Transnational Families in Africa: Migrants and the role of Information Communica

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The first book to capture the poignant stories of transnational African families and their use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in mediating their experiences of migration and caring across distance.

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This is the first book to capture the poignant stories of transnational African families and their use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in mediating their experiences of migration and caring across distance. Transnational Families in Africa analyses the highs and lows of family separation as a result of migration in three contexts: migration within South Africa from rural to urban areas; migration from other African countries into South Africa; and middle-class South Africans emigrating to non-African countries.The book foregrounds the importance of kinship and support from extended family as well as both the responsibilities migatory family members feel and the experience of loss by those left behind. Across the diverse circumstances explored in the book are similarities in migrants' strategies for keeping in touch, but also large differences in relation to access to ICTs and ease-of-use that highlight the digital divide and generational gaps. As elsewhere in the world, and in spite of the varied experiences in these kinship circles, the phenomenon that is the transnational family is showing no signs of receding. This book provides a groundbreaking contribution to global debates on migration from the Global South.

Author Biography

Maria C Marchetti-Mercer is a clinical psychologist and professor in the Department of Psychology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Leslie Swartz is a clinical psychologist and Professor in the Department of Psychology, Stellenbosch University. He is the author of How I Lost My Mother (2021). Loretta Baldassar is a professor in Anthropology and Sociology and Director of the Social Ageing (SAGE) Futures Lab at Edith Cowan University, Australia. She is Vice-President of the International Sociological Association Migration Research Committee.

Table of Contents

Foreword – Gonzalo Bacigalupe AcknowledgmentsPart 1 Theoretical ContextChapter 1 Setting the Scene – Maria C. Marchetti-Mercer, Leslie Swartz and Loretta BaldassarChapter 2 Methodological Challenges and Opportunities: Our Work, Our Selves – Daniella Rafaely, Loretta Baldassar, Leslie Swartz and Maria C. Marchetti-MercerPart 2 Participants' Stories of African Migration, Family Relations and ICTsChapter 3 'Ah! Do I Know What Data Is, My Child?' Rural–Urban Migration and the Struggle to Stay in Touch – Lactricia Maja, Risuna Mathebula, Sonto Madonsela and Maria C. Marchetti-Mercer Chapter 4 'They Will Be Yearning': Zimbabwean Migration to South Africa and Keeping the Family Connected – Siko Moyo, Sonto Madonsela and Maria C. Marchetti-MercerChapter 5 'You Do Not Finish All Stories': Malawian Families and the Struggle to Stay Connected – Esther Price and Glory KabagheChapter 6 (Dis)connections: The Paradox of Intergenerational WhatsApp Communication in Transnational Kenyan Families – Ajwang' Warria Chapter 7 Making a World of Care: DRC Refugees' Barber Shop Stories – Thembelihle Coka and Maria C. Marchetti-MercerChapter 8 The Luxury of Longing: Experiences of ICTs by South African Emigrants to Non-African Countries and Their Families – Maria C. Marchetti-Mercer and Leslie SwartzPart 3 Final Considerations Chapter 9 Analysis of Important Data Emerging from the Study – Maria C. Marchetti-Mercer, Leslie Swartz and Loretta BaldassarChapter 10 Looking Ahead: Paradox, Criticality and a Way Forward – Daniella Rafaely, Maria C. Marchetti-Mercer, Leslie Swartz and Loretta BaldassarContributorsIndex

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This books explores the experiences of transnational migrant African families, including both internal and cross-border migration and how technology is used to maintain familial relationships.

Details ISBN1776148649 Author Sonto Madonsela Publisher Wits University Press Year 2023 ISBN-13 9781776148646 Format Paperback Publication Date 2023-12-01 Imprint Wits University Press Edited by Maria C Marchetti-Mercer AU Release Date 2023-12-01 NZ Release Date 2023-12-01 US Release Date 2023-12-01 UK Release Date 2023-12-01 Subtitle Migrants and the role of Information Communication Technologies Place of Publication Johannesburg Country of Publication South Africa ISBN-10 1776148649 DEWEY 304.8096 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Pages 236 We've got this

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