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Author Horst, Cindy, 1973-

Title Transnational Nomads : How Somalis Cope with Refugee Life in the Dadaab Camps of Kenya.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Berghahn Books, 2011.
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Description 1 online resource (252 pages).
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Series Forced Migration
Forced migration.
Summary There is a tendency to consider all refugees as 'vulnerable victims': an attitude reinforced by the stream of images depicting refugees living in abject conditions. This groundbreaking study of Somalis in a Kenyan refugee camp reveals the inadequacy of such assumptions by describing the rich personal and social histories that refugees bring with them to the camps. The author focuses on the ways in which Somalis are able to adapt their 'nomadic' heritage in order to cope with camp life; a heritage that includes a high degree of mobility and strong social networks that reach beyond the confine.
Contents Transnational Nomads; Contents; Figures; Maps; Tables; Acknowledgements; Maps; Abbreviations; 1. At a Distance? An Introduction; 2. A Nomadic Heritage: Past Ways of Coping With Insecurity Amongst the Somali; 3. Refugee Life in the Camps: Providing Security or Sustaining Dependency?; 4. Transnational Livelihoods: The Role of Taar and Xawilaad; 5. Buufis: Imagining or Realising Migration to the West; 6. Historical and Transnational Approaches to Refugee Studies; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.
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Subject Refugees -- Somalia.
Refugees.
Somalia.
Refugees -- Kenya.
Kenya.
Refugee camps -- Kenya.
Refugee camps.
Somalis -- Kenya.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Somalis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: 9781845455095
ISBN 9780857454386 (electronic book)
0857454382 (electronic book)

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