Transnational migration and educational change: examples of Afropolitan schooling from Senegal and Ghana

Abotsi, Emma and Hoechner, Hannah. 2022. Transnational migration and educational change: examples of Afropolitan schooling from Senegal and Ghana. Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 53(4), pp. 376-395. ISSN 0161-7761 [Article]

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Abstract or Description

Studies on migration and education have examined homeland returns as part of family strategies around acquiring desired cultural capital. However, the impact of return migration and transnational mobility on homeland educational landscapes remains under-researched. Using ethnographic data from Ghana, Senegal, the UK and the US, this paper shows how ‘international’ schools on the African continent have emerged as places where young transnational Africans can acquire cosmopolitan and Afropolitan competencies and outlooks.

Item Type:

Article

Identification Number (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1111/aeq.12419

Additional Information:

Hannah Hoechner gratefully acknowledges financial support from the Wiener-Anspach Foundation and the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO)

Departments, Centres and Research Units:

Anthropology

Dates:

DateEvent
2022Accepted
28 March 2022Published Online
December 2022Published

Item ID:

31551

Date Deposited:

04 Mar 2022 09:30

Last Modified:

09 Dec 2022 10:54

Peer Reviewed:

Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.

URI:

https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/31551

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