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Identity vs. Perception: the case of Chidimma Adetshina and South African opinion on migrants

Published: 8/Oct/2024
Source: Scalabrini Institute for Human Mobility in Africa (SIHMA), Cape Town

The case of Chidimma Adetshina, who came under national scrutiny between August and September, sheds light on the levels of xenophobia and anti-immigration sentiment in South Africa. The 23-year-old model—born in Soweto to a Nigerian father and South African mother—was […]

South Africa: Narratives of Belonging: The Case of Chidimma Vanessa Adetshina

Published: 30/Sep/2024
Source: AfricaLaw (Blog)

Author: Zekhethelo Cele LLM Candidate, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria Chidimma Vanessa Adetshina’s nationality has sparked a significant debate on identity, belonging, and representation between South Africa and Nigeria. Allegedly born in South Africa to a Nigerian father […]

Kenya: Citizenship Rights: The Quest for Identification

Published: 10/Juil/2024
Source: The Elephant (Nairobi)

For certain communities in Kenya, citizenship is presented as an issue of ineligibility, and as a matter of national security rather than rights. By Fred Nasubo and David Ngira Civil rights organisations and community-based organisations in Kenya have disparaged the […]

Kenya: Citizenship is a Right, Not a Political Tool

Published: 9/Oct/2023
Source: The Elephant (Nairobi)

If it appears that citizenship by birth can be granted to groups on the basis of discretion and not as a legal right, that can undermine the perceived authority of the constitution and the rule of law more generally. By […]

Is litigation in African states establishing a right to dual citizenship?

Published: 30/Juin/2023
Source: GLOBALCIT, European University Institute

Bronwen Manby (European University Institute) On 13 June 2023, the South African Supreme Court of Appeal found to be unconstitutional the requirement established by the Citizenship Act for adults who voluntarily acquire another citizenship to gain permission to hold dual citizenship from the minister of […]

Ensuing Statelessness as (Post) Colonial Effect: Dynamics of Formal Identification Denial among the Fulani in Ghana

Published: 20/Juin/2023
Source: Critical Statelessness Studies blog (University of Melbourne Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness)

In this blog, Isaac Owusu Nsiah critically discusses the dynamics of the Ghanaian state’s recognition of the Fulani community as migrants and thus non-Ghanaians. He considers how such categorizations are institutionalised in citizen-identifying institutions, translating into widespread exclusions and discriminatory […]

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