Development and the African Diaspora Place

This innovative book examines the relationship between African "civil society" and "home association" networks in the diaspora. Remittances home via these networks outweigh official development assistance. Looking in particular at Cameroon and Tanzania, the authors argue that building "civil society" in Africa must be understood in tandem with the political economy of migration and wider debates concerning ethnicity and belonging. They demonstrate both that diasporic development is distinct from mainstream development, and that it is an uneven historical process in which some '"homes" are better placed to take advantage of global connections than others. In doing so, the book engages critically with the current enthusiasm among policy-makers for treating the African diaspora as an untapped resource for combating poverty.

Claire Mercer is a Lecturer in Geography at the University of Leicester, UK. Ben Page is a lecturer at University College London. Martin Evans has undertaken consultancy and advisory work for the Department for International Development, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Overseas Development Institute, Center for International Climate and Environmental Research-Oslo and Chatham House.

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Why home associations matter
Home associations: between political belonging and moral conviviality	p. 3
Contexts and comparisons	p. 32
Rethinking research on African diasporas and development	p. 49
The history and structure of home associations
Home associations and the nation in Cameroon	p. 77
Home associations and the nation in Tanzania	p. 103
The developmental and political work of home associations
Welfare and social support in the diaspora	p. 133
Modernizing burial and death celebrations	p. 157
Education and inequality	p. 179
Infrastructure and account ability	p. 205
Home associations, migration and development
Conclusions	p. 225
Bibliography	p. 236
Index	p. 252
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Development and the African Diaspora Place and the Politics of Home

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