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 and Education Quarterly, 53 (4). pp. 376-395. ISSN 1548-1492

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Abstract

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
Additional Information:	Research Funding: Fondation Philippe Wiener - Maurice Anspach; Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek; Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Doctoral Training Centre, University of Oxford, UK. Grant Number: ES/J500112/1
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development)
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Global Environmental Justice
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	11 Feb 2022 12:30
Last Modified:	15 May 2023 00:45
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/83419
DOI:	10.1111/aeq.12419

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