Overview

Human movement and mobility are at an all-time high, making it more important than ever to understand how discourses around migration shape and influence individuals and the socioeconomic conditions of the countries they both inhabit and leave behind. Featuring both intercontinental and intracontinental perspectives, authors Kunle Musbaudeen Oparinde and Rodwell Makombe present new, much-needed data from the African continent in terms of how discourses around migration are socially constructed in Africa and how this compares globally. Collected from social media and online platforms, this data spotlights the everyday realities of Nigerians and Zimbabweans, and by extension many Africans, in their quest to relocate. Unpacking reasons for migration, as well as the dominant discourses post-migration, the authors analyse the inherent feelings of migrants, potential migrants, unwilling but forced migrants and those who have chosen to remain in their countries despite harsh socioeconomic realities. Examining this pressing field of study in an underexplored regional context, Social Constructions of Migration in Nigeria and Zimbabwe takes a refreshing new angle to deepen our understanding around the causes and effects of migration.

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Author:   Kunle Musbaudeen Oparinde (Durban University of Technology, South Africa) ,  Rodwell Makombe (North-West University, South Africa)
Publisher:   Emerald Publishing Limited
Imprint:   Emerald Publishing Limited
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
ISBN:  

9781835491690

ISBN 10:   1835491693
Pages:   168
Publication Date:   24 September 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Contemporary Global Discourses of Migration and Migrants Chapter 3. Frequency of Migration Discourse in Nigerian Everyday Contexts Chapter 4. Social Media Narratives and Counternarratives of Migration in Zimbabwe: The Case of Hopewell Chin’ono’s Facebook Page Post-August 2023 Elections Chapter 5. Discourse of Politics and Security in Migration Chapter 6. Co-Existence of Power and Powerlessness in Nigerian Migration Discourse Chapter 7. Discourse, Zimbabwean Migrants in South Africa and the Politics of Viscerality: The Case of the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) Chapter 8. Post-Migration Discourse and Identity Crisis: The Case of Nigeria Chapter 9. Further Thoughts: The Figure of the Migrant in Contemporary Discourse: Reflections and Lived Experiences

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Kunle Musbaudeen Oparinde is Research Associate in the Institute of Systems Science at the Durban University of Technology, South Africa. He is an interdisciplinary researcher with interests in areas including sociolinguistics, African Studies, decolonization, and higher education. Rodwell Makombe is Professor in the Department of English at the North-West University, South Africa. His research focuses on postcolonial literary studies, social media, and humour, satire, and poetics in literary and cultural texts.

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