Mary Boatemaa Setrana
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 82540 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Mary Boatemaa Setrana |
| NOMBRES | Mary Boatemaa |
| APELLIDO | Setrana |
| FIRMA | SETRANA M B |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Ghana |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5686-2721 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 22 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 57 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 20 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 2 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2016 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Migration, gender, and inequities in agrarian service access in Northern Ghana
Migration has long shaped agrarian livelihoods in Northern Ghana, where north – south mobility is a key strategy for managing environmental risk, economic precarity, and uneven development. Although previous studies show that migrant households often benefit from remittances and improved agricultural investment, less is known about how migration reshapes who gains access to agricultural services and under what structural conditions. Drawing on a …
Urban Migrant Inclusion and Refugee Protection - Volume 2
This open access book offers the first comprehensive global overview of urban and local initiatives, policies, and practices towards including and protecting migrants in vulnerable situations and refugees. The chapters in this volume illustrate the various urban solidarity practices in different world regions, while highlighting important differences arising from geographical, political, geopolitical, economic and demographic contexts. The volume…
Urban Migrant Inclusion and Refugee Protection - Volume 1
This open access book, the first of two volumes, offers novel insights into the resilience of migrants and refugees and challenges Eurocentric and colonial perspectives of urban solidarity, sanctuary, and hospitality. It is theoretically framed by critical perspectives on the state and anti-colonialism, histories of urban solidarity, practices of solidarity and estrangement, and geographical perspectives of scale and space. The volume also advanc…
Refugee Health Inclusion
This commentary examines how structural constraints shape health access in refugee camps. It stems from a recent workshop on refugee health and reflects an interdisciplinary, policy‐focused dialogue. We argue that humanitarian aid alone is insufficient. Instead, long‐term, rights‐based approaches are needed. Donor dependency, legal exclusion and geopolitical dynamics undermine access to care. These challenges create artificial divides between cam…
Does Social Transformation Drive Out-Migration? Perceptions and Changes
Migration and social transformation are major drivers of socio-economic development. Yet, the linkages between social transformation and migration in Ghana are poorly understood. This article seeks to shed light on how social transformation affects or is affected by migration, using mixed methods with transformationalist and social change theoretical lenses. At the same time, there have been retrogressive transformations in the economic condition…
Unpacked narratives on migration governance
Much of the narratives on West African migration ignore gender perspectives or tend to focus on women ‘as’ gender, while men are portrayed as, perhaps unwittingly, neutral or un-gendered. These present different perspectives on how migration and gender intersect in the region. Unfortunately, narratives on migration governance and gender that perceive female migration as disempowering and a breakdown of traditional family systems have dominated th…
Beyond the binary debates in migration
The contestations over land and pasture redefine broad complex boundaries between three groups: autochthone farmers of Agogo, Fulani sedentary herders, and Fulani nomads. The broad boundaries have emerged into sub-categories between the sedentary Fulani and Fulani nomads who belong to the same ethnic group of Fulbe in West Africa. With growing population pressures and shrinking resources, the competition for land and livelihoods has fuelled tensi…
They'd beat us with whatever is available to them’
Generic accounts of pervasive cases of exploitation and abuse against migrant domestic workers in the Middle East exist in the extant literature. However, very little is known about the breadth, depth and gendered nature of abuses experienced by female migrants from especially the sub‐Saharan African region. Abuses of the rights of sub‐Saharan Africans are under‐represented and under‐theorised. This paper interrogates the question what is the nat…
Farmer-Pastoralist Interactions and Resource-Based Conflicts in Africa
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Promoting Peace and Managing Farmer-Herder Conflict
Continued clashes between nomadic pastoralists and farmers generate concerns about the capacity of community-based civil society organizations to effectively navigate conflict resolution in Agogo Traditional Area (ATA), Ghana. The Agogo and Fulani associations ostensibly manage farmer-herder conflict but with mixed results. Setrana argues that, unlike foreign or international civil society organizations, community-based associations play importan…
Evidence of Spiritual Capital in the Schooling of Second-Generation Ghanaians in Amsterdam
This study investigates how spiritual capital accrued from religiosity influences the educational mobility of second-generation migrants in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. We propose that inherently, religiosity possesses resources that have consequences for the socio-economic and cultural life of the adherents. The study adopts ethnographic research methods including in-depth interviews, participant observation and informal interviews in the religio…
Choosing to Stay
This article focuses on nationals from Ghana who have lost interest in pursuing migration dreams to Europe and North America after failed attempts to migrate. Many less experienced youths who attempt to migrate to Europe and North America face challenges such as strict immigration laws, high cost of financing migration plans, or illegal recruiters. Some risk their lives through dangerous routes to achieve their migration goals. The negative conse…
Where do you come from, where do you go? Assessing skills gaps and labour market outcomes for young adults with different immigration backgrounds
Using PISA and PIAAC data from twelve OECD countries, we examine the gap in cognitive skills among immigrants and natives and evaluate how those differences have evolved over time. We also consider how demographics, family background and school quality explain the development of cognitive skills of young people with immigrant backgrounds. The results show, first, that some convergence in skills occurs between second-generation immigrants and nati…
Migration, Farmer-Herder Conflict and the Challenges of Peacebuilding in the Agogo Traditional Area, Ghana
Recently, communities in Agogo Traditional Area (ATA) have witnessed an increasing spate of violence leading to loss of lives, loss of livelihoods, insecurity and severe injury among others. This article explores the “local” in peacebuilding by addressing the following research questions: first, how do Agogo indigenes in the diaspora contribute to peacebuilding in Agogo Traditional Area? Second, in which ways do the engagement of Fulani herders a…
Citizenship, Indigeneity, and the Experiences of 1.5- and Second-Generation Fulani Herders in Ghana
Issues of indigeneity and citizenship rights for second-generation pastoralist migrants across the West African States have received little to no attention in migration and pastoralist studies. This article explores this under-researched area in the field of migration studies and revisits the highly contested migration–citizenship nexus among Fulani herders in the Shai-Osu-Doku and Agogo traditional areas of Ghana. The article captures the crises…
The Politics of Peacebuilding in Africa
Please, thank you and sorry - brokering migration and constructing identities for domestic work in Ghana
Drawing on interviews with migrant domestic workers and brokers in Accra-Tema, the capital city of Ghana, this paper throws light on the everyday practices of brokers in producing ideal workers for urban middle class and expatriate families as well as overseas employment. The authors map the different kinds of brokers who are involved in the selection and placement of domestic workers and show how they filter and represent workers to potential em…
Practising Religion across National Borders
Thepaper investigatesthe rationale behind the multiplicity of cross-border relations of Ghanaian Christian churches in Amsterdama nd the involvement of Ghanaian second generations in transnational religious discourse.I tc ontributes to filling the empirical research gap in the transnational religious practices of Sub-Saharan African Christian churches in the diaspora.T his study also contributes to the empiricall iterature on the intergenerationa…
Practising Religion across National Borders
The paper investigates the rationale behind the multiplicity of cross-border relations of Ghanaian Christian churches in Amsterdam and the involvement of Ghanaian second generations in transnational religious discourse. It contributes to filling the empirical research gap in the transnational religious practices of Sub-Saharan African Christian churches in the diaspora. This study also contributes to the empirical literature on the intergeneratio…
Post-Migration Outcomes and the Decision to Return
This paper examines the decision-making processes of return migrants, especially since the 2001 introduction of government programmes to encourage the return of skilled migrants who have the capacity to contribute their quota to the development agenda of Ghana. Structured questionnaires were used to gather information on the migration trajectories of 120 return migrants. This was followed by interviews that primarily sought in-depth understanding…
Do Transnational Links Matter after Return? Labour Market Participation among Ghanaian Return Migrants
Do transnational links matter after return? The study presents the conditions under which migrants participate in the labour market of their home countries. Though transnationalism describes return migration as a circular movement, there is still evidence of permanent return prompting the question of how returnees utilise their transnational links after return. This paper presents an analysis of pre- and post-return experiences of Ghanaian intern…
L’engagement politique de la diaspora ghanéenne aux Pays-Bas
Les auteurs analysent la genèse des sections extérieures des partis politiques ghanéens aux Pays-Bas, et la façon dont leurs membres mènent une vie politique transnationale entre pays d’accueil et pays d’origine. L’étude confirme que l’engagement politique transnational n’entre pas en concurrence, mais complète plutôt l’intégration politique dans le pays d’accueil. En dépit de la participation politique active des immigrés ghanéens à Amsterdam, l…
Please, thank you and sorry - brokering migration and constructing identities for domestic work in Ghana
Drawing on interviews with migrant domestic workers and brokers in Accra-Tema, the capital city of Ghana, this paper throws light on the everyday practices of brokers in producing ideal workers for urban middle class and expatriate families as well as overseas employment. The authors map the different kinds of brokers who are involved in the selection and placement of domestic workers and show how they filter and represent workers to potential em…
Unpacked narratives on migration governance
Much of the narratives on West African migration ignore gender perspectives or tend to focus on women ‘as’ gender, while men are portrayed as, perhaps unwittingly, neutral or un-gendered. These present different perspectives on how migration and gender intersect in the region. Unfortunately, narratives on migration governance and gender that perceive female migration as disempowering and a breakdown of traditional family systems have dominated th…
They'd beat us with whatever is available to them’
Generic accounts of pervasive cases of exploitation and abuse against migrant domestic workers in the Middle East exist in the extant literature. However, very little is known about the breadth, depth and gendered nature of abuses experienced by female migrants from especially the sub‐Saharan African region. Abuses of the rights of sub‐Saharan Africans are under‐represented and under‐theorised. This paper interrogates the question what is the nat…
Choosing to Stay
This article focuses on nationals from Ghana who have lost interest in pursuing migration dreams to Europe and North America after failed attempts to migrate. Many less experienced youths who attempt to migrate to Europe and North America face challenges such as strict immigration laws, high cost of financing migration plans, or illegal recruiters. Some risk their lives through dangerous routes to achieve their migration goals. The negative conse…
Citizenship, Indigeneity, and the Experiences of 1.5- and Second-Generation Fulani Herders in Ghana
Issues of indigeneity and citizenship rights for second-generation pastoralist migrants across the West African States have received little to no attention in migration and pastoralist studies. This article explores this under-researched area in the field of migration studies and revisits the highly contested migration–citizenship nexus among Fulani herders in the Shai-Osu-Doku and Agogo traditional areas of Ghana. The article captures the crises…
Farmer-Pastoralist Interactions and Resource-Based Conflicts in Africa
An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Promoting Peace and Managing Farmer-Herder Conflict
Continued clashes between nomadic pastoralists and farmers generate concerns about the capacity of community-based civil society organizations to effectively navigate conflict resolution in Agogo Traditional Area (ATA), Ghana. The Agogo and Fulani associations ostensibly manage farmer-herder conflict but with mixed results. Setrana argues that, unlike foreign or international civil society organizations, community-based associations play importan…
Migration, Farmer-Herder Conflict and the Challenges of Peacebuilding in the Agogo Traditional Area, Ghana
Recently, communities in Agogo Traditional Area (ATA) have witnessed an increasing spate of violence leading to loss of lives, loss of livelihoods, insecurity and severe injury among others. This article explores the “local” in peacebuilding by addressing the following research questions: first, how do Agogo indigenes in the diaspora contribute to peacebuilding in Agogo Traditional Area? Second, in which ways do the engagement of Fulani herders a…
Beyond the binary debates in migration
The contestations over land and pasture redefine broad complex boundaries between three groups: autochthone farmers of Agogo, Fulani sedentary herders, and Fulani nomads. The broad boundaries have emerged into sub-categories between the sedentary Fulani and Fulani nomads who belong to the same ethnic group of Fulbe in West Africa. With growing population pressures and shrinking resources, the competition for land and livelihoods has fuelled tensi…
L’engagement politique de la diaspora ghanéenne aux Pays-Bas
Les auteurs analysent la genèse des sections extérieures des partis politiques ghanéens aux Pays-Bas, et la façon dont leurs membres mènent une vie politique transnationale entre pays d’accueil et pays d’origine. L’étude confirme que l’engagement politique transnational n’entre pas en concurrence, mais complète plutôt l’intégration politique dans le pays d’accueil. En dépit de la participation politique active des immigrés ghanéens à Amsterdam, l…
Does Social Transformation Drive Out-Migration? Perceptions and Changes
Migration and social transformation are major drivers of socio-economic development. Yet, the linkages between social transformation and migration in Ghana are poorly understood. This article seeks to shed light on how social transformation affects or is affected by migration, using mixed methods with transformationalist and social change theoretical lenses. At the same time, there have been retrogressive transformations in the economic condition…
Do Transnational Links Matter after Return? Labour Market Participation among Ghanaian Return Migrants
Do transnational links matter after return? The study presents the conditions under which migrants participate in the labour market of their home countries. Though transnationalism describes return migration as a circular movement, there is still evidence of permanent return prompting the question of how returnees utilise their transnational links after return. This paper presents an analysis of pre- and post-return experiences of Ghanaian intern…
L’engagement politique de la diaspora ghanéenne aux Pays-Bas
Les auteurs analysent la genèse des sections extérieures des partis politiques ghanéens aux Pays-Bas, et la façon dont leurs membres mènent une vie politique transnationale entre pays d’accueil et pays d’origine. L’étude confirme que l’engagement politique transnational n’entre pas en concurrence, mais complète plutôt l’intégration politique dans le pays d’accueil. En dépit de la participation politique active des immigrés ghanéens à Amsterdam, l…
Practising Religion across National Borders
Thepaper investigatesthe rationale behind the multiplicity of cross-border relations of Ghanaian Christian churches in Amsterdama nd the involvement of Ghanaian second generations in transnational religious discourse.I tc ontributes to filling the empirical research gap in the transnational religious practices of Sub-Saharan African Christian churches in the diaspora.T his study also contributes to the empiricall iterature on the intergenerationa…
Practising Religion across National Borders
The paper investigates the rationale behind the multiplicity of cross-border relations of Ghanaian Christian churches in Amsterdam and the involvement of Ghanaian second generations in transnational religious discourse. It contributes to filling the empirical research gap in the transnational religious practices of Sub-Saharan African Christian churches in the diaspora. This study also contributes to the empirical literature on the intergeneratio…
Post-Migration Outcomes and the Decision to Return
This paper examines the decision-making processes of return migrants, especially since the 2001 introduction of government programmes to encourage the return of skilled migrants who have the capacity to contribute their quota to the development agenda of Ghana. Structured questionnaires were used to gather information on the migration trajectories of 120 return migrants. This was followed by interviews that primarily sought in-depth understanding…
Please, thank you and sorry - brokering migration and constructing identities for domestic work in Ghana
Drawing on interviews with migrant domestic workers and brokers in Accra-Tema, the capital city of Ghana, this paper throws light on the everyday practices of brokers in producing ideal workers for urban middle class and expatriate families as well as overseas employment. The authors map the different kinds of brokers who are involved in the selection and placement of domestic workers and show how they filter and represent workers to potential em…
Evidence of Spiritual Capital in the Schooling of Second-Generation Ghanaians in Amsterdam
This study investigates how spiritual capital accrued from religiosity influences the educational mobility of second-generation migrants in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. We propose that inherently, religiosity possesses resources that have consequences for the socio-economic and cultural life of the adherents. The study adopts ethnographic research methods including in-depth interviews, participant observation and informal interviews in the religio…
Choosing to Stay
This article focuses on nationals from Ghana who have lost interest in pursuing migration dreams to Europe and North America after failed attempts to migrate. Many less experienced youths who attempt to migrate to Europe and North America face challenges such as strict immigration laws, high cost of financing migration plans, or illegal recruiters. Some risk their lives through dangerous routes to achieve their migration goals. The negative conse…
Where do you come from, where do you go? Assessing skills gaps and labour market outcomes for young adults with different immigration backgrounds
Using PISA and PIAAC data from twelve OECD countries, we examine the gap in cognitive skills among immigrants and natives and evaluate how those differences have evolved over time. We also consider how demographics, family background and school quality explain the development of cognitive skills of young people with immigrant backgrounds. The results show, first, that some convergence in skills occurs between second-generation immigrants and nati…
Migration, Farmer-Herder Conflict and the Challenges of Peacebuilding in the Agogo Traditional Area, Ghana
Recently, communities in Agogo Traditional Area (ATA) have witnessed an increasing spate of violence leading to loss of lives, loss of livelihoods, insecurity and severe injury among others. This article explores the “local” in peacebuilding by addressing the following research questions: first, how do Agogo indigenes in the diaspora contribute to peacebuilding in Agogo Traditional Area? Second, in which ways do the engagement of Fulani herders a…
Citizenship, Indigeneity, and the Experiences of 1.5- and Second-Generation Fulani Herders in Ghana
Issues of indigeneity and citizenship rights for second-generation pastoralist migrants across the West African States have received little to no attention in migration and pastoralist studies. This article explores this under-researched area in the field of migration studies and revisits the highly contested migration–citizenship nexus among Fulani herders in the Shai-Osu-Doku and Agogo traditional areas of Ghana. The article captures the crises…
The Politics of Peacebuilding in Africa
Beyond the binary debates in migration
The contestations over land and pasture redefine broad complex boundaries between three groups: autochthone farmers of Agogo, Fulani sedentary herders, and Fulani nomads. The broad boundaries have emerged into sub-categories between the sedentary Fulani and Fulani nomads who belong to the same ethnic group of Fulbe in West Africa. With growing population pressures and shrinking resources, the competition for land and livelihoods has fuelled tensi…
They'd beat us with whatever is available to them’
Generic accounts of pervasive cases of exploitation and abuse against migrant domestic workers in the Middle East exist in the extant literature. However, very little is known about the breadth, depth and gendered nature of abuses experienced by female migrants from especially the sub‐Saharan African region. Abuses of the rights of sub‐Saharan Africans are under‐represented and under‐theorised. This paper interrogates the question what is the nat…
Farmer-Pastoralist Interactions and Resource-Based Conflicts in Africa
An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Promoting Peace and Managing Farmer-Herder Conflict
Continued clashes between nomadic pastoralists and farmers generate concerns about the capacity of community-based civil society organizations to effectively navigate conflict resolution in Agogo Traditional Area (ATA), Ghana. The Agogo and Fulani associations ostensibly manage farmer-herder conflict but with mixed results. Setrana argues that, unlike foreign or international civil society organizations, community-based associations play importan…
Urban Migrant Inclusion and Refugee Protection - Volume 2
This open access book offers the first comprehensive global overview of urban and local initiatives, policies, and practices towards including and protecting migrants in vulnerable situations and refugees. The chapters in this volume illustrate the various urban solidarity practices in different world regions, while highlighting important differences arising from geographical, political, geopolitical, economic and demographic contexts. The volume…
Urban Migrant Inclusion and Refugee Protection - Volume 1
This open access book, the first of two volumes, offers novel insights into the resilience of migrants and refugees and challenges Eurocentric and colonial perspectives of urban solidarity, sanctuary, and hospitality. It is theoretically framed by critical perspectives on the state and anti-colonialism, histories of urban solidarity, practices of solidarity and estrangement, and geographical perspectives of scale and space. The volume also advanc…
Refugee Health Inclusion
This commentary examines how structural constraints shape health access in refugee camps. It stems from a recent workshop on refugee health and reflects an interdisciplinary, policy‐focused dialogue. We argue that humanitarian aid alone is insufficient. Instead, long‐term, rights‐based approaches are needed. Donor dependency, legal exclusion and geopolitical dynamics undermine access to care. These challenges create artificial divides between cam…
Does Social Transformation Drive Out-Migration? Perceptions and Changes
Migration and social transformation are major drivers of socio-economic development. Yet, the linkages between social transformation and migration in Ghana are poorly understood. This article seeks to shed light on how social transformation affects or is affected by migration, using mixed methods with transformationalist and social change theoretical lenses. At the same time, there have been retrogressive transformations in the economic condition…
Unpacked narratives on migration governance
Much of the narratives on West African migration ignore gender perspectives or tend to focus on women ‘as’ gender, while men are portrayed as, perhaps unwittingly, neutral or un-gendered. These present different perspectives on how migration and gender intersect in the region. Unfortunately, narratives on migration governance and gender that perceive female migration as disempowering and a breakdown of traditional family systems have dominated th…
Migration, gender, and inequities in agrarian service access in Northern Ghana
Migration has long shaped agrarian livelihoods in Northern Ghana, where north – south mobility is a key strategy for managing environmental risk, economic precarity, and uneven development. Although previous studies show that migrant households often benefit from remittances and improved agricultural investment, less is known about how migration reshapes who gains access to agricultural services and under what structural conditions. Drawing on a …
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