Cosmopolitan Refugees - Somali Migrant Women in Nairobi and Johannesburg

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.

About the author

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.

Product details

• Authors: Nereida Ripero-Muniz, Nereida Ripero-Muñiz
• Publisher: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2023
• EAN: 9781800738188
• ISBN: 978-1-80073-818-8
• No. of pages: 167
• Series: Forced Migration
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Refugees, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Migration, immigration & emigration, Migration, immigration and emigration, Social and cultural anthropology, Refugees and political asylum, Refugees & Political Asylum