Migration, the politics of protest, and state consolidation in Africa

In: African affairs: the journal of the Royal African Society, Band 89, Heft Apr 90

Abstract

Instead of trying to escape political authority, large numbers of people across the continent are now migrating toward the cities, especially the capital city, which are the centres of political power in all countries south of the Sahara. Many aspects of African politics can only be understood within the context of the changing accessibility of the traditional exit option. (SJK)