Below are links to articles in this special issue of Pambazuka News, each in their own way relevant to current discussions in the western world about the 'whys and whos and where froms' of immigrants. Three months ago Pambazuka issued an invitation for articles on the subject. Here are some - in their diversity.
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Africa and its Diaspora in migration dynamics
Tidiane Kasse
This
special issue of Pambazuka News shows that the question of migration is
entangled with complex political, economic, legal, social, cultural
issues. One cannot address this issue from an African perspective
without thinking about the violence and pillage rampant on the continent
over the past several centuries
Migration and Africa: On the urgent need to think beyond the nation-state
Marco Zoppi
European
powers imposed the nation-state on Africa through colonialism. But even
after African independencies, mainstream discourses and government
policies have amplified the idea that sedentariness and the state are
the only acceptable mode of modernity. Migration is portrayed as a
menace to the societies where the migrants wish to settle
Sinking hope
Thousands of Africans drown every year as they sail to Europe in search of jobs
Kebba Dibba
Europe
has transformed itself into a fortress, with anti-immigration
legislation a centrepiece of foreign and domestic policy. Stringent visa
regimes, among other restrictions, simply disqualify many aspiring
migrants, forcing them to take ever more desperate measures.
The drivers and outcomes of feminization of migration in Africa
Nedson Pophiwa
Migration
from Africa has historically been a male-dominated phenomenon, but the
pattern has changed significantly in recent decades. African women are
leaving their countries of birth to create new lives elsewhere. Economic
opportunities are primarily available in childcare, domestic and sex
work. These trends should be of special interest to those in the
policy-making spaces who are concerned about the wellbeing of female
migrants.
Rumble in the Belgian bungle
Citizenship questions are at the heart of the DRC's Conflict
Carol Jean Gallo
Conflict
in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), particularly in the eastern
Kivu provinces, can be traced to its convoluted history of migration,
citizenship and property rights.
Which African diaspora? A slavery descendant's perspective, 500 years later
Marian Douglas-Ungaro
Would it not be both accurate and fair to acknowledge, and to designate, that there exists more than one ‘African diaspora’?
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