Presca Wanki
Biographic Data
| ID | 936499 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Presca Wanki |
| GIVEN NAMES | Presca |
| FAMILY NAME | Wanki |
| SIGNATURE | WANKI P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ghent University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7981-1126 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Geopolitics of the Family: Negotiating Return and its Impact on the Reintegration of Cameroonian Returnees
We are like in a jungle trying to survive'; navigating uncertainty by Cameroonian returnees
Using the concepts of social navigation and vital conjunctures, this paper investigates how Cameroonian returnees experience their return in a crisis-ridden context in constant decay, characterised by material and existential uncertainties. Based on semi-structured interviews with 41 Cameroonians returning from countries in the Global North under different circumstances, we examine the ingenuity of these returnees to navigate an environment that …
(Un)certainty After Return: Unpacking Community Expectations, Familial Geopolitics and (In)formal Support for Cameroonian Returnees
Migration in Cameroon is often linked to specific expectations towards migrants, particularly with regard to sharing accumulated resources. To understand how differences in post-return experiences are created, this study, which is a summary of a PhD research project on the post-return experiences of Cameroonian migrants, takes a holistic approach by considering the socio-cultural, economic and political characteristics of the Cameroonian context.…
Let Them Make It Rain and Bling”: Unveiling Community Expectations towards Returned Migrants in Cameroon
In Africa, international migration to the Global North is often interpreted as a means to achieve upward social mobility. This article highlights the importance of considering the socio-economic and political transformations that form migration aspirations, especially among African youths. Simultaneously, increasing restrictive migration regimes impacts the extent to which migrants can meet the clauses in the moral economy of migration in their o…
‘Bushfalling’: The ambiguities of role identities experienced by self-sponsored Cameroonian students in Flanders (Belgium)
Educational mobility in Cameroon is not a recent phenomenon, yet through the notion of ‘bushfalling’ – that is, the way international migration is envisioned and constructed in Cameroon – young Cameroonians explore routes to new destination countries for educational migration as a way of fulfilling their dreams of a better future. These dreams are enabled and challenged by the different role identities the students have to combine in the destinat…
Let Them Make It Rain and Bling”: Unveiling Community Expectations towards Returned Migrants in Cameroon
In Africa, international migration to the Global North is often interpreted as a means to achieve upward social mobility. This article highlights the importance of considering the socio-economic and political transformations that form migration aspirations, especially among African youths. Simultaneously, increasing restrictive migration regimes impacts the extent to which migrants can meet the clauses in the moral economy of migration in their o…
We are like in a jungle trying to survive'; navigating uncertainty by Cameroonian returnees
Using the concepts of social navigation and vital conjunctures, this paper investigates how Cameroonian returnees experience their return in a crisis-ridden context in constant decay, characterised by material and existential uncertainties. Based on semi-structured interviews with 41 Cameroonians returning from countries in the Global North under different circumstances, we examine the ingenuity of these returnees to navigate an environment that …
‘Bushfalling’: The ambiguities of role identities experienced by self-sponsored Cameroonian students in Flanders (Belgium)
Educational mobility in Cameroon is not a recent phenomenon, yet through the notion of ‘bushfalling’ – that is, the way international migration is envisioned and constructed in Cameroon – young Cameroonians explore routes to new destination countries for educational migration as a way of fulfilling their dreams of a better future. These dreams are enabled and challenged by the different role identities the students have to combine in the destinat…
(Un)certainty After Return: Unpacking Community Expectations, Familial Geopolitics and (In)formal Support for Cameroonian Returnees
Migration in Cameroon is often linked to specific expectations towards migrants, particularly with regard to sharing accumulated resources. To understand how differences in post-return experiences are created, this study, which is a summary of a PhD research project on the post-return experiences of Cameroonian migrants, takes a holistic approach by considering the socio-cultural, economic and political characteristics of the Cameroonian context.…
Let Them Make It Rain and Bling”: Unveiling Community Expectations towards Returned Migrants in Cameroon
In Africa, international migration to the Global North is often interpreted as a means to achieve upward social mobility. This article highlights the importance of considering the socio-economic and political transformations that form migration aspirations, especially among African youths. Simultaneously, increasing restrictive migration regimes impacts the extent to which migrants can meet the clauses in the moral economy of migration in their o…
The Geopolitics of the Family: Negotiating Return and its Impact on the Reintegration of Cameroonian Returnees
We are like in a jungle trying to survive'; navigating uncertainty by Cameroonian returnees
Using the concepts of social navigation and vital conjunctures, this paper investigates how Cameroonian returnees experience their return in a crisis-ridden context in constant decay, characterised by material and existential uncertainties. Based on semi-structured interviews with 41 Cameroonians returning from countries in the Global North under different circumstances, we examine the ingenuity of these returnees to navigate an environment that …
Migration and Labor Dynamics (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Politics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Negotiation (2 works)