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

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

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Author / Creator:Horst, Cindy.
Imprint:New York, NY : Berghahn Books, 2011.
Description:1 online resource (252 pages).
Language:English
Series:Forced Migration
Forced Migration.
Subject:
Refugees -- Somalia.
Refugees -- Kenya.
Refugee camps -- Kenya.
Somalis -- Kenya.
Refugee camps.
Refugees.
Somalis.
Kenya.
Somalia.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12869038
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ISBN:9780857454386
0857454382
Notes:Print version record.
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.
Other form:Print version: 9781845455095

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