ABSTRACT
This book investigates the diverse and dynamic forms of migration within Africa. Centring themes of agency, resource flows, and transnational networks, the book examines the enduring appeal of the Global South as a place of origin, transit, and destination.
Popular media, government pronouncements, and much of the global research discourse continue to be oriented towards migration from the Global South to the Global North, despite the fact that the vast majority of migration is South-South. This book moves beyond these mischaracterisations and instead distinctly focuses on the agency of African migrants and the creative strategies they employ while planning their routes within and across the African continent. Case studies explore the flow of resources such as people, money, skills, and knowledge throughout the continent, while also casting a light on the lived experiences of migrants as they negotiate their sometimes precarious and vulnerable positions. Underpinned by intensive empirical studies, this book challenges prevailing narratives and provides a new way of thinking about South-South Migration.
Composed by a majority of scholars from the Global South, the book 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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|18 pages
Introduction
chapter 1|16 pages
Introduction
part II|71 pages
Agency in South-South Migration
chapter 2|15 pages
Platinum Mining, Migrant Labour, and Community Formation in Informal Settlements in Rustenburg, South Africa, 1994–2018
chapter 4|18 pages
Exploring the Lived Experiences of Ghanaian Migrants along the Ghana-China Migration Corridor
chapter 5|17 pages
Looking beyond the Victimhood Discourse
part III|112 pages
The Flows of Resources in South-South Migration