Cosmopolitan Refugees: Somali Migrant Women in Nairobi and Johannesburg

Nereida Ripero-Muñiz

Published by Berghahn Books 2023

Cosmopolitan Refugees

Somali Migrant Women in Nairobi and Johannesburg

Nereida Ripero-Muñiz

Volume 46 in the series Forced Migration

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781800738195

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About this book

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.

Author / Editor information

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.

Reviews

“This is a fine book that offers fascinating comparative material from two well-chosen locations to discuss the lives and identity of Somali women migrants in Kenya and South Africa. It is theoretically astute and contains much important ethnographic material. I can see it becoming a key reference for the study of Somali diaspora in particular, and diaspora and identity in general.” • Neil Carrier, University of Bristol

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	vi
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	x
Maps Publicly Available Download PDF	xiv
Introduction. Cosmopolitan Refugees Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. The Port and the Island: Somalis in Nairobi and Johannesburg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
2. The Dynamics of Identity and Placemaking: The Making of ‘Little Mogadishus’ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
3. Global and Local Identifications in Dialogue: Expressions of Somaliness in Nairobi and Johannesburg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
4. Negotiating Religious and Cultural Identifications in Diasporic Spaces Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	86
5. Somali Women of Nairobi and Johannesburg: Migration, Agency and Aspirations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
Conclusion. Migrating in and Out of Africa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145

Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 167
Keywords: Refugee and Migration Studies; Anthropology (General); Gender Studies and Sexuality

eBook

Published: January 13, 2023
ISBN: 9781800738195