, University of Witwatersrand (Johannesburg) | immigration policy analysis, public policy, regional policy coherence, local migration dynamics |
| Mary Boatemaa Setrana | University of Ghana, Legon, affiliated to Radboud University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands | Migration Studies; Migration and Ethnic Conflict, Qualitative Research Methods, Peace and Conflict, Democracy, Diaspora, and Homeland Politics |
| James Suah Shilue | Platform for Dialogue and Peace (P4DP), Liberia, University of Liberia (Sociology Department) | Social and Community Studies, Development Studies; Facilitation, Partnership, Development and Peace Research |
| Sandra Swart | Stellenbosch University | History, Animals, Indigenous People, Social History |
| Cynthia Addoquaye Tagoe | Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research, University of Ghana | Migration, Decentralization, Gender-related Developmental Issues, Participatory Approaches to Governance, Institutions and Urban Development |
| Aly Tandian | Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis, Sénégal | Sociology; International Migration, Cultural Diversity, Gender Studies |
| Daniel Tevera | University of the Western Cape, Department of Geography | Urban Structural Transformation, Urban Management and Service Delivery, Urban Solid Waste Management, Urban Poverty and Livelihoods, Urban Agriculture, Urban Food Security, State Led Regional Development Initiatives, Human Mobility, Labour Migration, Remittance Flows |
| Joseph Kofi Teye | Centre for Migration Studies, University of Ghana | Migration Studies; Migration and Development, Migration Policy Development, Environmental Change and Migration, Natural Resource Governance, Agricultural Policy Processes in Africa |
| Vusi Thebe | Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Pretoria | Development policy, Governance, Livelihoods, Poverty Reduction, Grassroots Dynamics |
| Germain Ngoie Tshibambe | University of Lubumbash, Democratic Republic of the Congo | International/Global Studies; Migration and Regional Integration |
| Fekadu Adugna Tufa | University of Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia | Social Anthropology; Identity Studies, Conflict and Conflict Management, Borderland Studies, Land Deals, and Pastoralism |
| Jo Vearey | University of the Witwatersrand | South Africa, Migration, Transnational Migration |
| Rebecca Walker | African Centre for Migration and Society, University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg | Migration, Sex Work, Health, Ethnography |
| Enoch Yambilla | Department of Humanities, SOS – Hermann Gmeiner International College, Ghana | Geography |
| Yang Yang | Wits Cities Institute, University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg | Visual Studies, South Africa |
| Joseph Awetori Yaro | Director Regional Institute for Population Studies, Department of Geography and Resource Development, University of Ghana | Agrarian Change, Sustainable Rural Livelihoods, Economic Conditions and the Environment: Poverty, Environment and Livelihoods, Land Tenure Studies &Transnational Land Deals and Rural Livelihoods, Climate Change Adaptation |
| Bishar Aden Yussuf | Centre of Education and Development, Somalia; Research & Evidence Facility (REF) on migration in the Horn of Africa | Peace Building, Security, Gender, and Impacts of the Organizational Support in Somalia. |
| Johan van Zyl | Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), Thswane (Pretoria) | Integrated Rural and Regional Development; International Migration |
| Papa Sow | Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire, Cheikh Anta Diop University (Dakar) | International Migration, Gender Studies, Climate Change, Cultural Geography, Marriage, Sustainability, Social Exclusion |
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Recent publications
Religion in Spaces of Transit: African Christian Migrant Churches and Transnational Mobility in Morocco
by Johara Berriane
This article was originally published on 16 June 2020 in the Journal of Intercultural Studies. To read the full article, click here.
This article discusses how religious place-making contributes to the mobility and transnational connection of migrants during their periods of transit and fragmented journeys. Based on ethnographic research conducted in Pentecostal Charismatic Christian churches in Rabat and Casablanca, it describes how the establishment of religious places by West and Central African Christian migrants is an outcome of the blockades and ruptures that many of them experience in the buffer zone that Morocco has become. Moreover, this article demonstrates how the religious and social practices within these migrant spaces contribute to the development of mobility in terms of both the sending and receiving nations, as well as the believer’s integration into transnational Charismatic Christian territories. In this context of forced immobility and limited religious freedom, the transnational and decentralised dimensions of Pentecostal Charismatic Christianity have been particularly suitable for stranded Christian African migrants who aim to remain their agency and achieve in a better future, potentially through emigration to Europe.
KEYWORDS: Place-making, transit, African migration, Morocco, border, transnational religion
Johara is a fellow of the transregional research group “The Bureaucratisation of African Societies” run jointly by the German Historical Institute in Paris and the Centre de recherche sur les politiques sociales (CREPOS) in Dakar, Senegal. Her research interests are African mobilities, transnational urban spaces, identity and the bureaucratisation of faith.
How Africa Can Adopt a Pan-African Migration and Development Agenda
by Robtel Neajai Pailey
This article was originally published on 25 February 2019 by the Africa Policy Journal. To read the full article, click here.
Although most African migration is voluntary, safe, orderly, and regular, policymakers tend to pander to popular narratives of an irregular “swarm” of African nationals invading the West. African migration occurs primarily within the continent, representing broader processes of political, economic, and social development by contributing to growth rates, promoting regional economic integration, and fostering trade, investment, commerce, knowledge transfer, and human contact. If harnessed properly, migration could further enhance productivity in agriculture, construction, mining, and services within the continent. Despite its potential, however, intra-Africa migration is hampered by restrictive policies including tight controls around visa access, rights of residency, employment, and citizenship for foreign African nationals. This article presents evidence-based scholarly research and policymaking on drivers, patterns and trends in African mobility, and makes concrete suggestions for how policymakers in the continent can design and implement pan-African migration policies that foster development.
Robtel is a Liberian academic, activist, and author of the anti-corruption children’s books Gbagba and Jaadeh! An earlier draft of this article was written when she served as Ibrahim Leadership Fellow at the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, from 2017 to 2018. Visit www.robtelneajaipailey.com for more information.
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Networks and Advocacy Groups
Association Malienne des Expulsés (AME)
Migration and Development Civil Society Network (MADE)
Network of Migration Research on Africa (NOMRA)
International Refugee Rights Initiative (IRRI)
Refugee Research Network (RRN)
The Refugee Outreach & Research Network (ROR-n)
Research and Higher Education Institutes
African Centre for Migration and Society (ACMS), University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
African Migration and Development Policy Centre (AMADPOC), Nairobi, Kenya
Centre for Refugee Studies (CRS), York University, Canada
Centre for the Study of Forced Migration (CSFM), University of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM), Maastricht, The Netherlands
International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM)
Kenyatta University Centre for Refugee Studies and Empowerment (KU-CRSE), Nairobi, Kenya
Migration Policy Institute (MPI), Washington, USA
Refugee Studies Centre (RSC), University of Oxford, UK
Scalabrini Institute for Human Mobility in Africa (SIHMA), Cape Town, South Africa
Sussex Centre for Migration Research (SCMR), Brighton, UK