Migration, crisis and temporality at the Zimbabwe-South Africa border : governing immobilities / Kudakwashe Vanyoro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vanyoro, Kudakwashe, author.

Series:

Global migration and social change.

Global migration and social change

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zimbabwe--Emigration and immigration.

Zimbabwe.

South Africa--Emigration and immigration.

South Africa.

Zimbabwe--Boundaries.

South Africa--Boundaries.

Zimbabwe--Politics and government.

South Africa--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 173 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK : Bristol University Press, 2024.

Summary:

This insightful book explores the governance of immobilities and temporality in African migration. It shares lessons from the experiences of Zimbabwean migrants fleeing economic crisis to the South African town of Musina and asks what the work of state and non-state actors there tell us about the management of immobile people and places.

Contents:

Introduction: Zimbabwe's Crisis and Immobilities

1. Critical Perspectives on African Borders

2. Contesting and Politicising the Zimbabwean Crisis

3. Governing the Crisis at The Zimbabwe-South Africa Border Through Humanitarian Interventions

4. Humanitarian Politics: Ambivalence and Undecidabilities of the Border

5. "Laughing at Them in Silence": Life in the Men's Transit Shelter

6. "This Place is a Bus Stop": Temporalities of Zimbabwean Migrant Men Waiting at the Transit Shelter

Conclusion: Bringing Time to the Study of Migration Governance and Borders in Africa.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 Dec 2024).

Includes bibliographical reference and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781529225846

1529225841

9781529225839

1529225833

OCLC:

1420093943