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    Africans and their environment: challenges and possibilities of restoring the link constrained by resource conflicts
    (Uganda Martyrs University, 2017) Kamugisha, Marsiale
    This chapter first and foremost acknowledges the fact that Africa has a pronounced and complex history of rich as well as valued natural and social-cultural heritage (Ogungbein 2011). It also recognises that traditionally, Africans strongly identified themselves with nature whereby they transcended physical objects to find meaning of their existence in what is superhuman or divine reality (Chemhuru and Maska 2010). Whether this kind of cultural, moral and spiritual attachment and identification with nature still stands the same in contemporary Africa is what should interest the academia and rigorous research-minded people to reflect on. This can help to diagnose the current ecological situation so as to map out why there is generally a transition in African people's perceptions, attitudes, behavioural patterns and interaction with their natural ecosystems. This, absolutely, would help the current generation to get a gist of this fundamental reality; what was, what is, and what is it likely to be in future, and what foreseen consequences are likely to face the future generations if no action is taken now to mitigate the current environment crisis. The chapter also considers the phenomena of urbanisation and globalisation among factors such as foreign modern science and technological application that have continued to have a negative bearing on natural resources in Africa. The abusive practice of these developments has not only heavily impacted on the balance of natural ecosystems (Nyambos 2010) but also contributed significantly to the existing violent conflicts on the African soil. Much as the continent is famously known to be having the widest biodiversity (biological diversity) and eco -diversity, it has been and is still alarmingly losing this natural heritage at a high rate due to anthropogenetic interference precipitated by the global economic order (Musoro 2001) as relayed through globalisation...
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    "If I only get a visa": configurations of residential preferences and contemporary migration of Africans to Europe and North America.
    (Uganda Martyrs University, 2017) Ssnkosi, Moses Balyejjusa; Kasoma, Abisagi Ndagire
    The chapter starts with a description of the trends of migration of Africans from Sub-Saharan Africa to Europe and North Africa. We show how the number of Sub-Sharan Africans migrating to Europe and North America, although small, is increasing. We further illustrate the preference of Western Europe and North America by African migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa over other destination areas, such as the Middle East, Oceania and Asia. This is followed by a description of the push-push paradigm of migration. The second section involves a historical analysis of the evolution of the push-pull paradigm or negative-positive image of Sub-Saharan Africa and Europe and North America in relation to the migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa. It is concluded that the long history of perpetuating the attractive-unattractive dichotomy has not only deprived Africa of its skilled human resources, but also stifled its development efforts in some respects (Rodney 1973; IOM 2003; Taiwo 2010; World Bank 2011a) and promoted the European and North American legacies and achievements. It is important to note from the onset that this chapter strictly focuses on voluntary immigrants. Secondly, although the argument we advance in this chapter may apply to other cases of migration in other continents, such as Asia, South America, Central America and Eastern Europe, this chapter strictly explores the migration of Africans from Sub-Saharan Africa. Also the chapter does not discuss migration of North Africans. This is because of North Africa's proximity to Europe and the perception of North Africa as relatively more developed and advanced than Sub-Saharan Africa. Lastly the chapter examines migration of Africans from Sub-Saharan Africa from the colonial period to date, and not the slave period.