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What’s the secret to being the most followed person on the planet on TikTok?
Even as Chido Muchemwa’s characters move between countries, generations and identities, they are tied by their desire for care.
African football skills are sought after in the hugely popular Chinese Super League – and China gains soft power in Africa in the process.
The Senegalese-French director is a master storyteller with films like Dahomey and Atlantics weaving the supernatural with the real.
New tech tools are more intrusive and subtler than physical barriers. They invade migrants’ privacy and are a threat to personal security.
The argument is a familiar one: African citizens are unaware of the risks tied to the perilous journey across the Mediterranean and the West must therefore enlighten them.
Immigration may be concentrated on America’s coasts, but newcomers are putting down roots in Midwestern communities as well.
The UN working group visited Australia for the first time in December last year. Their task was to evaluate the human rights situation of people of African descent living in Australia.
Musicians established themselves in the US, where they continued to practice their cultural life, which flourished.
Gifts that migrants bring back home deny recipient countries taxes and reinforce the belief that local items are inferior.
Despite regular incidents of anti-migrant violence, peaceful and mutually beneficial relationships between South Africans and migrants can and do exist.
Synik’s new album continues to shape identity and consciousness in a country with limited freedom of speech.
The author set out to understand how the faith of displaced LGBT people in South Africa has evolved over time, and how religion has shaped their experiences of displacement.
Trips to their home countries by migrant youth help them create and update their relationship with the countries their families come from.
Legislative reforms may be needed to help the adjustment and adaptation processes of migrants.
Given the impact of African players in European football, it’s remarkable how few are able to secure jobs in football in Europe after their playing days end.
Johannesburg is not the most anxious or dangerous city in the world, but its global reputation, history and architecture make it a valuable site for thinking about how anxiety structures our lives.
Many African parents push their children to go to university regardless of their preparedness or interest. But more find happiness and success in VET.
The hard lockdowns of whole blocks have been challenging for many residents due to their histories of trauma, their housing conditions and a lack of communication and understanding from authorities.
Top contributors
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Director & SARChI Research Chair: Political Economy of Migration in the SADC Region, University of Pretoria
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Associate Professor of Psychology, Regent University
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Academic Fellow & Lecturer in Architecture and Cultural Heritage, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor (Human Geography), University of Zululand
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Senior Lecturer, Stellenbosch University
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Lecturer in Humanitarianism and Development, Deakin University
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Reader in the Anthropology of Africa and Law, SOAS, University of London
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Senior Lecturer in Communication and Media, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor of Marketing, Melbourne Business School
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Research Associate, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Research Fellow, Horn of Africa and Southern Africa, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Professor, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of International Migration and Forced Displacement and Director of the Institute for Research into International Migration and Superdiversity, University of Birmingham
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Consultante et chercheuse, affiliée à l'Institut Convergences Migrations, Sciences Po
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Professor, Western Sydney University