October 2013 African Migration Robert E.B. Lucas Economics Department, Boston University, 270 Bay State Road, Boston MA 02215, USA [email protected] Forthcoming in The Handbook on the Economics of International Migration, edited by Barry R. Chiswick and Paul W. Miller, to be published by Elsevier. For taking the time to read this chapter, for their comments, suggestions and corrections I am most grateful to Kehinde Ajayi, John Harris, Tim Hatton, Karen Jacobsen, Hayley Lucas and Fleur Wouterse.