Dr Anjofui Patience Anegub

Overview

Dr. Anjofui Patience is a development practitioner specialising in migration studies, community development, and the study of Christianity. She uses qualitative and, in particular, case study methods to explore ways through which the lives of migrants in South Africa can improve through policy reforms encouraging social integration. This led to her PhD dissertation, which focused on the effects of South Africa’s migration policy on skilled migrants. Anjofui received her PhD from the Department of Development Studies, University of the Western Cape, in 2024. Currently, she is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Religion, where she is researching African Pentecostalism and international migration. Qualifications: PhD, Development Studies, University of Western Cape, South Africa, 2024 MSc. Development Studies, University of Western Cape, South Africa, 2018 Publications: Kanayo, Ogujiuba; Anjofui, Patience. Migration dynamics in Africa: Expectations and lived experiences of immigrants in South Africa. Journal of Asian and Africa Studies, Vol 56, Issue 3, 2021 Kanayo, Ogujiuba; Anjofui, Patience; Stiegler, Nancy. Analysis of ramifications of migration and xenophobia in Africa: Review of economic potentials, skills of migrants and related policies in South Africa. Journal of African Foreign Affairs, Vol. 6 Issue 3, pp. 6S—8S, 2019 Kanayo, Ogujiuba; Anjofui, Patience; Stiegler, Nancy. Push and Pull factors in international migration: Evidence of migrants in South Africa. Journal of African Union Studies (JoAUS), Vol. 8, (Issue 2), 2019, pp 219-250