We study how aggregate economic conditions affect the timing of marriage, and particularly
child marriage, in Sub‐Saharan Africa and in India. In both regions, substantial monetary or …

Since the late nineteen sixties, transnational adoption has emerged as a global
phenomenon. Due to a sharp decline in infants being made available for adoption locally …

Why, every year, tens of thousands of people are willing to risk their lives in perilous
voyages across Africa and the Mediterranean Sea? Why do they face such an ordeal to …

The most secretive, repressive state in Africa is hemorrhaging its citizens. In some months as
many Eritreans as Syrians arrive on European shores, yet the country is not convulsed by …

Following independence from Ethiopia, Eritrea's leaders were praised for their success at
building a coherent nation, but over the last two decades the government has increasingly …

When Eritrea gained independence in 1991, hopes were high for its transformation. In two
decades, however, it became one of the most repressive in the world, effectively a …

This article explores the concepts of borders and boundaries in the formation of an Eritrean
national identity. The dialectical relationship between the State of Eritrea and its borders …

Relations between mobility and immobility, as well as between the spatial dynamics of
migration and obstacles to mobility, are at the core of current debates in the fields of …

This article introduces the notion of 'accumulated homelessness' to account for the repeated
loss and lack of home experienced by many migrants in Europe today. Through the lens of …

During the Eritrean war of independence from Ethiopia (1961–91) the Eritrean Peoples
Liberation Front developed institutionalized transnational strategies that linked dispersed …