Transnational Nomads : : How Somalis Cope with Refugee Life in the Dadaab Camps of Kenya / / Cindy Horst.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Horst, Cindy,
• Place / Publishing House: New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2006]; ©2006
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Series: Forced Migration ; 19
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (252 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Figures --; List of Maps --; List of Tables --; Acknowledgements --; Maps --; Abbreviations --; 1 At a Distance? An Introduction --; 2 A Nomadic Heritage: Past Ways of Coping With Insecurity Amongst the Somali --; 3 Refugee Life in the Camps: Providing Security or Sustaining Dependency? --; 4 Transnational Livelihoods: The Role of Taar and Xawilaad --; 5 Buufis: Imagining or Realising Migration to the West --; 6 Historical and Transnational Approaches to Refugee Studies --; Glossary --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780857454386; 9783110998283
• DOI: 10.1515/9780857454386
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Cindy Horst.

There is a tendency to consider all refugees as 'vulnerable victims': an attitude reinforced by the stream of images depicting refugees living in abject conditions. This groundbreaking study of Somalis in a Kenyan refugee camp reveals the inadequacy of such assumptions by describing the rich personal and social histories that refugees bring with them to the camps. The author focuses on the ways in which Somalis are able to adapt their 'nomadic' heritage in order to cope with camp life; a heritage that includes a high degree of mobility and strong social networks that reach beyond the confines of the camp as far as the U.S. and Europe.