With a focus on current migration patterns in sub-Saharan Africa, this course dismantles key misconceptions by asking what (im)mobility means in various regional and social contexts. Discussions include perspectives of ordinary citizens, the attempts by national governments and regional organizations to manage mobility and to maximise the value of migration for development, as well as the ways in which the topic is politicized both within and beyond the continent. Participants are introduced to key issues and current debates on migration, and engage with case studies from Eastern, Southern and Western Africa.

Key themes

  • Past and present migration patterns
  • Youth and migration
  • Migration and development
  • National and regional migration governance
  • Domestic and international migration politics
  • Refugees and internally displaced

Faculty

Tsion Tadesse Abebe, Senior Policy and Research Officer, IOM Regional Office for East and Horn of Africa, Kenya

Khangelani Moyo, Independent Researcher, South Africa

Omololá S. Olárìndé, Lecturer, Economics Department, Elizade University, Nigeria

Franzisca Zanker, Head of “Patterns of (Forced) Migration” Research Cluster, Arnold-Bergstraesser Institute, University of Freiburg i. Br. Germany

Date & time

18 November 2021, 1.30pm-5pm
19 November 2021, 9am-5pm

This course will take place online.

Language

English

Course fee

CHF 290 incl. course documentation; travel expenses, accommodation and meals are not included.

Links und Downloads

Details und Anmeldung

Kursflyer (PDF)

Veranstalter

Universität Basel
Zentrum für Afrikastudien
Rheinsprung 21
4051 Basel

+41 (0)61 207 34 82
zasb@unibas.ch