Encounter as Capital: Catalyst for Peacebuilding with Focus on Igbo Cross-Cultural Marriages in the Diaspora
Conference: ISA 22nd Annual International Conference (2025)
Presenter(s): Amaka P. Q. Uzodinma
Tags: 2025 Awka Anambra State Amaka Uzodinma Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution
Abstract
Encounter as a capital is an invaluable resource that can not be over emphasised in view of it's impact on social cohesion , mobility and socio economic development. Encounter as a capital being a catalyst for peacebuilding with a focus on Igbo Cross-Cultural Marriages in diaspora is found as a specific limited area in research, that the study here is set to interrogate the nexus between the encounter as a capital serving as peacebuilding leveraging in the cross- cultural marriages of Igbo in the Diaspora. The qualitative method was applied while , secondary sources of documentary, online and primary sources through survey by focus groop discussion were used for data collections. The Transnational Theory is relevant to the theme of this study and was adopted for the framework for the analysis. The study revealed that encounter as a huge resource in terms of knowledge sharing, social networking, access to new markets, cultural exchanges, citizenship and residency, above all intermarriage capital value and on the premise of the above, they bring about social supports for stability facilitates peacebuilding for the migration communities and back home and as well affects relationships back home. It's not holistically fair, carrying its own challenges.. The study recommended that the population involved needs to be mindful of social isolation or disconnection where attitude changes .
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