Publications

UK - Strengthening Belonging for Young African Migrants in the UK Policy Brief

UK - Strengthening Belonging for Young African Migrants in the UK Policy Brief UK - Strengthening Belonging for Young African Migrants in the UK Policy Brief

Nigeria - Partner with faith leaders for safer youth migration Policy Brief

Nigeria - Partner with faith leaders for safer youth migration Policy Brief Nigeria - Partner with faith leaders for safer youth migration Policy Brief

Zimbabwe - Empowering Left-Behind Youth Through Faith and Decent Work Policy Brief

Zimbabwe - Empowering Left-Behind Youth Through Faith and Decent Work Policy Brief Zimbabwe - Empowering Left-Behind Youth Through Faith and Decent Work Policy Brief

South Africa - Fast-track documentation for young migrants in South Policy Brief

South Africa - Fast-track documentation for young migrants in South Policy Brief South Africa - Fast-track documentation for young migrants in South Policy Brief

Lagos - Dissemination Workshop Report

Lagos - Dissemination Workshop Report Lagos - Dissemination Workshop Report

Faith, Governance and Exodus: Exploring the Impact of Religion and Politics on Youth Migration in Africa

Faith, Governance and Exodus: Exploring the Impact of Religion and Politics on Youth Migration in Africa Faith, Governance and Exodus: Exploring the Impact of Religion and Politics on Youth Migration in Africa

Beyond Ubuntu and Decoloniality: Toward a Precarity-Based African Existentialist Mobility Framework

Beyond Ubuntu and Decoloniality: Toward a Precarity-Based African Existentialist Mobility Framework Beyond Ubuntu and Decoloniality: Toward a Precarity-Based African Existentialist Mobility Framework

Harare’s waiting generation? resilient waiting, lived religion and youth in transnational contexts

Harare’s waiting generation? resilient waiting, lived religion and youth in transnational contexts Harare’s waiting generation? resilient waiting, lived religion and youth in transnational contexts

Navigating continuity and change: a multi-scalar analysis of religion and spirituality among African youth in the UK

Navigating continuity and change: a multi-scalar analysis of religion and spirituality among African youth in the UK Navigating continuity and change: a multi-scalar analysis of religion and spirituality among African youth in the UK

Negotiating the present, facing the past: postcolonial politics & transnational youth experiences in South Africa

Negotiating the present, facing the past: postcolonial politics & transnational youth experiences in South Africa Negotiating the present, facing the past: postcolonial politics & transnational youth experiences in South Africa

The religious aspiration-capability nexus in African youth migration

The religious aspiration-capability nexus in African youth migration The religious aspiration-capability nexus in African youth migration

Faith, Flight, and Futures: Religion and the Japa Migration of Nigerian Youth

Faith, Flight, and Futures: Religion and the Japa Migration of Nigerian Youth Faith, Flight, and Futures: Religion and the Japa Migration of Nigerian Youth

Africa’s clicks to faith: digital religious practices among transnational Nigerian and Zimbabwean youth in the diaspora

Africa’s clicks to faith: digital religious practices among transnational Nigerian and Zimbabwean youth in the diaspora Africa’s clicks to faith: digital religious practices among transnational Nigerian and Zimbabwean youth in the diaspora

Introducing migratuality through Kufambira

Introducing migratuality through Kufambira Introducing migratuality through Kufambira

Reframing the lens: transnational youth, lived religion and rethinking mobility & transnationalism

Reframing the lens: transnational youth, lived religion and rethinking mobility & transnationalism Reframing the lens: transnational youth, lived religion and rethinking mobility & transnationalism

Introduction: roaming and rooted – migration, religion, spirituality and the transnational lives of African youth

Introduction: roaming and rooted – migration, religion, spirituality and the transnational lives of African youth Introduction: roaming and rooted – migration, religion, spirituality and the transnational lives of African youth

Makina D. and Pasura, D., (2023) (eds)

Routledge Handbook of Contemporary African Migration, Routledge

Makina D. and Pasura, D., (2023) (eds) Makina D. and Pasura, D., (2023) (eds)

De-centring pilgrimage studies: understanding neo-Pentecostal journeys and pilgrimage in Africa

Journal of Contemporary Religion, 38(1), 79-96.

Pasura, D. (2023). De-centring pilgrimage studies: understanding neo-Pentecostal journeys and pilgrimage in Africa Pasura, D. (2023). De-centring pilgrimage studies: understanding neo-Pentecostal journeys and pilgrimage in Africa

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Profile of Peace Building and Community Development Initiative (PEBCOD)

PEBCOD is a development focus Non-Governmental, not for profit, and non-political organization based in Calabar, Cross River State. Registered with the Nigerian Corporate Affairs Commission, PEBCOD uses integrated approaches to facilitate peace and implement health and developmental programmes in communities.  Focus areas include reproductive health and gender, HIV/AIDS, drug and substance abuse, women/youth empowerment, and child labour/trafficking. A researcher and an academic leads the organization’s team of dedicated colleagues and volunteers that collaborate and partners with institutions and organizations in our core programs.

The engagement and partnership with the University of Glasgow on the project is inline with the mandates of the organization.

RESPONSIBLE PERSON FOR THE PARTNERSHIP: DR. (MRS.) VERONICA AKWENABUAYE UNDELIKWO

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Profile of Zimbabwe Diaspora Network UK (ZDN UK)

The Zimbabwe Diaspora Network UK is a UK-wide non-partisan civic Zimbabwean Diaspora Association that serves as a hub for UK-based Diaspora. It serves as one of the effective conduits for UK- Zimbabwean Diaspora in respect of providing a focused lobby for the interests of Zimbabweans across the age spectrum providing developmental networking opportunities for young people and adults in mentoring and community engagement to meet the evolving needs of its members holistically. It is led by an Executive Committee with Dr Paul Matsvai being the Chairman and serving as the main contact point for the research project. It is part of the global Zimbabwe Diaspora Nation Building Initiative (ZDNBI) of which Dr Paul Matsvai is also serving as the Chief Executive Officer.

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