Black Muslim Refugee : Militarism, Policing, and Somali American Resistance to State Violence.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abumaye, Maxamed.

Series:

Critical Refugee Studies

Critical Refugee Studies ; v.9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Refugees--Social aspects--Somalia--21st century.

Refugees.

Refugees--Political aspects--California--San Diego--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (160 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2025.

Summary:

This multisited project, the first of its kind, exposes the links between US military violence abroad and police brutality at home through a profound exploration of Somali refugee lives. Black Muslim Refugee traces the globe-spanning journeys of these refugees, from civil war-era Somalia to the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya to their eventual arrival in San Diego, and Maxamed Abumaye analyzes their experiences through the dual lenses of anti-Blackness and Islamophobia. He situates their displacement within the larger context of East Africa's colonial history, as well as the policy consequences of the American-backed war on terror and war on drugs. Throughout, Abumaye's centering of Somali subjectivity underlines this community's critical and creative capacity to defy the mechanisms that seek to "manage" and ultimately control them.

Contents:

Introduction

US imperialism and Somali refugees

The carceral refugee camp

Confronting anti-Black racism : militarized policing in San Diego

Somali refugees and the War on Terror

Conclusion : Somali refugee youth and Black freedom, Summer 2020.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780520976085

0520976088

OCLC:

1513423185