Results for "Gaibazzi, Paolo"

Whereas most studies of migration focus on movement, this book examines the experience of staying put. It looks at young men living in a Soninke-speaking village in Gambia who, although eager to travel abroad for money and experience, settle as farmers, heads of families, businessmen, civic...

Read More about Bush Bound: Young Men and Rural Permanence in Migrant West Africa

This volume traces the African ramifications of Europe's southern border. While the Mediterranean Sea has become the main stage for the current play and tragedy between European borders and African migrants, Europe's southern border has also been "offshored" to Africa, mainly through cooperation...

Read More about Eurafrican Borders and Migration Management: Political Cultures, Contested Spaces, and Ordinary Lives (Palgrave African Borderlands Studies)

Whereas most studies of migration focus on movement, this book examines the experience of staying put. It looks at young men living in a Soninke-speaking village in Gambia who, although eager to travel abroad for money and experience, settle as farmers, heads of families, businessmen, civic...

Read More about Bush Bound: Young Men and Rural Permanence in Migrant West Africa

The recent containment policies aimed at regulating immigration flows towards Europe have profoundly altered the dynamics of migration in Africa. The impact of these policies is apparent in the redefinitions of the routes, itineraries and actors of migration. But their effect can also be felt in...

Read More about Challenge of the Threshold: Border Closures and Migration Movements in Africa

This volume traces the African ramifications of Europe's southern border. While the Mediterranean Sea has become the main stage for the current play and tragedy between European borders and African migrants, Europe's southern border has also been "offshored" to Africa, mainly through cooperation...

Read More about Eurafrican Borders and Migration Management: Political Cultures, Contested Spaces, and Ordinary Lives (Palgrave African Borderlands Studies)