Regional Integration and Migration in Africa: Lessons from Southern and West Africa

This comparative book debates migration and regional integration in the two regional economic blocs, namely the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The book takes a historical and nuanced citizenship approach to integration by analysing regional integration from the perspective of non-state actors and how they negotiate various structures and institutions in their pursuit for life and livelihood in a contemporary context marked by mobility and economic fragmentation.

Vusi Gumede, PhD (2003), University of KwaZulu Natal, is Professor at the University of South Africa and former director of the Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute. He is Editor-in-Chief for Africanus (Journal of Development Studies) and for Africa Insight. He has published several books and many articles and book chapters. Previously, he worked for the South African government in different capacities for about 10 years.

Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba, PhD (2013), University of Lagos, is Associate Professor and the Coordinator of the Research Cluster on Innovation and Developmental Regionalism at the Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute, University of South Africa. He is the author, editor and co-editor of many books, including State and Development in post-independent Africa (with Vusi Gumede), 2018.

Serges Djoyou Kamga, LLD (2011), University of Pretoria, is Associate Professor at the Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute, University of South Africa. He is is the author, editor and co-editor of several books including Right to Development in the African Human Rights System, 2018.