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IAD Distinguished Africanist Scholar

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March 16, 2022

The Allure of Scapegoating Return Migrants During a Pandemic

Wednesday, March 16, 2022 @ 4:30pm

Ato Kwamena Onoma is a Senior Program Officer at the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA). His research focuses on mobility, identity, belonging and inter communal relations in Africa. He has conducted field research in many countries in West, East and Southern Africa.  He is the author of Anti-Refugee Violence and African Politics (Cambridge University Press, 2013) and The Politics of Property Rights Institutions in Africa (Cambridge University Press, 2009).  He previously served as the Head of the African Center for Peace and Security Training at the Institute for Security Studies and also as Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Yale  University.

This event is part of the IAD Distinguished Africanist Scholar Lecture series.                 Register here for virtual access

Co-sponsored by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies and the Department of Government.

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Topic

  • Democratic Threats and Resilience
  • Development, Law, and Economics

Tags

  • International Development

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