Practising Religion across National Borders: A Study of Ghanaian Christian Churches in Amsterdam

Kyei, Justice Richard Kwabena Owusu; Setrana, Mary Boatemaa; Smoczyński, Rafał

doi:10.14220/jrat.2017.3.1.148

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“…Studies have investigated international labour migration across the Atlantic Ocean to Europe, the United States and Canada (Adepoju, 2005;Anarfi et al, 2000;Tonah, 2007). The literature also abounds with the integration of Ghanaian migrants in Europe (Agyeman, 2011) as well as their religious, political and economic transnational practices (Kyei & Smoczynski, 2019;Kyei, Setrana, & Smoczynski, 2017). Studies have also examined the re-integration of return migrants into the Ghanaian society (Setrana & Tonah, 2014).…”

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“I Have to Further My Studies Abroad”: Student Migration in Ghana

Kyei

2021

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The literature on migration intentions of university students and their decisions to travel abroad as student migrants is limited. This article outlines how the thought of student migration is created and nurtured. It investigates how facilitators and/or constraints influence the decision to migrate as students. Using a multi-sited approach, fieldwork in Ghana focused on prospective student migrants, while fieldwork in the Netherlands provided a retrospective perspective among student migrants. Life story interviews were adopted in the collection of data. In the minds of the respondents, there is a clear distinction between the idea of ‘migration’ and the idea of ‘student migration.’ The article concludes that childhood socialization shapes the idea of ‘migration’ that culminates in the thought of ‘student migration.’ Apart from studies, experiencing new cultures and networking are among the notableexpectations that inform the thought of studentmigration. Religiosity categorised as prayers and belonging to religious community is a cultural principle employed to facilitate the fulfilment of student migration intentions. With a shift from the classical economic models of understanding the decision to migrate, this article elucidates the fears, anxiety, joys and perplexities that are embedded in the thought of student migration.

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Section: History Of Student Migration In Ghanamentioning

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“I Have to Further My Studies Abroad”: Student Migration in Ghana

Kyei

2021

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Practising Religion across National Borders: A Study of Ghanaian Christian Churches in Amsterdam

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“I Have to Further My Studies Abroad”: Student Migration in Ghana

“I Have to Further My Studies Abroad”: Student Migration in Ghana

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