Ghanaians at the World Cup

elements of the constitution of a migratory flow in the present time

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36661/2238-9717.2024n44.14390

Keywords:

Ghanaian migrations, World Cup, Organized supporters’ groups, Brazil, Ghana

Abstract

The present article aims to analyze the recent migration flows of Ghanaians who moved from the Republic of Ghana in West Africa to Brazil, starting in 2014. The hypothesis presented suggests that the FIFA World Cup event held in Brazil was the main entry vector for Ghanaian migrants into the country, which until then did not figure as a migration destination in the history of Ghanaian movements. The article is divided into two sections, which discuss, respectively, the relationship of the Ghanaian government with the financing of fans and organized supporters' groups, based on the oral reports of three Ghanaian migrants, and the strategies for the migrants’ stay after the expiration of the “Cup visa,” according to administrative data from CONARE, SINCRE, and SISMIGRA.

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  • Michelle Maria Stakonski Cechinel, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina

    Doutora em História pela Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina - UDESC. Professora colaboradora do Departamento de História da Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina - UDESC. Coordenadora do GT História da África – ANPUH/SC. Pesquisadora do Observatório das Migrações de Santa Catarina – OBMIGRA-SC e do Laboratório de Estudos de Gênero e Família – LABGEF-UDESC. E-mail: miimss@gmail.com

  • Gláucia de Oliveira Assis, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina

    Doutora em Ciências Sociais pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas – UNICAMP. Professora no Programa de Planejamento Territorial e Desenvolvimento Sócio-ambiental da Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina – PPGPLAN-UDESC, no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Gestão integrada do Território da Universidade do Vale do Rio Doce - GIT-UNIVALE. Coordenadora do Observatório das Migrações de Santa Catarina – OBMIGRA-SC.

Published

29-08-2024

How to Cite

CECHINEL, Michelle Maria Stakonski; ASSIS, Gláucia de Oliveira. Ghanaians at the World Cup: elements of the constitution of a migratory flow in the present time. Fronteiras: Revista Catarinense de História, Brasil, n. 44, p. 186–212, 2024. DOI: 10.36661/2238-9717.2024n44.14390. Disponível em: https://periodicos.uffs.edu.br/index.php/FRCH/article/view/14390. Acesso em: 3 may. 2025.

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