pro-migration

3 October 2019: Philosopher, political theorist and public intellectual Achille Mbembe after presenting the Ruth First Memorial Lecture at the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research. He spoke about migrancy, populism and xenophobia. (Photograph by James Puttick)

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Ruth First Lecture 2019 | Achille Mbembe

Sorrowing over the treatment of migrants, Achille Mbembe calls for Africa to adopt a pro-migration stance, phase out colonial borders and become ‘a vast space of circulation’.

By: Achille Mbembe
4 Oct 2019