Career geographies in the Ghanaian fashion industry: from brain drain to brain gain and brain circulation

被引：3

作者：

Bobie, Adwoa Owusuaa ^{[1
]}

Darkwah, Akosua Keseboa ^{[2
]}

Gough, Katherine V. ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Kwame Nkrumah Univ Sci & Technol, Ctr Cultural & African Studies CeCASt, POB PMB UPO, Kumasi, Ghana

[2] Univ Ghana, Dept Sociol, Legon, Ghana

[3] Loughborough Univ, Human Geog, Loughborough, England

来源：

GLOBALISATION SOCIETIES AND EDUCATION | 2023年

关键词：

Career geographies; Fashion in Africa; brain gain; brain circulation; Ghanaian fashion industry; AFRICA; KNOWLEDGE; GROWTH; MIGRATION; MOBILITY; CONTEXT; IMPACT; POLICY; LABOR; WORK;

D O I：

10.1080/14767724.2023.2236563

中图分类号：

G40 [教育学];

学科分类号：

040101 ; 120403 ;

摘要：

Brain drain has long been argued to be one of Africa's key development challenges. This paper provides a more nuanced analysis of African career mobility through a focus on professionals in the creative industries, specifically Ghanaian fashion designers. Drawing on interviews with 31 fashion designers but focussing on the career geography of internationally renowned Kofi Ansah, we show how 'brain drain' turned into 'brain gain' and consequently 'brain circulation', fundamentally transforming Ghana's fashion industry. The paper thus demonstrates how the knowledge and expertise return migrants gather through international career mobility can be converted into assets at an individual, national, and international level.

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