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African Immigrants in Finland in Onward Translocal and Transnational Mobility and Migration, and the Political Implications
Thaddeus Chijioke Ndukwesubject
Cultural StudiestransnationalismSociology and Political Sciencemedia_common.quotation_subject05 social sciencesImmigration0507 social and economic geographyAfrican immigrantsGender studiesmigrationRacism0506 political sciencePoliticsNegotiationAnthropologyMulticulturalismPolitical science050602 political science & public administrationta517Transnationalismtranslocalityracism050703 geographyFinlandmedia_commondescription
This article examines the onward translocal and transnational mobility and migration of African immigrants in Finland, and finds that this is because of racism, and hence more of a search for belonging than just for greener pastures. In the process of this mobility/migration, they represent translocal and transnational identities that crisscross translocal and transterritorial spaces, experiencing transcultural practices. Along the way, they acquire transcultural, multicultural, and cosmopolitan skills with which they negotiate their identities and belonging in the places they visit or reside. This article argues that these multifaceted forms of mobility and migration say something about new dynamics in today’s migration, and its political implications, and hence could be a veritable empirical contribution to mobility and migration research and studies today.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-12-19 | Journal of Black Studies |