Multimedia Resources

PolMig Fieldwork Diaries with Constantin Herburger

Returning from fieldwork across Africa, PolMig team members share their reflections from the first fieldwork phase. In this episode, the project’s research assistant Constantin Herburger speaks about his experience conducting fieldwork abroad for the first time.

PolMig Fieldwork Diaries with Sophia Stille

Returning from fieldwork across Africa, PolMig team members share their reflections from the first fieldwork phase. In this episode, the projects doctoral student Sophia Stille speaks on her experience conducting research in both Malawi and Liberia within one research phase. Find the full video on the ABI YouTube Channel.

PolMig Fieldwork Diaries with Edwin Mutyenyoka

Returning from fieldwork across Africa, PolMig team members share their reflections from the first fieldwork phase. In this episode, Dr. Edwin Mutyenyoka speaks about his experience in Nairobi and what it was like conducting his first theatre workshop. Find the full video on the ABI YouTube Channel.

PolMig Fieldwork Diaries with Jamila Hamidu

Returning from fieldwork across Africa, PolMig team members share their reflections from the first fieldwork phase. In this episode, Dr. Jamila Hamidu tells us about her fieldwork experience in Ghana and what it was like conducting her first theatre workshop. Find the full video on the ABI YouTube Channel.

PolMig Fieldwork Diaries with Franzisca Zanker

Returning from fieldwork across Africa, PolMig team members share their reflections from the first fieldwork phase. In this episode, Dr. Franzisca Zanker speaks on her fieldwork experience and her first return to Liberia after more than 10 years. Find the full video on the ABI YouTube Channel.

Edwin Mutyenyoka in Weltspiegel podcast on anti-migrant protests in South Africa

Edwin Mutyenyoka

Tens of thousands of migrants are leaving South Africa out of fear of xenophobic violence. They don't feel safe anymore since self-appointed "community police" have been attacking people from Malawi, Zimbabwe, and other countries, or looting their shops and homes. In the Weltspiegel podcast of the ARD, Edwin Mutyenyoka discusses how these developments relate to South Africa's struggle against Apartheid, what people can expect upon returning to their home countries and how South Africa's neighboring countries react to the situation in South Africa. The podcast is available on the ARD sounds website (in German).

Kenya’s Shirika Plan: A New Future for Refugees Beyond Dadaab and Kakuma?

Edwin Mutyenyoka

After 30 years of refugee encampment policy, Kenya is shifting its protection policy away from large refugee camps. The Shirika Plan seeks to transform the existing refugee camps into integrated municipalities and to facilitate the socio-economic integration of refugees across the country. In a radio interview with Channel Africa, Edwin Mutyenyoka speaks about Kenya‘s Shirika Plan - its opportunities, challenges and broader implications Full radio interview available on YouTube.

Kenya’s Shirika Plan: A New Model for Refugee Inclusion or an Ambitious Policy Gamble?

Edwin Mutyenyoka

PolMig’s Edwin Mutyenyoka was invited to POWER Talk, a South African radio show, to speak about Kenya‘s Shirika Plan and the country‘s efforts to shift away from its refugee encampment policy - instead aiming to integrate refugees into Kenyan society and to transform refugee hosting into a development opportunity. In his conversation with host Mondli Makhnaya, Edwin Mutyenyoka speaks about current policy developments in Kenya, possible challenges and opportunities, as well as the Shirika Plan being a potential model for refugee protection across the African continent. Full radio interview available on POWER Talk.