" This edited volume approaches waiting both as a social phenomenon that proliferates in
irregularised forms of migration and as an analytical perspective on migration processes …

This major study explores the role of the mass media in promoting democracy and
empowering civil society in Africa. The author contextualizes Africa within in the rapidly …

'A remarkable study? Among the many significant theoretical and empirical contributions that
Nyamnjoh makes in this study, perhaps most incisive is the intensity with which Africa is …

In May 2008, South Africa experienced an outbreak of violence against foreign Africans
living in the country. Political leaders expressed shock and surprise, but there has in reality …

The separation of migrants from the family unit, as a result of labour migration, can have
profound effects on family organization and the lives of family members. Using data from a …

Access to education for undocumented migrant children in South Africa remains a significant
challenge. While the difficulties related to their inability to access education within the …

This paper attempts to locate the debates about the relation between global and regional
processes (globalisation, regionalisation, integration) on the one hand, and the processes of …

Despite the political and social transformation set in motion by the collapse of apartheid and
the advent of democracy in 1994, South Africa's migration policy remained mired in the past …

Xenophobia has become a recurrent phenomenon in Africa. It often occurs with attendant
consequences for lives and properties, and inter-state diplomatic relations. Though …

In Africa, the social displacement resulting in migrations has caused different levels of
vulnerability for the refugees and governments of host countries. In South Africa, with one of …