Nie Jianwen, a truck driver who amassed a large following online after he shared videos of how he cared for his hemiplegic wife in the cab of his truck, recently shared on social media that his wife had died of a cerebral hemorrhage.

Looking for a #postdoc on the impacts of digital tech on health, the state, and migration in Southeast Asia? Apply & join the The SEAsia Research Centre for Digital Tech and Society (SEADS) Monash Malaysia: timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/listin… Emma Baulch 🐔 Migration@Monash @plongy Abdul Aziz (عزيز)

Same playbook all over again. Crypto Bad. eNaira good. By the way, what happened to the contract with that coy from #Barbados? 🤣🤣🤣

“Legal Immigration” is a word white supremacists use to hide their disdain for colored migrants. What exactly is legal migration? For the average white European, legal migration to the U.S. means booking a flight and landing in the U.S. For the average Latino, it means

BBC Dad content Today is the 7th anniversary of the BBC Dad blooper. So here it is again, with some recent family pictures in the thread below. 1

Just out: our new CARI data on trends in Chinese workers in Africa is creating a small buzz: sais-cari.org/data-chinese-w…. See detailed analysis by Jevans Nyabiage in scmp.com/news/china/dip… Stay tuned for updates on Chinese investment, trade, loans later this week.

Honored to be on the editorial board of this cool new series "Afrasia: Contours, Crossings, Connections" at U Pittsburgh Press. Looking forward to working with the editors and fellow board members. Please get in touch and send us your queries! Chinese in Africa/Africans in China Research Ntwrk upittpress.org/series/afrasia…

A new film from Arthur Musah follows the lives of four African students at MIT, where youthful idealism gets tested by the realities of American racism and inequality. africasacountry.com/2024/03/being-…

New article in JEMS by Jing Jing Liu Jing Jing Liu MacEwan University analyses the emigration of middle-class Nigerians as 'survival' migration. Read more here tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…

Fellowship in Ethnographic Writing is now open for applications for the 2024 cycle. Find out more about the fellowship and how to apply through the link in our bio!! #utscanthro #utscanthropology #centreforethnography #uoft #utsc #anthropology

Chinese economic engagement with the continent has changed radically in recent years, according to a new report published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF): buff.ly/43hMWvk

Assets such as online payment accounts, game accounts, and virtual currencies are increasingly featured in wills. sixthtone.com/news/1014865

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1/2: As part of the IDEAs Advanced Certificate Programme on #Research in #Political #Economy, redge, Simone Deos, Yan Liang, Eric Tymoigne and myself will be delivering the course on "Money and Banking" (16 April to 17 May 2024) IDEAs - Africa Network (IDAN) IDEAs

Young middle-class Nigerians are desperate to leave the country: insights into why theconversation.com/young-middle-c… 💻 Jing Jing Liu, MacEwan University MacEwan University #ArtsCultureAndSociety

Thanks The Conversation Africa for the opportunity to bring attention to the myriad reasons why Nigerian youths migrate.

Colleagues based in African universities and institutions, take a look!

Well done!

SOAS anthropology and sociology dept (SOAS Department Of Anthropology) is recruiting 3 lecturers to start Sept 24. Expertise in migration or race/gender/sexuality preferred for 2 of them. Deadline 8th July. Society for Cultural Anthropology Anthropology News anthropologyworks Society for Applied Anthro For details see: jobs.ac.uk/job/DIH140/lec…

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