Concluding Comments

It has been incontrovertibly established that migration has been associated with the creation and rise of most cultural groupings in Africa. Indeed, the process of mobility has remained a major structuring platform for the explanation of the nature and dy

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Migration Crises in 21st Century Africa

Adebusuyi Isaac Adeniran

Migration Crises in 21st Century Africa Patterns, Processes and Projections

Adebusuyi Isaac Adeniran Department of Sociology and Anthropology Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Nigeria

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Acknowledgments

I wish to express my profound gratitude for the secondary data that were sourced from the platforms of Mo Ibrahim Foundation, the International Organization for Migration, The Brookings Institution, The World Bank, the Organization for Cooperation and Development in Europe, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the International Fund for Agriculture Development, Plan Bleu, World Resources Center and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. I also appreciate my affiliated institution, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria; the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Nigeria; Corporate Risk and Crisis Management, Germany; and Othniel Consulting, Nigeria, for providing platforms for conducting the research which culminated in the writing of this book. The contributions of my wife, Tolu, and our children, Othniel, Ehud, Hadassah and Zuriel, are particularly appreciated. Many thanks to my research assistant at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria, Ijeoma Nwanwene, as well as my brothers Dotun Afolabi and Seyi Jeg