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

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 diaspora in today's globalized world.

Author: Bruce Whitehouse
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 03/14/2012
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780253000828

Review Citation(s):
Choice 10/01/2012

About the Author

Bruce Whitehouse is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Lehigh University.