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The Challenges of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons in Africa

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Editors:
  1. Sabella O. Abidde

    1. Department of History and Political Science, Alabama State University, Montgomery, USA

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  • Discusses the state of refugees and internal displacement on the African continent

  • Examines conditions in specific refugee and IDP camps in countries like Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria, and Ghana

  • Critically analyzes the role the state in the long and short-term causes of internal displacement

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxix
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  2. Refugees and the Internally Displaced Persons in Africa

    • Sabella O. Abidde
    Pages 1-15

  3. The Spatial Distribution of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Africa

    • Augustine Avwunudiogba, Elisha J. Dung
    Pages 17-43

  4. African Migrants and Refugees in Latin America and the Caribbean

    • Ivon Alcime, Brenda I. Gill, Elisha J. Dung
    Pages 45-61

  5. State Sovereignty-Non-Refoulement Nexus: Towards Sustainable Legal and Political Refugee Regime in Kenya

    • Mercy Kathambi Kaburu
    Pages 63-79

  6. Refugees, Religion, and Resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa

    • Roger B. Alfani
    Pages 81-94

  7. North African States as Agents of Europe’s Border Securitization: Tragic Ordeals of Young Refugee and Asylum Seekers from Africa

    • Michael O. Nwalutu, Felicia I. Nwalutu
    Pages 95-121

  8. From the Margin to the Mainstream: Dealing with the Scourge of Transit Migrants in Morocco

    • Seun Bamidele
    Pages 123-139

  9. IDPs of Boko Haram War, Emergency Rehabilitation and Human Rights Practice in Nigeria

    • James Olusegun Adeyeri, Jackson A. Aluede
    Pages 141-160

  10. Tenuous Refuge: Probing Links Between (Il)legality of Urban Refugees in Kenya, Refugee Supports, and Host Country Integration

    • Danielle Huot, Brent Doberstein, Carrie Mitchell
    Pages 161-174

  11. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in African Migrant/Refugee Population

    • Kizito N. C. Okeke
    Pages 175-198

  12. Disparities Between Messages Heard at Home and Messages Sent Out by African Refugees in LAC “Safe Haven” Countries

    • Ivon Alcime, Brenda I. Gill
    Pages 199-214
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About this book

This book discusses the phenomena of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDP) across several African countries. There are 40 million IDP worldwide; of these, an estimated 12.6 million are in 37 of Africa’s 55 countries. Written by a team of fifteen scholars across four continents, this book uses both quantitative and qualitative data to analyze the causes and consequences of this displacement, the role of the state in creating and mitigating these situations, and potential policy solutions. The volume is divided into three sections. Chapters in Section 1 discuss the causes of displacement. Chapters in Section 2 discuss refugees in their regional context. Chapters in Section 3 discuss IDP camps in Kenya, Nigeria, and Ghana. Bringing scholarly analysis to address two humanitarian crises, this book will be useful to students and researchers interested in African politics, forced migration, and policy as well as members of the diplomatic corps, governmental, and non-governmental organizations actively working towards solving these challenges.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of History and Political Science, Alabama State University, Montgomery, USA

    Sabella O. Abidde

About the editor

​Sabella Ogbobode Abidde is an associate professor of political science and member of the graduate faculty at Alabama State University, US, where he teaches courses in comparative politics, international relations, African politics and institutions, and the politics of developing nations.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Challenges of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons in Africa

  • Editors: Sabella O. Abidde

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56650-0

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-56649-4Published: 06 December 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-56652-4Published: 07 December 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-56650-0Published: 05 December 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIX, 214

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: African Politics, Migration, Public Policy

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