African Migration Narratives: Politics, Race, and Space Eds. Cajetan Iheka and Jack Taylor University of Rochester Press, 2018, 310 pp.

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 311-312
Author(s):  
Kayode Odumboni
Keyword(s):  
Migration Narratives ◽  
African Migration

Book review: Cajetan Iheka and Jack Taylor (Eds.), African Migration Narratives: Politics, Race and Space

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 212-214
Author(s):  
Ruchi Verma
Keyword(s):  
Migration Narratives ◽  
African Migration

Cajetan Iheka and Jack Taylor (Eds.), African Migration Narratives: Politics, Race and Space. University of Rochester Press, pp. 328. Year 2018, Price: $75 (paperback). ISBN 978-1580469340.

Power and politics in migration narrative methodology: Research with young Congolese migrants in Uganda

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Clark-Kazak
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Young People ◽  
Life Histories ◽  
Narrative Research ◽  
Power Dynamics ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
Personal Boundaries ◽  
Migration Narratives ◽  
Narrative Methodology

This paper explores the power dynamics inherent in qualitative research involving migration narratives. Drawing on the author’s experiences collecting life histories and constructing narratives of Congolese young people in Uganda, this article addresses the ethical and methodological issues of representivity, ownership, anonymity and confidentiality. It also explores the importance of investment in relationships in migration narrative research, but also the difficulties that arise when professional and personal boundaries become blurred.

Migration aspirations from a youth perspective: focus groups with returnees and youth in Mali

2020 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 551-577
Author(s):  
Jaimie Bleck ◽  
Alison Lodermeier
Keyword(s):  
Focus Groups ◽  
Political Crisis ◽  
Male Youth ◽  
Migration Rates ◽  
African Migration ◽  
Youth Perspective

AbstractMali has one of the highest migration rates in Africa, but we still know very little about the processes and drivers of migration – particularly in the context of the current political crisis. This article draws on 27 focus groups with 220 returnees and male youth respondents conducted in the summer of 2018. Respondents cite underemployment and the inability to provide for relatives as well as a feeling of hopelessness about a future life in Mali as drivers of migration. Returnees report that the voyage was more difficult than anticipated. However, even with knowledge of the significant risks they face, most (68%) returnees express a desire to try to migrate again: this is particularly true for returned migrants who failed in an attempt to reach Europe (89%). The research illustrates very different experiences for migrants attempting to reach Europe and those with goals of intra-African migration.

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