- The first book to synthesize migration history in Africa from the early 19th to the early 21st century -Cross-disciplinary approach makes it suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate students across a range of social sciences subjects -Coverage is diverse across time (19th-21st centuries), geographies (migration systems are compared and contrasted across the continent), and themes (covering forced & voluntary migration, rural & urban, sudden ruptures (eg war) & more gradual changes).

- The first book to synthesize migration history in Africa from the early 19th to the early 21st century -Cross-disciplinary approach makes it suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate students across a range of social sciences subjects -Coverage is diverse across time (19th-21st centuries), geographies (migration systems are compared and contrasted across the continent), and themes (covering forced & voluntary migration, rural & urban, sudden ruptures (eg war) & more gradual changes).