| ID | 167110 |
| Title Proper | Nigerian immigrants as liminars in Ghana, West Africa |
| Other Title Information | narratives on mobility, immobility and borderlands |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Bosiakoh, Thomas Antwi |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The mobility/immobility research frontier in migration scholarship has gained ascendancy since the beginning of this century with some studies highlighting the need for broader global trends in cross-border mobility/immobility research. This article on Nigerian immigrants as ‘liminars’in Ghana, West Africa, is an attempt to join the global cross-border mobility/immobility discourse on mobile people. It is anchored in the qualitative research tradition with the empirical data generated through in-depth interviews, observations and market conversations with 41 Nigerian immigrant entrepreneurs in Accra (the capital of Ghana), Kumasi (the second largest city after Accra) and Ashaiman (a sprawling sub-urban settlement). In a three-theme analysis approach, the paper shows three intersections in mobilities, immobilities and borderland accounts, namely mobility/borderland, trapped/living in a borderland space, and immobility in temporal-spatial borderland, and places the immigrants into a liminar category. This article is a contribution to understanding the mobility/immobility research frontier from the perspective of the global south and its impact on global southern ‘citizens’. |
| `In' analytical Note | Journal of Asian and African Studies Vol. 54, No.4; Jun 2019: p. 554–568 |
| Journal Source | Journal of Asian and African Studies 2019-06 54, 4 |
| Key Words | West Africa ; Nigeria ; Ghana ; Borderland ; Mobility/Immobility ; Liminar |