Transnational Migration and Educational Change: Examples of Afropolitan Schooling from Senegal and Ghana. (28th March 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Abotsi, Emma; Hoechner, Hannah
• Other Names: Carpena‐Méndez Fina guestEditor.; Virtanen Pirjo Kristiina guestEditor.; Williamson Karla Jessen guestEditor.
• Is Part Of: Anthropology & education quarterly. Volume 53:Number 4(2022)
• Page Start: 376
• Page End: 395
• Publication Date: 2022-03-28
• Subjects: Afropolitanism -- cosmopolitanism -- education -- transnational migration -- West Africa; Educational anthropology -- Periodicals; Education -- Periodicals; Anthropologie et éducation -- Périodiques; Electronic journals; 306.43
• DOI: 10.1111/aeq.12419
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0161-7761

Abstract

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.