Migration in Africa : : shifting patterns of mobility from the 19th to the 21st century / / edited by Michiel de Haas, Ewout Frankema.
"This book introduces readers to the age of intra-African migration, a period from the mid-19th century onwards in which the centre of gravity of African migration moved decisively inwards. Most books tend to zoom in on Africa's external migration during the earlier intercontinental slave...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Abingdon, Oxon, England ;, New York, New York : : Routledge,, [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (421 pages) |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
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| Summary: | "This book introduces readers to the age of intra-African migration, a period from the mid-19th century onwards in which the centre of gravity of African migration moved decisively inwards. Most books tend to zoom in on Africa's external migration during the earlier intercontinental slave trade and the more recent outmigration to the global north, but this book argues that migration within the continent has been far more central to the lives of Africans over the course of the last two centuries. The book demonstrates that only by taking a broad historical and continent-wide perspective can we understand the distinctions between the more immediate drivers of migration and deeper patterns of change over time. During the 19th century Africa's external slave trades gradually declined, whilst Africa's expanding commodity export sectors drew in domestic labour. This led to an era of heightened mobility within the region, marked by rapidly rising and vanishing migratory flows, increasingly diversified landscapes of migration systems, and profound long-term shifts in the wider patterns of migration. This era of inward-focussed mobility reduced with a resurgence of outmigration after 1970, when Africans became more deliberately in search of extra-continental destinations, with new diaspora communities emerging specifically in the global North. Broad ranging in its temporal, spatial and thematic coverage, this book provides students and researchers with the perfect introduction to the age of Intra-African migration"-- |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1000563324 1003225020 1000563294 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | edited by Michiel de Haas, Ewout Frankema. |