Paper short abstract:

On this presentation I will bring up some points on ECOWAS migration and transnational processes (re)reading the social complexity of Cape Verdean historical approach in their multiple dimensions and the current dynamics that have favored the mobility of people from and to the Cape Verde islands.

Paper long abstract:

The archipelago of Cape Verde, from its settlement to the present day, always has stood out as an area of migration. We can understand this dimension in a context of mobility of people in the geographical space. These mobilities also qualify in multiple dimensions (social, political, economic, cultural...) and two-way (departure / arrival). That is, talking about migrations we found a good example for a (re) reading of social complexity Cape Verdean historical approach in their multiple dimensions (demographic, political, economic, social and cultural) and the current dynamic that has favored the mobility of people from and to the islands of Cape Verde.

I try to present here some points on ECOWAS migration dynamics and processes that involve the archipelago of Cape Verde. The idea is to create lines of reflection on possible transnational relationships that have generated new challenges on the social and political level to a small island state. The example I swallow here, also, reverses the conception that international migration occur in a south / north or from the peripheries to the center of the capitalist system. And, it is interesting to understand here a scenario of intra-regional and cross-border migration that contradicts the generalized idea of transit and the hot topic debate and research of African migrations directed towards the global North.