Returning from exile - Nsiah, Jacqueline

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Résumé :
In the last decade many Ghanaians born in the diaspora decided to (re)locate to Ghana, their parents' home country. Europe's economic crisis, the media's changing rhetoric when reporting about Africa, and the Ghanaian government's incentives luring Ghanaian professionals to return all had an immense impact on this home-coming phenomenon. Part auto-ethnographic - I myself (re)located to Ghana whilst doing my research - this book is an attempt to capture this historically poignant moment of large numbers of Ghanaian diaspora returning 'home'. Casting a light into the Ghanaian migratory experience and through first-hand interviews with diaspora returnees, this study establishes the different stages of migration and serves as a registry of a turning point in Ghana's recent history. It is aimed at anyone interested in migration studies, as well as Ghanaians and Africans in general who are thinking of moving back 'home'....

Biographie:
Jacqueline Nsiah (Germania, 1981) ? una consulente freelance di festival cinematografici e di arte e cultura con sede ad Accra, in Ghana. Ha conseguito un master in antropologia visiva e dei media presso la Libera Universit? di Berlino e una laurea in studi africani e politici presso la?Scuola di Studi Orientali e Africani (SOAS), parte dell&apos...