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Title The Age of Intra-African Migration: A Synthesis
Full text https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/the-age-of-intra-african-migration-a-synthesis
Date 2022
Author(s) de Haas, Michiel; Frankema, Ewout
Abstract This chapter synthesizes the remarkable diversity of African migration patterns that have emerged, transformed, and disappeared in the 19th to 21st century, and which form the core subject of this book. We argue that the retreat of Africans from intercontinental migration systems during the 'age of mass migration' (1850'1940) coincided with an accelerated succession of overlapping migration patterns within the African continent. The shifting patterns of mobility that we observe during this 'age of intra-African migration' were intertwined with profound demographic, economic, and political transitions in African societies, which were also deeply influenced by changing global economic and political relations. We further argue that the prevalent dichotomous view juxtaposing 'traditional' and 'modern' migration is unhelpful to interpret these long-run shifts in African mobility. The analytical framework we propose views intra-African migration as an integral part of the global historical migration dynamic, and distinguishes between 'contextual' and 'macro-historical' drivers of migratory activity.
Subject(s) Life Science
Language en
Publisher Taylor and Francis
Relation https://edepot.wur.nl/582026
Type of publication Part of book or chapter of book
Format text/html
Source Migration in Africa; ISBN: 9781032125299
Rights Wageningen University & Research
Identifier 10.4324/9781003225027-2
Repository Wageningen - University of Wageningen
Added to C-A: 2022-12-05;09:08:20