Download or read book Transnational Africa and Globalization written by M. Okome and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-01-14 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dawn of neoliberal rationality in Africa in the 1980s coincided with a massive exodus of skilled Africans to the global North. Moving beyond the 'push and pull' framework that has dominated studies of this phenomenon, this collection instead looks at African transnational migrations against the backdrop of rapid and intensifying globalization.