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| author | Olarinde, Omolola Smaria |
| author_facet | Olarinde, Omolola Smaria |
| contents | <p>In 2017, there were over half a million documented Nigerians living in</p> <p>the rest of Africa, most of them (89%) in the Western and Central regions</p> <p>according to the World Bank Global Bilateral Migration Database</p> <p>(GBMD) (1). The proportion of male to female migrants from Nigeria in</p> <p>the rest of Africa in 1960 was 58/42% but by 2000, the female migrant</p> <p>stock had increased to 44% of all migrants. Exceptionally, Ghana had</p> <p>predominantly male migrants from Nigeria (59%) in the 1960s, a time in</p> <p>which the Ghana gold mines were an attraction to migrants from Nigeria;</p> <p>over time, female migrant stock from Nigeria in Ghana increased to 51%</p> <p>by 2000. Conversely, males made up 83% of all Nigerian migrants to</p> <p>South Africa by 2000 as reported in the GBMD.</p> |
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| publishDate | 2021 |
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| spellingShingle | Nigerian-Africa Migration Dynamics Olarinde, Omolola Smaria Human migration West africa Governance <p>In 2017, there were over half a million documented Nigerians living in</p> <p>the rest of Africa, most of them (89%) in the Western and Central regions</p> <p>according to the World Bank Global Bilateral Migration Database</p> <p>(GBMD) (1). The proportion of male to female migrants from Nigeria in</p> <p>the rest of Africa in 1960 was 58/42% but by 2000, the female migrant</p> <p>stock had increased to 44% of all migrants. Exceptionally, Ghana had</p> <p>predominantly male migrants from Nigeria (59%) in the 1960s, a time in</p> <p>which the Ghana gold mines were an attraction to migrants from Nigeria;</p> <p>over time, female migrant stock from Nigeria in Ghana increased to 51%</p> <p>by 2000. Conversely, males made up 83% of all Nigerian migrants to</p> <p>South Africa by 2000 as reported in the GBMD.</p> |
| title | Nigerian-Africa Migration Dynamics |
| topic | Human migration West africa Governance |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18771727 |