Mobile urbanity : Somali presence in urban East Africa / edited by Neil Carrier and Tabea Scharrer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carrier, Neil

Contributor:

Carrier, Neil C. M., editor.

Scharrer, Tabea, editor.

Series:

Integration and conflict studies ; Volume 20.

Integration and conflict studies ; Volume 20

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor mobility.

Labor mobility--Africa, East.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 pages).

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2019]

Summary:

The increased presence of Somalis has brought much change to East African towns and cities in recent decades, change that has met with ambivalence and suspicion, especially within Kenya. This volume demystifies Somali residence and mobility in urban East Africa, showing its historical depth, and exploring the social, cultural and political underpinnings of Somali-led urban transformation. In so doing, it offers a vivid case study of the transformative power of (forced) migration on urban centres, and the intertwining of urbanity and mobility. The volume will be of interest for readers working in the broader field of migration, as well as anthropology and urban studies.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Abbreviations

Part I. Introductions

Introduction. Mobile Urbanity: Somali Presence in Urban East Africa

Interlude. Being and Becoming Mobile

Part II. Urbanity

Chapter 1. The Somali Factor in Urban Kenya: A History

Chapter 2. The Port and the Island: Cosmopolitan and Vernacular Identity Constructions among Somali Women in Nairobi and Johannesburg

Chapter 3. Being Oromo in Nairobi’s ‘Little Mogadishu’: Superdiversity, Moral Community and the Open Economy

Part III. Economic Networks

Chapter 4. Demanding and Commanding Goods: The Eastleigh Transformation Told through the ‘Lives’ of Its Commodities

Chapter 5. Capital Mobilization among the Somali Refugee Business Community in Eastleigh, Nairobi

Chapter 6. Challenging the Status Quo from the Bottom Up? Gender and Enterprise in Somali Migrant Communities in Nairobi, Kenya

Chapter 7. Reinventing Retail: ‘Somali’ Shopping Centres in Kenya

Part IV. The Politics of Somali Mobility

Chapter 8. Perpetually in Transit: Somalian Refugees in a Context of Increasing Hostility

Chapter 9. Framing the Swoop: A Comparative Analysis of Operation Usalama Watch in Muslim and Secular Print Media in Kenya

Chapter 10. Beyond Eastleigh: A New Little Mogadishu in Uganda?

Afterword

Glossary

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-80758-628-6

1-78920-297-3

OCLC:

1089840927