Children of the Camp : : The Lives of Somali Youth Raised in Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya / / Catherine-Lune Grayson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2017
• VerfasserIn: Grayson, Catherine-Lune,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (246 p.)

Chronic violence has characterized Somalia for over two decades, forcing nearly two million people to flee. A significant number have settled in camps in neighboring countries, where children were born and raised. Based on in-depth fieldwork, this book explores the experience of Somalis who grew up in Kakuma refugee camp, in Kenya, and are now young adults. This original study carefully considers how young people perceive their living environment and how growing up in exile structures their view of the past and their country of origin, and the future and its possibilities.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- MAPS -- INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 1 THE PAST IS A FOREIGN COUNTRY -- Chapter 2 KAKUMA IS ANOTHER PLANET -- Chapter 3 GROWING UP IN KAKUMA This is Home -- Chapter 4 THE SOMALI WAY Ethnocultural Diversity and Cultural Preservation -- Chapter 5 A WORLD IN MOVEMENT The Camp as a Connected Space -- Chapter 6 THEY PROMISED US AMERICA A Story of Deception and Mistrust -- Chapter 7 THROUGH THEIR EYES Representation and Self-Representation -- Chapter 8 IN MEMORY OF THE FUTURE -- Chapter 9 A NOTE ON LIFE AFTER THE CAMP -- Chapter 10 CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Appendix A SHORT OVERVIEW OF KEY INFORMANTS -- INDEX