Migrants and strangers in an African city : exile, dignity, belonging / Bruce Whitehouse.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whitehouse, Bruce, 1971-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

West Africans--Congo (Brazzaville)--Social conditions.

West Africans.

Transnationalism--Social aspects.

Transnationalism.

Congo (Brazzaville)--Emigration and immigration--History.

Congo (Brazzaville).

Congo (Brazzaville)--Commerce.

Congo (Brazzaville)--Religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

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

Contents:

Introduction: exile knows no dignity

The Avenue of Sergeant Malamine

Enterprising strangers

Among the unbelievers

The stranger's code

Transnational kinship

Children of exile

Conclusion: the anchoring of identities

Epilogue: displaced dreams.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613529664

9781280125805

1280125802

9780253000750

0253000750

OCLC:

782108056