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Roaming Africa : Migration, Resilience and Social Protection /

What happens when digital innovation meets migration? Roaming Africa considers how we understand modern-day mobility in Africa, where age-old routes strengthen the resilience of people roaming the continent for livelihoods and security, assisted by mobile communication. Digital mobility expands conn...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Kinfe Abraha Gebre-Egziabher (Editor), Stokmans, Mia (Editor), Mawere, Munyaradzi (Editor), Reisen, Mirjam van (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Mankon, Bamenda, Cameroon : Langaa Research & Publishing CIG, [2019]
Series:Connected and mobile ; book 2.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:What happens when digital innovation meets migration? Roaming Africa considers how we understand modern-day mobility in Africa, where age-old routes strengthen the resilience of people roaming the continent for livelihoods and security, assisted by mobile communication. Digital mobility expands connectivity around the world, and also in Africa. In this book, the authors show that mobility, resilience and social protection in the digital age are closely related. Each chapter takes a close look at the migration dynamics in a specific context, using social theory as a lens. This book adopts a critical perspective on approaches in which migration is regarded merely as a hazard. Edited by distinguished scholars from Africa and Europe, this volume, the second in a four-part series Connected and Mobile: Migration and Human Trafficking in Africa, compiles chapters from a diverse group of young and upcoming scholars, making an important contribution to the literature on migration studies, digital science, social protection and governance.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 PDF (x, 613 pages)) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9789956551736
9956551732