A historical perspective of Nigerian immigrants in Europe

Obi-Ani, Paul; Obi-Ani, Ngozika Anthonia; Isiani, Mathias Chukwudi

doi:10.1080/23311983.2020.1846262

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“…They construct negative regrets by expressing what they suffer in their host countries but believed not to suffer in their home country had it been the "Nigerian bad system" that has not "compelled" them to migrate. Validating the reason why a lot of Nigerians opt for the choice of leaving the country, Obi-Ani et al (2020) submit that economic adversity, political turmoil, and religious conflict have propelled Nigerians to migrate to economic safe-havens of Europe in their droves. Nigerian migrants present their positive regrets (as ways of reflecting that they feel lucky to have left the country) by negatively representing Nigeria in form of genuine insults which Marta (2021) refers to as the insults intended to offend the target (whether or not conveying truthful messages about them).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Many scholarly works all over the world have interrogated migration issues from different perspectives (Fina 2003;Priesto 2004;Guillem 2015;Eberl et al 2018;Obi-Ani et al 2020;Viola and Verheul 2020;de Haas 2021; de Haas 2016; among others). Migration discourse has been researched from the angle of its historical evolution (Viola and Verheul 2020), media representation of migrants (Priesto 2004;Eberl et al 2018;Marques and Ramos 2020), politics and migration (Heidenreich and Eberl 2020) and migration and identity construction (Li et al 1995;Fina 2003).…”

Section: Studies On Migration Discoursementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Among the limited number of scholarly studies on migration issues in the Nigerian context, the focus has been on: cultural identity (Ayeomoni, 2011, Kupolati, 2021; language contact (Nwaozuzu, 2013) and historical perspective of the phenomenon (Obi-Ani et al 2020), almost to the exclusion of discourse strategies for regrets construction in Nigerian migrants online discourses, especially as the migration resulted from bad leadership and governance in Nigeria. Ramos and Marques' (2020) study has a related focus as it identifies strategies (quantification of occurrences, categorization of the discourse object as "refugee", categorization and quantification etc.)…”

Section: Studies On Migration Discoursementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Extant studies on migration discourse in the context of Nigeria (Ikuteyijo 2019;Ayeomono 2011;Kupolati 2021;Nwaozuzu 2013;Obi-Ani et al 2020) have focused on irregular migration as a survival strategy, cultural identity, language contact and the historical perspective of migration, to the exclusion of regrets' construction and the significant implications of such discourse as it relates to the Nigerian context. Migrants usually have different experiences which could be favourable and unfavourable.…”

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confidence: 99%

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"Regrets for leaving the 'zoo'?": Regret construction strategies in the online discourses of Nigerian migrants

Jolaoso

Olajimbiti

2021

ELS-JISH

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Regret, a cognitive phenomenon capable of revealing a person's disposition about certain realities, is conceived as a tool to unpack Nigerian migrants' perceptions about the country. This paper examines discourse strategies of regrets' construction in the online discourses of Nigerian migrants. The data consist of eighty-eight responses of Nigerian migrants downloaded from the NAIRALAND where many Nigerians in the diaspora expressed their regrets about leaving the country. These were subjected to qualitative-descriptive analysis, using van Dijk's (2007) model of discourse strategies. The findings uncover two forms of regrets constructed in the discourse: positive and negative. The positive regrets' construction characterizes "not leaving early" regrets; positive self-appraisal and negative representation of the country. Frustration experience in the foreign countries and juxtaposition of specific circumstances in Nigeria to contemporary experiences elsewhere frame negative regrets' construction. These were constructed through discourse strategies such as presupposition, implication, lexicalization, hyperbole, illustration, metaphor and disclaimer. These Nigerians' use of language in this discourse indexes hopelessness, visionless leaders, lawlessness and economic hardship. The study concludes that while the views of Nigerian migrants may not be true, perhaps, the government may urgently look into these views and act to convince other Nigerians to prevent the exodus of prospective Nigerian migrants which could lead to brain drain.

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Section: Studies On Migration Discoursementioning

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Section: Studies On Migration Discoursementioning

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"Regrets for leaving the 'zoo'?": Regret construction strategies in the online discourses of Nigerian migrants

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2021

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“…However, in 1914, the northern and southern protectorates were merged and tagged 'Nigeria' by Lord Lugard for administrative convenience. The merger has often been held to have contributed to social inequality and ethnic rivalry in the country (Obi-Ani et al, 2016;Olowookere, 2017). Consequently, Alabi et al (2020) call the attention of researchers and policymakers to the historical, sociocultural differences between the two regions, how they influence differing social and health-seeking behaviours, and the need to employ commensurate intervention techniques with the sociocultural make-up of each region.…”

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Regional variations in the acceptance and experience of intimate partner violence in Nigeria: Revisiting cosmopolitan-success and conservative-failure hypothesis

Alabi

Ramsden

2022

J. Biosoc. Sci.

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This study investigates regional variations in the factors associated with acceptance and actual experience of intimate partner violence (IPV) among married women in northern and southern Nigeria - two regions with distinct socio-cultural and economic differences. Data from the 2018 demographic and health survey are analysed to compare these two regions. The sample comprised married/living-with-partner women within the reproductive age of 15-49. Overall, a positive association exists between IPV experience and IPV acceptance, regardless of which is used as the outcome variable. Contrary to the notion that IPV is prevalent where its acceptance is high, this study finds that the reverse is true. IPV acceptance is significantly higher in the north than in the south (39.4% versus 14.7%), but the reverse is the case for the actual experience of IPV (20.1% versus 24.7%). Being employed and having access to the internet reduce the odds of IPV victimisation for women in the south, but increases the chances for northern women. Muslims in the north have significantly higher odds of IPV acceptance than their Christian counterparts in the same region, but the reverse is the case in the south. Regional differences also exist in the influence of decision-making, educational difference between spouses, and media exposure. While the cosmopolitan-success and conservative-failure hypothesis explains the regional differences in the acceptance of IPV, it fails to explain differences in the actual experience of IPV. The study provides alternative explanations for the regional differences in the experience of IPV and acceptance of it in Nigeria, and it points to the need for differing intervention programmes across regions. Notably, the study found that the association between justification of IPV and actual experience of it is bi-directional and suggests caution in making causal inferences.

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Bibliometric Profile of the Nigerian Health Sciences Professors in the Diaspora

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2023

Health Research in Nigeria

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A historical perspective of Nigerian immigrants in Europe

Cited by 11 publications

References 3 publications

"Regrets for leaving the 'zoo'?": Regret construction strategies in the online discourses of Nigerian migrants

"Regrets for leaving the 'zoo'?": Regret construction strategies in the online discourses of Nigerian migrants

Regional variations in the acceptance and experience of intimate partner violence in Nigeria: Revisiting cosmopolitan-success and conservative-failure hypothesis

Bibliometric Profile of the Nigerian Health Sciences Professors in the Diaspora

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