Introduction: roaming and rooted – migration, religion, spirituality and the transnational lives of African youth.
This Special Issue examines the intersections of migration, religion, spirituality and the transnational lives of African youth, offering a decolonial and youth-centred perspective on mobility and belonging. Drawing on comparative, multi-sited ethnography in Nigeria, Zimbabwe, South Africa and the U...
| Publicado en: | Ethnic & Racial Studies Vol. 49; no. 12; pp. 2449 - 2465 |
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