Migration in Africa - 9781032125299

Taylor & Francis > Wageningen University

Migration in AfricaShifting Patterns of Mobility from the 19th to the 21st Century\nAuthor(s): Michiel de Haas, Ewout Frankema\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032125299, 978-1032125299\nSynopsis\nThis book introduces readers to the age of intra-African migration, a period from the mid-19th century onward in which the center of gravity of African migration moved decisively inward. Most books tend to zoom in on Africas external migration during the earlier intercontinental slave trades 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.\n\nDuring the 1.