On 5 December 2025, the RASTAY project held its Lagos Dissemination Workshop in hybrid format at Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos. The event brought together young people, religious leaders, academics, project partners and members of the Young People Advisory Group to discuss early findings on religion, migration and youth. Discussions highlighted how economic…
read moreBernard Matolino, University of Pretoria Most migrants in South Africa, from Nigeria and Zimbabwe, are technically economic refugees (see Enigbokan et al 2015). For most, the reason why they have left their country is to search for better opportunities in their much better equipped and prosperous neighbor (Chikanda 2019). As a social phenomenon, migration of…
read moreDominic Pasura, University of Glasgow I write as Principal Investigator of The Religious and Spiritual Lives of Transnational Young People of African Migrant Background. This post outlines how we frame interviews and read fieldnotes across Lagos, Harare, Johannesburg, London and Birmingham. The aim is to question categories, outline working concepts and ground them in what young people say…
read moreDodeye Williams, University of Calabar Migration aspirations of young people have largely been shaped by a combination of
read moreEzra Chitando, University of Zimbabwe We often hear the phrase, “Distance is not a barrier.” For a generation of young people in Harare, Zimbabwe, this isn’t just a cliché—it’s a daily practice powered by faith and technology. In the wake of widespread migration, many young people are “left behind,” navigating life’s challenges while their parents…
read moreTwo-day workshop on religion, mobility and youth across Africa-Europe circuits. Seeking theoretically grounded, empirically rich papers centring African epistemologies. Abstracts due Fri 13 Feb 2026.
read moreDominic Pasura presented “Reframing the Lens: African Transnational Youth, Lived Religion and Rethinking Mobility & Transnationalism” at the 86th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Sociology of Religion, Hyatt Centric Chicago Magnificent Mile, Chicago, IL, August 9–11, 2025. The paper was scheduled in Session, “Marginalized Religious Traditions in Pluralistic and Transnational Contexts”. Conference theme:…
read moreRASTAY organised and led a four-paper panel, “De-centring Migration and Religion: Insights and Interventions from the Global South,” at the 22nd Annual IMISCOE Conference (Paris, July 2025). The session examined how religion and spirituality shape migration decisions, experiences, and forms of belonging in African and diasporic contexts. Format and rolesThe panel was co-chaired by Dominic…
read moreFrom 4 to 9 December 2024, the team held a Data Analysis/Writing Workshop in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. The programme focused on NVivo data analysis across the four research teams, paper development and planning for outputs, policy engagement and impact. Attendees and facilitators were from the University of Glasgow (Dominic Pasura, Nomatter Sande, Sarah Kazira, Angela…
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