Kunle Musbaudeen Oparinde is Research Associate in the Institute of Systems Science at the Durban University of Technology, South Africa. He is an interdisciplinary researcher with interests in areas including sociolinguistics, African Studies, decolonization, and higher education.Rodwell Makombe is Professor in the Department of English at the North-West University, South Africa. His research focuses on postcolonial literary studies, social media, and humour, satire, and poetics in literary and cultural texts.

• Chapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. Contemporary Global Discourses of Migration and MigrantsChapter 3. Frequency of Migration Discourse in Nigerian Everyday ContextsChapter 4. Social Media Narratives and Counternarratives of Migration in Zimbabwe: The Case of Hopewell Chin’ono’s Facebook Page Post-August 2023 ElectionsChapter 5. Discourse of Politics and Security in MigrationChapter 6. Co-Existence of Power and Powerlessness in Nigerian Migration DiscourseChapter 7. Discourse, Zimbabwean Migrants in South Africa and the Politics of Viscerality: The Case of the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP)Chapter 8. Post-Migration Discourse and Identity Crisis: The Case of NigeriaChapter 9. Further Thoughts: The Figure of the Migrant in Contemporary Discourse: Reflections and Lived Experiences

Kunle Musbaudeen Oparinde is Research Associate in the Institute of Systems Science at the Durban University of Technology, South Africa. He is an interdisciplinary researcher with interests in areas including sociolinguistics, African Studies, decolonization, and higher education.Rodwell Makombe is Professor in the Department of English at the North-West University, South Africa. His research focuses on postcolonial literary studies, social media, and humour, satire, and poetics in literary and cultural texts.

• Chapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. Contemporary Global Discourses of Migration and MigrantsChapter 3. Frequency of Migration Discourse in Nigerian Everyday ContextsChapter 4. Social Media Narratives and Counternarratives of Migration in Zimbabwe: The Case of Hopewell Chin’ono’s Facebook Page Post-August 2023 ElectionsChapter 5. Discourse of Politics and Security in MigrationChapter 6. Co-Existence of Power and Powerlessness in Nigerian Migration DiscourseChapter 7. Discourse, Zimbabwean Migrants in South Africa and the Politics of Viscerality: The Case of the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP)Chapter 8. Post-Migration Discourse and Identity Crisis: The Case of NigeriaChapter 9. Further Thoughts: The Figure of the Migrant in Contemporary Discourse: Reflections and Lived Experiences

Kunle Musbaudeen Oparinde is Research Associate in the Institute of Systems Science at the Durban University of Technology, South Africa. He is an interdisciplinary researcher with interests in areas including sociolinguistics, African Studies, decolonization, and higher education.Rodwell Makombe is Professor in the Department of English at the North-West University, South Africa. His research focuses on postcolonial literary studies, social media, and humour, satire, and poetics in literary and cultural texts.

• Chapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. Contemporary Global Discourses of Migration and MigrantsChapter 3. Frequency of Migration Discourse in Nigerian Everyday ContextsChapter 4. Social Media Narratives and Counternarratives of Migration in Zimbabwe: The Case of Hopewell Chin’ono’s Facebook Page Post-August 2023 ElectionsChapter 5. Discourse of Politics and Security in MigrationChapter 6. Co-Existence of Power and Powerlessness in Nigerian Migration DiscourseChapter 7. Discourse, Zimbabwean Migrants in South Africa and the Politics of Viscerality: The Case of the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP)Chapter 8. Post-Migration Discourse and Identity Crisis: The Case of NigeriaChapter 9. Further Thoughts: The Figure of the Migrant in Contemporary Discourse: Reflections and Lived Experiences