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Mobile Urbanity

Somali Presence in Urban East Africa

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The increased presence of Somalis has brought much change to East African towns and cities in recent decades, change that has met with ambivalence and suspicion, especially within Kenya. This volume demystifies Somali residence and mobility in urban East Africa, showing its historical depth, and exploring the social, cultural and political underpinnings of Somali-led urban transformation. In so doing, it offers a vivid case study of the transformative power of (forced) migration on urban centres, and the intertwining of urbanity and mobility. The volume will be of interest for readers working in the broader field of migration, as well as anth… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Scharrer, Tabea (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-1-78920-296-0
EAN: 9781789202960
Produktnummer: 29717681
Verlag: Berghahn Books
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Seitenangabe: 266 S.
Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.7 cm x D1.8 cm 542 g
Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
Gewicht: 542

Über den Autor

Tabea Scharrer is currently working at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle (Germany), doing research with Somali migrants in Kenyan urban centres and in Europe. She wrote her dissertation on Muslim Missionary Movements and Conversion to Islam at the Free University in Berlin.