Migrants and Strangers in an African City : Exile, Dignity, Belonging /

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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 simu...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Whitehouse, Bruce, 1971-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2012.
Temas:
West Africans > Congo (Brazzaville) > Social conditions.
Transnationalism > Social aspects.
Africains de l'Ouest > Congo > Conditions sociales.
Transnationalisme > Aspect social.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Black Studies (Global)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Commerce
Emigration and immigration
Religion
Congo (Brazzaville) > Emigration and immigration > History.
Congo (Brazzaville) > Commerce.
Congo (Brazzaville) > Religion.
Congo (Brazzaville)
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 and d
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 274 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0253000750
9780253000750

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