L’engagement politique de la diaspora ghanéenne aux Pays-Bas

Setrana, Mary Boatemaa; Kyei, Justice Richard Kwabena Owusu

doi:10.3917/afco.256.0091

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“…Although the Ghanaian diaspora is known to contribute to infrastructural development in the origin areas as well as the wellbeing of the families left behind (see Mangala, 2017;Setrana and Kyei, 2015), there is a gap when it comes to their involvement in peacebuilding. This article has argued that beyond the contribution of Ghanaian diaspora to infrastructural development, which is well documented in the diaspora and development discourse, they also play important role in promoting peacebuilding.…”

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“…From an interdisciplinary approach, this article brings into the discussion of peacebuilding research the migration perspective as it positions transnational migrants as local actors who contribute to peacebuilding in their hometowns (Mahmood, 2006). Studies on the transnational activities of Ghanaian immigrants have stressed on the infrastructural developments in their hometowns, contributions to the sustenance of families, political participation, transnational religious practices and even care of left behind children and spouses (see Setrana & Kyei, 2015). Studies have discussed the activities of civil societies in ethnic conflict resolution and peacebuilding in the northern parts of Ghana (Kaye & Beland, 2009;Kaye, 2011).…”

Section: Literature Review: Conceptualizing Local Peacebuilding Theory and Actorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Migration, Farmer-Herder Conflict and the Challenges of Peacebuilding in the Agogo Traditional Area, Ghana

Setrana

Kyei

2021

Ghana J. Geography

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Recently, communities in Agogo Traditional Area (ATA) have witnessed an increasing spate of violence leading to loss of lives, loss of livelihoods, insecurity and severe injury among others. This article explores the “local” in peacebuilding by addressing the following research questions: first, how do Agogo indigenes in the diaspora contribute to peacebuilding in Agogo Traditional Area? Second, in which ways do the engagement of Fulani herders and indigenous farmers influence the process of peacebuilding in Agogo Traditional Area? The article employed in-depth interviews, participant observation, key informant interviews and focus group discussions in the data collection process. From an interdisciplinary perspective, the research has introduced the activities of transnational migrants into the discourse of peacebuilding as it positions Ghanaians in the diaspora as local actors engaged in the farmer-herder conflict in ATA. This study has shown that in the case of ATA, despite the potential benefits of the local peacebuilding including the contribution of the diaspora, it is bedeviled with challenges such as mistrust and inadequate resources. The article recommends that local peacebuilding be detached from adjudication in the court of law because the local actors perceive the court as external and ambivalent to the cultural context of local conflicts.

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Section: Literature Review: Conceptualizing Local Peacebuilding Theory and Actorsmentioning

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Migration, Farmer-Herder Conflict and the Challenges of Peacebuilding in the Agogo Traditional Area, Ghana

Setrana

Kyei

2021

Ghana J. Geography

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Transnational political practices and integration of second generation migrants

Kyei

Koomson-Yalley

Dwumah

2020

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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Religious citizenship and gendered sanctions in the lived experience of second generation Ghanaians

Kyei

Smoczyński

2019

Social Compass

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This study seeks to understand how some African Initiated Christian churches in Amsterdam sanction discrimination against women in the exercise of the right to religious citizenship. This research also investigates how through the exercise of agency some female second generation Ghanaians contest, reinterpret or conform to gendered sanctions in the religious field. Data were drawn mainly from in-depth interviews, participant observation and informal interviews in Amsterdam. The exercise of religious citizenship is not a level playing ground for both females and males. The study concludes that religious sanctions on sex and sexuality pronounced in the religious field contradict human rights expressed in the nation state. The study also noted that the emergence of immigrant women’s engagement in institutionalised religiosity binds feminist scholars to rethink of religion as a field that does not generate only oppressed female citizens rather it also provides the space for females to exercise agency.

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L’engagement politique de la diaspora ghanéenne aux Pays-Bas

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Migration, Farmer-Herder Conflict and the Challenges of Peacebuilding in the Agogo Traditional Area, Ghana

Migration, Farmer-Herder Conflict and the Challenges of Peacebuilding in the Agogo Traditional Area, Ghana

Transnational political practices and integration of second generation migrants

Religious citizenship and gendered sanctions in the lived experience of second generation Ghanaians

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