Development and the African Diaspora: Place and the Politics of Home Book

Currencies vi

List of Acronyms vii

Preface ix

Acknowledgements xii

Part 1 Why home associations matter

1 Home associations: between political belonging and moral conviviality 3

2 Contexxts and comparisons 32

3 Rethinking research on African diasporas and development 49

Part 2 The history and structure of home associations

4 Home associations and the nation in Cameroon 77

5 Home associations and the nation in Tanzania 103

Part 3 The developmental and political work of home associations

6 Welfare and social support in the diaspora 133

7 Modernizing burial and death celebrations 157

8 Education and inequality 179

9 Infrastructure and accountability 205

Part 4 Home associations, migration and development

10 Conclusions 225

Bibliography 236

Index 252