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Title: | African migrations and globalisation processes |
Author: | Kownacki, Piotr |
Year: | 2002 |
Periodical: | Hemispheres: Studies on Cultures and Societies |
Issue: | 17 |
Pages: | 27-35 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Africa |
Subjects: | migration global economy |
Abstract: | Following decolonization, the traditional social structures of African countries broke as a consequence of States supremacy in social and economic life. This phenomenon is illustrated by population migrations, which are both its consequence and cause. The present paper looks, amongst others, at the issue of human capital quality in African countries, which is connected with the effectiveness of solutions to the problems of the functioning of Africa's education and health care systems - particularly the AIDS problem; and the potential use of African hydro-energetic sources on a global scale, coupled with global care for the environment. Marginalization of the African continent as a symptom of 'Afropessimism' on the part of the developed countries has resulted in social and political conflicts, including wars. These conflicts, alternately as the cause and the result of population moves, result in new migation waves on a global scale. Bibliogr. [ASC Leiden abstract] |