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Drawing on a wealth of ethnographic detail, Stephanie Bjork offer the first study on the messy role of clan or tribe in the Somali diaspora, and the only study on the subject to include women's perspectives. 'Somalis Abroad' illuminates the ways clan is contested alongside ideas of autonomy and gender equality, challenged by affinities towards others with similar migration experiences, transformed because of geographical separation from family members, and leveraged by individuals for cultural capital. Challenging prevailing views in the field, Bjork argues that clan-informed practices influence everything from asylum decisions to managing money. The practices also become a pattern that structures important relationships via constant - and unwitting - effort.

Somalis --- Somali diaspora. --- Diaspora, Somali --- Human geography --- Somal --- Somali --- Somalians --- Somals --- Cushites --- Ethnology --- Social life and customs. --- Diaspora --- Migrations

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How do people whose entire way of life has been destroyed and who witnessed horrible abuses against loved ones construct a new future? How do people who have survived the ravages of war and displacement rebuild their lives in a new country when their world has totally changed? In Making Refuge Catherine Besteman follows the trajectory of Somali Bantus from their homes in Somalia before the onset in 1991 of Somalia’s civil war, to their displacement to Kenyan refugee camps, to their relocation in cities across the United States, to their settlement in the struggling former mill town of Lewiston, Maine. Tracking their experiences as "secondary migrants" who grapple with the struggles of xenophobia, neoliberalism, and grief, Besteman asks what humanitarianism feels like to those who are its objects and what happens when refugees move in next door. As Lewiston's refugees and locals negotiate co-residence and find that assimilation goes both ways, their story demonstrates the efforts of diverse people to find ways to live together and create community. Besteman’s account illuminates the contemporary debates about economic and moral responsibility, security, and community that immigration provokes.

Somali diaspora. --- Somalis --- Cultural assimilation --- Lewiston (Me.) --- Ethnic relations. --- Somal --- Somali --- Somalians --- Somals --- Cushites --- Ethnology --- Diaspora, Somali --- Human geography --- Diaspora --- Migrations --- Lewiston, Me. --- somali diaspora --- somalis --- cultural assimilation --- anthropology --- african studies

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This book presents a socio-historical analysis of the Somali Muslim diaspora in Johannesburg and its impact on urban development in the context of Somali migrations in the Southern African Indian Ocean region from the end of the 19th Century to today. The author draws on a combination of archival and ethnographic research to examine the interlocking processes of migration, urban place-making, economic entrepreneurship and transnational mobility through the lens of religious practice and against the background of historical interactions between the Somali diaspora and the British and Ottoman Empires. Comparison with other Muslim diasporas in the region, primarily Indians, adds further depth to an investigation which will shed new light on the Somali experience of mobility and the urban development of South Africa across its colonial, apartheid and democratic periods. The politics of race, imperial and post-imperial identities, and religious community governance are shown to be key influencing factors on the Somali Diaspora in Johannesburg. This sophisticated analysis will provide a valuable resource for students and scholars of urban geography, the sociology of religion, and African, race, ethnic and migration studies. Samadia Sadouni is Associate Professor in Political Science at the University of Lyon, Sciences Po Lyon, and Researcher at Triangle UMR 5206, France.

Somali diaspora. --- Muslims --- Mohammedans --- Moors (People) --- Moslems --- Muhammadans --- Musalmans --- Mussalmans --- Mussulmans --- Mussulmen --- Religious adherents --- Islam --- Diaspora, Somali --- Somalis --- Human geography --- Diaspora --- Migrations --- Emigration and immigration. --- Religion and sociology. --- Urban geography. --- Racism in the social sciences. --- Migration. --- Religion and Society. --- Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns). --- Sociology of Religion. --- Diaspora. --- Sociology of Racism. --- Social sciences --- Immigration --- International migration --- Migration, International --- Population geography --- Assimilation (Sociology) --- Colonization --- Religion and society --- Religious sociology --- Society and religion --- Sociology, Religious --- Sociology and religion --- Sociology of religion --- Sociology --- Geography

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Featuring a wealth of case-study material and insights from leading experts in the field, this highly original volume forces an important re-think in a contentious area of African politics and development.

Refugees --- Somali diaspora. --- African diaspora. --- Somalis --- Somal --- Somali --- Somalians --- Somals --- Cushites --- Ethnology --- Black diaspora --- Diaspora, African --- Human geography --- Africans --- Displaced persons --- Persons --- Aliens --- Deportees --- Exiles --- Diaspora, Somali --- Migrations. --- Migrations --- Diaspora --- Horn of Africa --- Africa, Horn of --- Somaliland --- Somaliland (Region) --- Politics and government --- Piracy --- Terrorism --- Acts of terrorism --- Attacks, Terrorist --- Global terrorism --- International terrorism --- Political terrorism --- Terror attacks --- Terrorist acts --- Terrorist attacks --- World terrorism --- Direct action --- Insurgency --- Political crimes and offenses --- Subversive activities --- Political violence --- Terror --- Maritime piracy --- Offenses against public safety --- Foreign relations. --- Peace studies & conflict resolution --- Transatlantic slave trade --- Migration --- Conflicts --- Dispute settlement --- Political development --- Remittances --- Economic and social development --- International relations --- Case studies --- Somalia --- Ethiopia --- Europe --- Peacebuilding --- Post-conflict reconstruction