Nigeria has a significant body of diasporic nationals. While studies abound on the economic and developmental roles of the diaspora, there is a paucity of research on the sociopolitical mobilisation interfaces of diasporas with their countries of origin. This article contributes to an understanding of the complexities and multiplicities of the roles of the diaspora in their countries of origin, using the case of Nigeria. It also provides alternative interpretations of what forced migration and fake news connote, through the real experiences of diasporic Nigerians. A qualitative study was conducted among sixteen diasporic Nigerians, interviewed in 2021–2022, in the United States of America (USA), Namibia, Australia, South Africa, United Kingdom (UK), Botswana and Republic of Ireland. Primary data was triangulated with autoethnography and secondary data to sufficiently understand the reasons for migration, the constructs of forced migration, roles in national development, the sharing of fake news and sociopolitical mobilisations and protests.

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尼日利亚的侨民和社会政治动员

尼日利亚拥有大量侨民。虽然关于侨民的经济和发展作用的研究很多，但关于侨民与其原籍国的社会政治动员界面的研究却很少。本文以尼日利亚为例，有助于理解侨民在原籍国所扮演的角色的复杂性和多重性。它还通过散居海外的尼日利亚人的真实经历，对强迫移民和假新闻的含义提供了另一种解释。对 2021 年至 2022 年在美国采访的 16 名散居尼日利亚人进行了一项定性研究（美国）、纳米比亚、澳大利亚、南非、英国（英国）、博茨瓦纳和爱尔兰共和国。将原始数据与自我民族志和二手数据进行三角测量，以充分了解移民的原因、强迫移民的构成、在国家发展中的作用、假新闻的分享以及社会政治动员和抗议。