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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Detalles Bibliográficos
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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: exile knows no dignity
  • The Avenue of Sergeant Malamine
  • Enterprising strangers
  • Among the unbelievers
  • The stranger's code
  • Transnational kinship
  • Children of exile
  • Conclusion: the anchoring of identities
  • Epilogue: displaced dreams.

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