De-centring and pluralizing perspectives on Africa-EU migration
- Date
- September 14, 2023
- Time
- 11:00 AM EDT - 12:00 PM EDT
- Location
- Online via Zoom
This webinar focused on African and European migration relations through the lens of World’s Apart? Perspectives On Africa-EU Migration, edited by Adeoye O. Akinola (external link) and Jesper Bjarnesen (external link) . This webinar was chaired by Anna Triandafyllidou, CERC Migration, and co-convened by Pragna Rugunanan, CERC Migration Scholar of Excellence and University of Johannesburg professor, and Oreva Olakpe, CERC Migration Research Fellow.
About the book:
Over the past decade, migration has become a central theme in relations between Africa and Europe. It constitutes a political and diplomatic issue that seems to have imposed itself on a range of policy agendas, from development cooperation to peacebuilding and counterterrorism, and from climate change mitigation to conversations around Africa’s demographic transition. World’s Apart? Perspectives On Africa-EU Migration reflects on the diverse perspectives of African and European actors on migration and engages the securitisation of migration and exposure of migrants of colour to unsafe and undignified migration, including outright persecution. The book proffers a more just and sustainable migration governance agenda, against the backdrop of the more detailed reflections on the key policy priorities, drivers, regional dynamics, and actors influencing African-EU migration.
Chapter contributors include:
- Adekeye Adebajo, University of Pretoria
- Jan Bade, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Ethiopia
- Ahmed Bugre, Office of the Commissioner for Social Affairs, African Union Commission
- Ahunna Eziakonwa, United Nation's Developement Programme, Regional Bureau for Africa
- Anna Knoll, European Centre for Development Policy Management
- Jack Mangala, Grand Valley State University
- Khabele Matlosa, formerly African Union Commission
- Linda Adhiambo Oucho, African Migration and Development Policy Centre
- Pragna Rugunanan, University of Johannesburg
Collaborator: Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation (external link)
The Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation was established at the University of Johannesburg in 2016 as one of its four flagship centres of excellence to conduct research. It also provides a forum for scholars, practitioners, and civil society actors across Africa and its Diaspora to dialogue and contributes to the rigorous production and dissemination of Pan-African knowledge. The Institute aims to promote original and innovative Pan-African ideas and critical dialogue in pursuit of global excellence in research and teaching, and to contribute actively to building an international profile for UJ on Pan-African issues.