1 - Introduction: Reclaiming the African Diaspora to Support African Higher Education
Corresponding Author(s) : Samuel Fongwa
Journal of Higher Education in Africa,
Vol. 16 No. 1-2 (2018): Journal of Higher Education in Africa: Special Issue on Scholars on the Move: Reclaiming the African Diaspora to Support African Higher Education
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- Adams, R.L., ed., 2013, Rewriting the African Diaspora in Latin America and the Caribbean: Beyond Disciplinary and National Boundaries, New York: Routledge.
- African Development Bank, 2011, Leveraging Human Capacity and Financing from Diaspora, Africa Capacity Development Brief 2(1), Tunisia: African Development Bank. Available online at http://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Publications/AfriCaDev%20Brief%20DIASPORA.pdf
- African Union, 2011, Report of the Technical Experts Meeting on the African Diaspora (TCEM), Pretoria, South Africa, 21–22 February, Addis Ababa: African Union.
- AHEAD (Association for Higher Education and Development), 2007, Enabling Diaspora Engagement in Africa: Resources, Mechanisms and Gaps. Case Study of Ethiopia, Ottawa: Association for Higher Education and Development.
- Bajpai, N., and Dasgupta, N., 2004, Multinational Companies and Foreign Direct Investment in China and India, CGSD Working Paper 2, New York: Center on Globalization and Sustainable Development, the Earth Institute, Columbia University.
- Bakewell, O., 2009, Which Diaspora for Whose Development? Some Critical Questions about Roles of African Diaspora Organizations as Development Actors, Danish Institute for International Studies Brief, Copenhagen: Danish Institute for International Studies.
- Bakewell,O.,2011,‘MigrationandDevelopmentinSub-SaharanAfrica’,inN.Phillips, ed., Migration in the Global Political Economy, Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner. pp. 121–142.
- Bodomo, A., 2013, ‘African Diaspora Remittances Are Better Than Foreign Aid Funds: Diaspora-Driven Development in the 21st Century’, World Economics, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 21–29.
- Choi, I., 2003, ‘Korean Diaspora in the Making: Its Current Status and Impact on the Korean Economy’, in C.F. Bergsten and I. Choi, eds, The Korean Diaspora in the World Economy, Special Report 15, Washington, DC: Institute for International Economics. pp. 9−27.
- Cloete, N., Maassen, P., and Bailey, T., 2015, Knowledge Production and Contradictory Functions in African Higher Education, African Minds Higher Education Dynamics Series Vol. 1, Cape Town: CHET.
- Dai, O., and Liu, X.H., 2009, Returnee Entrepreneurs and Firm Performance in Chinese High Technology Industries Business School, Leicestershire: Loughborough University.
- Edozie, R., 2012, ‘The Sixth Zone: The African Diaspora and the African Union’s Global Era Pan Africanist’, Journal of African American Studies, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 268–299.
- Espinosa, S.A., 2016, ‘Diaspora Philanthropy: The Making of a New Development Aid? Migration and Development, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 361–377.
- Gaillard, J., and Gaillard, A., 1997, ‘The International Mobility of Brains: Exodus or Circulation?’ Science, Technology and Society, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 195–228.
- Kalicki, K., 2009, ‘Ethnic Nationalism and Political Community: The Overseas Suffrage Debates in Japan and South Korea’, Asian Studies Review, Vol. 33, No. 2, pp. 175−195.
- Mkandawire, T., 2011, ‘Running While Others Walk: Knowledge and the Challenge of Africa’s Development’, Africa Development, Vol. 36, No. 2, pp. 1–36.
- Newland, K., and Patrick, E., 2004, Beyond Remittances: The Role of Diaspora in Poverty Reduction in Their Countries of Origin, Washington, DC: Migration Policy Institute.
- Nyamapfene, K., and Ndofirepi, A, 2017, ‘Knowledge, Globalization and the African University: The Change Agenda’, in Michael Cross and Amasa Ndofirepi, eds, Knowledge and Change in African Universities: Current Debates, Vol. 1, Rotterdam, Boston and Taipei: Sense Publishers. pp. 81–101.
- Ogachi, I.O., 2015, ‘Engaging the African Academic Diaspora: How Ready Are Universities in Africa?’ International Journal of African Higher Education, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 25–53.
- Qayyum, U., Din, M. and Haider, A. (2014), Foreign aid, external debt and governance, Economic Modelling, 37 (February 2014), pp. 41–52.
- Pitamber, S., Wahome, J., and Afele, J., 2011, The Role of the Diaspora in Nation Building: Lessons for Fragile and Post-Conflict Countries in Africa, Tunis: African Development Bank.
- Plaza, S., and Ratha, D., 2011, Diaspora for Development in Africa, Washington, DC: World Bank.
- Saxenian, A.L., 2002, ‘Transnational Communities and the Evolution of Production Networks: The Cases of Taiwan, China and India’, Industry and Innovation, Special Issue on Global Production Networks, Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 183–202.
- Saxenian,A.L.,2005a,‘BrainCirculationandCapitalistDynamics:ChineseChipMaking and the Silicon Valley-Hsinchu-Shanghai Triangle’, in V. Nee and R. Swedberg, eds, The Economic Sociology of Capitalism, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. pp. 325–351.
- Saxenian, A.L., 2005b, ‘From Brain Drain to Brain Circulation: Transnational Communities and Regional Upgrading in India and China’, Studies in Comparative International Development, Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 35–61.
- Schiff, M., 2006, ‘Brain Gain: Claims about Its Size and Impact on Welfare and Growth Are Greatly Exaggerated’, in Ç. Özden and M. Schiff, eds, International Migration, Remittances, and the Brain Drain, Washington and New York: The World Bank and Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 201–225.
- Van Cour, S., Gerybadze, A., and Pyka, A., 2017, ‘Turkish Diaspora Networks and Innovation’, in Andreas Pyka, Yeşin Kustepeli and Dominik Hartmann, eds, International Innovation Networks and Knowledge Migration: The German– Turkish Nexus, New York: Routledge. pp. 180–201.
- Woldetensae, Y., 2007, ‘Optimizing the African Brain Drain: Strategies for Mobilizing the Intellectual Diaspora towards Brain-Gain’, paper presented at the Association of African Universities Conference, 21–25 October, Tripoli, Libya.
- Zeleza, P., 2013, Engagement between African Diaspora Academics in the U.S. and Canada and the African Institutions of Higher Education: Perspectives from the North America and Africa, report for the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
- Zhu, Z., 2007, ‘Two Diasporas: Overseas Chinese and Non-Resident Indians in Their Homelands’, Journal of Chinese Political Science, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 281–296, doi: 10.1007/s11366-007-9012-4
References
Adams, R.L., ed., 2013, Rewriting the African Diaspora in Latin America and the Caribbean: Beyond Disciplinary and National Boundaries, New York: Routledge.
African Development Bank, 2011, Leveraging Human Capacity and Financing from Diaspora, Africa Capacity Development Brief 2(1), Tunisia: African Development Bank. Available online at http://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Publications/AfriCaDev%20Brief%20DIASPORA.pdf
African Union, 2011, Report of the Technical Experts Meeting on the African Diaspora (TCEM), Pretoria, South Africa, 21–22 February, Addis Ababa: African Union.
AHEAD (Association for Higher Education and Development), 2007, Enabling Diaspora Engagement in Africa: Resources, Mechanisms and Gaps. Case Study of Ethiopia, Ottawa: Association for Higher Education and Development.
Bajpai, N., and Dasgupta, N., 2004, Multinational Companies and Foreign Direct Investment in China and India, CGSD Working Paper 2, New York: Center on Globalization and Sustainable Development, the Earth Institute, Columbia University.
Bakewell, O., 2009, Which Diaspora for Whose Development? Some Critical Questions about Roles of African Diaspora Organizations as Development Actors, Danish Institute for International Studies Brief, Copenhagen: Danish Institute for International Studies.
Bakewell,O.,2011,‘MigrationandDevelopmentinSub-SaharanAfrica’,inN.Phillips, ed., Migration in the Global Political Economy, Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner. pp. 121–142.
Bodomo, A., 2013, ‘African Diaspora Remittances Are Better Than Foreign Aid Funds: Diaspora-Driven Development in the 21st Century’, World Economics, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 21–29.
Choi, I., 2003, ‘Korean Diaspora in the Making: Its Current Status and Impact on the Korean Economy’, in C.F. Bergsten and I. Choi, eds, The Korean Diaspora in the World Economy, Special Report 15, Washington, DC: Institute for International Economics. pp. 9−27.
Cloete, N., Maassen, P., and Bailey, T., 2015, Knowledge Production and Contradictory Functions in African Higher Education, African Minds Higher Education Dynamics Series Vol. 1, Cape Town: CHET.
Dai, O., and Liu, X.H., 2009, Returnee Entrepreneurs and Firm Performance in Chinese High Technology Industries Business School, Leicestershire: Loughborough University.
Edozie, R., 2012, ‘The Sixth Zone: The African Diaspora and the African Union’s Global Era Pan Africanist’, Journal of African American Studies, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 268–299.
Espinosa, S.A., 2016, ‘Diaspora Philanthropy: The Making of a New Development Aid? Migration and Development, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 361–377.
Gaillard, J., and Gaillard, A., 1997, ‘The International Mobility of Brains: Exodus or Circulation?’ Science, Technology and Society, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 195–228.
Kalicki, K., 2009, ‘Ethnic Nationalism and Political Community: The Overseas Suffrage Debates in Japan and South Korea’, Asian Studies Review, Vol. 33, No. 2, pp. 175−195.
Mkandawire, T., 2011, ‘Running While Others Walk: Knowledge and the Challenge of Africa’s Development’, Africa Development, Vol. 36, No. 2, pp. 1–36.
Newland, K., and Patrick, E., 2004, Beyond Remittances: The Role of Diaspora in Poverty Reduction in Their Countries of Origin, Washington, DC: Migration Policy Institute.
Nyamapfene, K., and Ndofirepi, A, 2017, ‘Knowledge, Globalization and the African University: The Change Agenda’, in Michael Cross and Amasa Ndofirepi, eds, Knowledge and Change in African Universities: Current Debates, Vol. 1, Rotterdam, Boston and Taipei: Sense Publishers. pp. 81–101.
Ogachi, I.O., 2015, ‘Engaging the African Academic Diaspora: How Ready Are Universities in Africa?’ International Journal of African Higher Education, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 25–53.
Qayyum, U., Din, M. and Haider, A. (2014), Foreign aid, external debt and governance, Economic Modelling, 37 (February 2014), pp. 41–52.
Pitamber, S., Wahome, J., and Afele, J., 2011, The Role of the Diaspora in Nation Building: Lessons for Fragile and Post-Conflict Countries in Africa, Tunis: African Development Bank.
Plaza, S., and Ratha, D., 2011, Diaspora for Development in Africa, Washington, DC: World Bank.
Saxenian, A.L., 2002, ‘Transnational Communities and the Evolution of Production Networks: The Cases of Taiwan, China and India’, Industry and Innovation, Special Issue on Global Production Networks, Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 183–202.
Saxenian,A.L.,2005a,‘BrainCirculationandCapitalistDynamics:ChineseChipMaking and the Silicon Valley-Hsinchu-Shanghai Triangle’, in V. Nee and R. Swedberg, eds, The Economic Sociology of Capitalism, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. pp. 325–351.
Saxenian, A.L., 2005b, ‘From Brain Drain to Brain Circulation: Transnational Communities and Regional Upgrading in India and China’, Studies in Comparative International Development, Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 35–61.
Schiff, M., 2006, ‘Brain Gain: Claims about Its Size and Impact on Welfare and Growth Are Greatly Exaggerated’, in Ç. Özden and M. Schiff, eds, International Migration, Remittances, and the Brain Drain, Washington and New York: The World Bank and Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 201–225.
Van Cour, S., Gerybadze, A., and Pyka, A., 2017, ‘Turkish Diaspora Networks and Innovation’, in Andreas Pyka, Yeşin Kustepeli and Dominik Hartmann, eds, International Innovation Networks and Knowledge Migration: The German– Turkish Nexus, New York: Routledge. pp. 180–201.
Woldetensae, Y., 2007, ‘Optimizing the African Brain Drain: Strategies for Mobilizing the Intellectual Diaspora towards Brain-Gain’, paper presented at the Association of African Universities Conference, 21–25 October, Tripoli, Libya.
Zeleza, P., 2013, Engagement between African Diaspora Academics in the U.S. and Canada and the African Institutions of Higher Education: Perspectives from the North America and Africa, report for the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Zhu, Z., 2007, ‘Two Diasporas: Overseas Chinese and Non-Resident Indians in Their Homelands’, Journal of Chinese Political Science, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 281–296, doi: 10.1007/s11366-007-9012-4