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Women of the Somali diaspora : refugees, resilience and rebuilding after conflict / Joanna Lewis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lewis, Joanna, 1956- author.
- Series:
- African arguments.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- African arguments
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Resilience (Personality trait).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 338 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- This work is about Somali mothers and daughters who came to Britain in the 1990s to escape civil war. Many had never left Somalia before, followed nomadic traditions, did not speak English, were bereaved and were suffering from PTSD. Their stories begin with war and genocide in the north, followed by harrowing journeys via refugee camps, then their arrival and survival in London. Joanna Lewis exposes how they rapidly recovered, mobilising their networks, social capital and professional skills. Crucial to the recovery of the now breakaway state of (former British) Somaliland, these women bore a huge burden, but inspired the next generation, with many today caught between London and a humanitarian impulse to return home.
- Notes:
- Published in collaboration with the International African Institute.
- Also issued in print: 2021.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-764423-6
- 0-19-764402-3
- 0-19-763305-6
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