Migration and Conflict – The Integration of Burkinabe Migrants Displaced from Côte d’Ivoire

“Migration and Conflict” contributes to transnationalism research and ethnographic writing about Westafrica. It deals with questions of integration and collective identity in the context of migration by looking into the multi-ethnic and multi-religious locality of Batié in southwest Burkina Faso. The town experienced rapid social change brought about by the arrival of a large number of displaced migrants from Côte d’Ivoire during the civil war in 2002-3. The book analyses conflicts between these rapatriés and non-migrants as negotiations about identity and belonging. – Andrea Riester studied Social Anthropology, Political Science and Economics at Freiburg im Breisgau and Glasgow. She received her PhD from the Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg (Germany). She works as migration expert for the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. – In our programme further studies on migration research have been published, see the following “Arbeit, Sklaverei und Erinnerung – Gruppen unfreier Herkunft unter den Fulbe Nordbenins”, ISBN 978-3-89645-349-5. “Les Fulbe du Boobola – Genèse et évolution de l’État de Barani (Burkina Faso)”, ISBN 978-3-89645-301-3. “Nomades des espaces interstitiels – Pastoralisme, identité, migrations (Burkina Faso – Côte-d’Ivoire)”, ISBN 978-3-89645-252-8. “Spaces in Movement – New Perspectives on Migration in African Settings”, ISBN 978-3-89645-905-3. “The Ingrained Art of Survival – The Nexus between Competence and Migration as Reflected in Refugee Biographies”, ISBN 978-3-89645-250-4. “Safe Havens” for Refugees – A European Project to Avert Migration and Difficulties in Returning Asylum Seekers?, ISBN 978-3-89645-339-6.