Transnational Nomads

How Somalis Cope with Refugee Life in the Dadaab Camps of Kenya
1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-1-84545-129-5
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 19, 252 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 521 g

Reihe: Forced Migration

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Horst, Cindy

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures, Maps and Tables

Acknowledgements

Maps

Abbreviations

Chapter 1. At a Distance? An Introduction

Chapter 2. A Nomadic Heritage: Past Ways of Coping With Insecurity Amongst the Somali

Chapter 3. Refugee Life in the Camps: Providing Security or Sustaining Dependency?

Chapter 4. Transnational Livelihoods: The Role of Taar and Xawilaad

Chapter 5. Buufis: Imagining or Realising Migration to the West

Chapter 6. Historical and Transnational Approaches to Refugee Studies

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Horst, Cindy
Cindy Horst holds a PhD in Anthropology and completed a foundation year at the Refugee Studies Centre at Oxford University. She carried out extensive fieldwork amongst Somalis in Kenyan refugee camps and towns between 1995 and 2001 and in Europe and also worked for a refugee-assisting NGO. Cindy is Senior Researcher at the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo.