From Taxi to Migrant and Vice Versa. The Interconnectedness of Transportation and International Migration in Western Africa
The development of transportation and mobility in Africa are interconnected. The migratory flow of Western Africans assumes a variety of forms and is currently benefiting from improvements to international transportation systems. As builders of nation territories, states are the first organizers of African mobility. Migrants, both individually and collectively, are also the makers, to varying degrees, of their own mobility. They contribute, in host, transit and native countries, to the way transportation systems function; at the same time, they reinforce the connection between custom and culture.