Cosmopolitan Refugees : : Somali Migrant Women in Nairobi and Johannesburg / / Nereida Ripero-Muñiz.

• VerfasserIn: Ripero-Muñiz, Nereida,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: Forced Migration ; 46
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (190 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Illustrations --; Preface --; Acknowledgements --; Maps --; Introduction. Cosmopolitan Refugees --; 1. The Port and the Island: Somalis in Nairobi and Johannesburg --; 2. The Dynamics of Identity and Placemaking: The Making of ‘Little Mogadishus’ --; 3. Global and Local Identifications in Dialogue: Expressions of Somaliness in Nairobi and Johannesburg --; 4. Negotiating Religious and Cultural Identifications in Diasporic Spaces --; 5. Somali Women of Nairobi and Johannesburg: Migration, Agency and Aspirations --; Conclusion. Migrating in and Out of Africa --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781800738195
• DOI: 10.1515/9781800738195
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Nereida Ripero-Muñiz.

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.