Cosmopolitan Refugees

Somali Migrant Women in Nairobi and Johannesburg

Nereida Ripero-Muñiz (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

167 Seiten

2023
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-80073-818-8 (ISBN)

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Exploring the dynamics of identity formation processes in diasporic spaces, this book analyses how gender, cultural and religious practices are renegotiated in a situation of displacement. The author presents the comparative case study of Somali migrant women in Nairobi and Johannesburg: two cosmopolitan urban hubs in the global South. The book is based on and includes ethnographic observations in Nairobi and Johannesburg, first-person accounts of migration journeys across the African continent and women’s reflections on what it means to be a Somali woman today.

Nereida Ripero-Muñiz is a lecturer in the School of Literature, Language and Media at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. She has been working with the Somali diaspora in the African continent for the last ten years, having conducted and collaborated different research projects and publications on the topic.

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Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Cosmopolitan Refugees

Chapter 1. The Port and the Island: Somalis in Nairobi and Johannesburg

Chapter 2. The Dynamics of Identity and Placemaking: the Making of ‘Little

Chapter 3. Global and Local Identifications in Dialogue. Expressions of Somaliness in Nairobi and Johannesburg

Chapter 4. Negotiating Religious and Cultural Identifications in Diasporic Spaces

Chapter 5. Somali Women of Nairobi and Johannesburg: Migration, Agency and Aspirations

Conclusion: Migrating in and out of Africa

References

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	20.12.2022
Reihe/Serie	Forced Migration
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-80073-818-8 / 1800738188
ISBN-13	978-1-80073-818-8 / 9781800738188
Zustand	Neuware