Migrants and Strangers in an African City

Exile, Dignity, Belonging

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
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Author: BRUCE WHITEHOUSE ISBN: 9780253000750
Publisher: Indiana University Press Publication: March 14, 2012
Imprint: Indiana University Press Language: English
Author: BRUCE WHITEHOUSE
ISBN: 9780253000750
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication: March 14, 2012
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Language: English

In cities throughout Africa, local inhabitants live alongside large populations of "strangers." Bruce Whitehouse explores the condition of strangerhood for residents who have come from the West African Sahel to settle in Brazzaville, Congo. Whitehouse considers how these migrants live simultaneously inside and outside of Congolese society as merchants, as Muslims in a predominantly non-Muslim society, and as parents seeking to instill in their children the customs of their communities of origin. Migrants and Strangers in an African City challenges Pan-Africanist ideas of transnationalism and diaspora in today’s globalized world.

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In cities throughout Africa, local inhabitants live alongside large populations of "strangers." Bruce Whitehouse explores the condition of strangerhood for residents who have come from the West African Sahel to settle in Brazzaville, Congo. Whitehouse considers how these migrants live simultaneously inside and outside of Congolese society as merchants, as Muslims in a predominantly non-Muslim society, and as parents seeking to instill in their children the customs of their communities of origin. Migrants and Strangers in an African City challenges Pan-Africanist ideas of transnationalism and diaspora in today’s globalized world.

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