Impact of immigration and xenophobia on development in Africa / Mavhungu Abel Mafukata.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mafukata, Mavhungu Abel, 1964- author.

Series:

Advances in religious and cultural studies (ARCS) book series.

Advances in Religious and Cultural Studies (ARCS) Book Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Xenophobia--Africa.

Xenophobia.

Economic development--Social aspects--Africa.

Economic development.

Africa--Emigration and immigration.

Africa.

Physical Description:

27 PDFs (323 pages)

Place of Publication:

Hershey, Pennsylvania : IGI Global, [2021]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"This book traces the genesis and evolution of immigration in Africa, and how this has resulted in social challenges such as xenophobia in the continent"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Section 1. Understanding immigration, globalization, and xenophobia: the African perspective. Chapter 1. Bewitched?: autochthony, xenophobia, and development in Africa ; Chapter 2. Migration, globalization, and xenophobia in Africa: a historical survey ; Chapter 3. South Africa and xenophobia: coalescence of "myths" and coloniality ; Chapter 4. Xenophobia is a foreign manifestation: locating its meaning in Africa

Section 2. The politics of immigration, xenophobia, and development in Africa. Chapter 5. The influence of political rhetoric on the evolution of xenophobia in Africa ; Chapter 6. Xenophobia in Nigeria and Ghana: implications for inter-ethnic and international relations ; Chapter 7. Alien must go: reappraising the challenges of migrant integration in Africa from an Unbuntu perspective

Section 3. Immigration and xenophobia in African education. Chapter 8. How apartheid education encouraged and reinforced tribalism and xenophobia in South Africa ; Chapter 9. Ethnicity, tribalism, and xenophobia in a South African rural-based university ; Chapter 10. Xenophobia in higher education in South Africa

Section 4. Immigration and xenophobia in economic and entrepreneurial development in Africa. Chapter 11. Discarding political hypocrisy and mystification of xenophobia while maximizing the economic weight of immigrant nationals in African economies ; Chapter 12. Immigration is a nucleus of economic development in Africa ; Chapter 13. Immigrant entrepreneurship in Africa: a zambian perspective

Section 5. Integration of immigrant nationals with the citizenry of host countries: the instruments. Chapter 14. Identification of various dimensions and indicators of immigrant integration into global scenarios ; Chapter 15. Community engagement as a strategy to facilitate the immigrant-local cohesion.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781799871019

OCLC:

1225597887