Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Neil Carrier, Tabea Scharrer / Neil Carrier, Tabea Scharrer
• Tabea Scharrer
• Neil Carrier

Titel

Mobile Urbanity: Somali Presence in Urban East Africa

Auflage

1

Ort / Verlag

New York, NY: Berghahn Books

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• 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.