1st Edition

Ethiopians in an Age of Migration Scattered lives beyond borders

Edited By Fassil Demissie Copyright 2017
194 Pages
by Routledge

194 Pages
by Routledge

194 Pages
by Routledge

The migration of Ethiopians across international borders is a recent phenomenon because of the limited integration of the country and society to the global economy. Since it was never colonized – aside from the Italian occupation of 1936-1941 – Ethiopia’s economy and society were not directly impacted by the ebb and flow of the global economy, and thus never generated international migration.... Read more

Living Across Worlds and Oceans: An Introduction Fassil Demissie

1. Emigrants and the State in Ethiopia: Transnationalism and the challenges of political antagonism Solomon M. Gofie

2. Somewhere Else: Social Connection and Dislocation of the Ethiopian Migrants in Johannesburg, South Africa Tanya Zack and Yordanos Seifu Estifanos

3. Trafficking Ethiopian Women to Europe: Making Choices, Taking Risks, Coercion and Fraud Anne Kubai

4. Determinants of Diaspora Policy Engagement of Ethiopians in the Netherlands Katie Kuschminder and Melissa Siegel

5. Ethiopian Taxicab Drivers: Forming an occupational niche in the U.S. Capital Elizabeth Chacko

6. Ethiopian Female Labor Migration to the Gulf States: The Case of Kuwait Faiz Omar Mohammad Jamie and Anwar Hassan Tsega

7. "Deported before Experiencing the Good Sides of Migration" : Ethiopians Returning from Saudi Arabia Marina de Regt and Medareshaw Tafesse

8. The Return Migration Experiences of Ethiopian Women Trafficked to Bahrain Adamnesh Atnafu and Margaret E. Adamek

9. Migration, Gender and Mobility: Ethiopian Women’s Narratives of Career Trajectories in Israel Yarden Fanta-Vagenshtein and and Lisa Anteby-Yemini

10. Bole to Harlem via Tel Aviv: Networks of Ethiopia’s Musical Diaspora Ilana Webster-Kogen

11. No Place Like Home: "Experiences of Ethiopian Migrants in the Host Country and as Returnee to the Homeland" Adamnesh Atnafu and Margaret E. Adamek

Biography

Fassil Demissie is a faculty member in the Department of Public Policy at DePaul University, Chicago, USA. He is the co-editor of African and Black Diaspora: An International Journal.