African Migrations Patterns and Perspectives [Paperback]

Spurred by major changes in the world economy and in local ecology, the contemporary migration of Africans, both within the continent and to various destinations in Europe and North America, has seriously affected thousands of lives and livelihoods. The contributors to this volume, reflecting a variety of disciplinary perspectives, examine the causes and consequences of this new migration. The essays cover topics such as rural-urban migration into African cities, transnational migration, and the experience of immigrants abroad, as well as the issues surrounding migrant identity and how Africans re-create community and strive to maintain ethnic, gender, national, and religious ties to their former homes.

[Explores] new terrain and [gives] nuance to our understanding of African migrations and the African Diaspora.56.1 March 2015The 14 engaging case studies assembled here add to understanding the social processes of voluntary and forced displacement within the continent and across the seas. . . . Recommended.[T]he theoretical insights coupled with a strong selection of empirical case studies make overall for an informative and enjoyable read.Population movements have been one of the most important social processes unfolding on the African continent over the past century.

Abdoulaye Kane is Associate Professor of Anthropology and African studies at the University of Florida. He is editor (with Hansj?rg Dilger and Stacey A. Langwick) of Medicine, Mobility, and Power in Global Africa (IUP, 2011).

Todd H. Leedy is Associate Director and Senior Lecturer in the Center for African Studies at the University of Florida.

Acknowledgements
Introduction: African Patterns of Migration in a Global Era: New Perspectives
Abdoulaye Kane and Todd H. Leedy

Part I. Psychological, Socio-cultural and Political Dimensions of African Migration
1. Overcoming the Economistic Fallacy: Social Determinants of Voluntary Migration from the Sahel to the Congo Basin BrlÃâ