“A brilliant synthesis of affect theory and migration studies (….) Particularly edifying are the contributors’ meticulous analyses of the economic, ethical, and emotional connections migrants negotiate and struggle to sustain between home and the global north and their critiques of current governmental, legal, and media responses to migration in Europe.”

Michael D. Jackson, Professor, Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University

 “A sparkling set of essays that map the intimacies and innovations of migrant kinship and belonging across the Africa-Europe divide. Filled with smart theory and vivid case studies this elegant collection advances migration studies in new and unexpected directions, while also reanimating that old topic – the anthropology of kinship – that never goes away”.

Gilbert Herdt, Professor in Anthropology and Human Sexuality Studies, San Francisco State University