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Women of the Somali Diaspora

Author: Joanna Lewis

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2021-12-01

Total Pages: 267

ISBN-13: 0197644236

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This book is about Somali mothers and daughters who came to Britain in the 1990s to escape civil war. Many had never left Somalia before, followed nomadic traditions, did not speak English, were bereaved and were suffering from PTSD. Their stories begin with war and genocide in the north, followed by harrowing journeys via refugee camps, then their arrival and survival in London. Joanna Lewis exposes how they rapidly recovered, mobilising their networks, social capital and professional skills. Crucial to the recovery of the now breakaway state of (former British) Somaliland, these women bore a huge burden, but inspired the next generation, with many today caught between London and a humanitarian impulse to return home. Lewis reveals three histories. Firstly, the women's personal history, helping us to understand resilience as an individual, lived historical process that is both positive and negative, and both inter- and intra-generational. Secondly, a collective history of refugees as rebuilders, offering insight into the dynamism of the Somali diaspora. Finally, the forgotten history and hidden legacies of Britain's colonial past, which have played a key role in shaping this dramatic, sometimes upsetting, but always inspiring story: the power of women to heal the scars of war.

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Download or read book Women of the Somali Diaspora written by Joanna Lewis and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-12-01 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about Somali mothers and daughters who came to Britain in the 1990s to escape civil war. Many had never left Somalia before, followed nomadic traditions, did not speak English, were bereaved and were suffering from PTSD. Their stories begin with war and genocide in the north, followed by harrowing journeys via refugee camps, then their arrival and survival in London. Joanna Lewis exposes how they rapidly recovered, mobilising their networks, social capital and professional skills. Crucial to the recovery of the now breakaway state of (former British) Somaliland, these women bore a huge burden, but inspired the next generation, with many today caught between London and a humanitarian impulse to return home. Lewis reveals three histories. Firstly, the women's personal history, helping us to understand resilience as an individual, lived historical process that is both positive and negative, and both inter- and intra-generational. Secondly, a collective history of refugees as rebuilders, offering insight into the dynamism of the Somali diaspora. Finally, the forgotten history and hidden legacies of Britain's colonial past, which have played a key role in shaping this dramatic, sometimes upsetting, but always inspiring story: the power of women to heal the scars of war.

From Mogadishu to Dixon

Author: Abdi Kusow

Publisher: Red Sea Press(NJ)

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13:

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For nearly two decades, and particularly since the civil war, Somali men, women - and sometimes even children without family - fled the country in droves. This book represents the first attempt to map the social and cultural contours of the Somali diaspora in a global context. Using case studies from Somali communities in Africa, Europe and North America, the contributors to this volume construct a global framework for studying the Somali diaspora - comparing dispersed Somalis in different cultural, economic, political and racial contexts.

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Download or read book From Mogadishu to Dixon written by Abdi Kusow and published by Red Sea Press(NJ). This book was released on 2007 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For nearly two decades, and particularly since the civil war, Somali men, women - and sometimes even children without family - fled the country in droves. This book represents the first attempt to map the social and cultural contours of the Somali diaspora in a global context. Using case studies from Somali communities in Africa, Europe and North America, the contributors to this volume construct a global framework for studying the Somali diaspora - comparing dispersed Somalis in different cultural, economic, political and racial contexts.

Somalia - The Untold Story

Author: Judith Gardner

Publisher: CIIR

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 9780745322087

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Explores the experiences of women in Somalia and how they have survived the trauma of war.

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Download or read book Somalia - The Untold Story written by Judith Gardner and published by CIIR. This book was released on 2004 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the experiences of women in Somalia and how they have survived the trauma of war.

Somalis Abroad

Author:

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2017-05-12

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 0252099451

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Drawing on a wealth of ethnographic detail, Stephanie Bjork offers the first study on the messy role of clan or tribe in the Somali diaspora, and the only study on the subject to include women's perspectives. Somalis Abroad illuminates the ways clan is contested alongside ideas of autonomy and gender equality, challenged by affinities towards others with similar migration experiences, transformed because of geographical separation from family members, and leveraged by individuals for cultural capital. Challenging prevailing views in the field, Bjork argues that clan-informed practices influence everything from asylum decisions to managing money. The practices also become a pattern that structures important relationships via constant--and unwitting--effort.

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Download or read book Somalis Abroad written by and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2017-05-12 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on a wealth of ethnographic detail, Stephanie Bjork offers the first study on the messy role of clan or tribe in the Somali diaspora, and the only study on the subject to include women's perspectives. Somalis Abroad illuminates the ways clan is contested alongside ideas of autonomy and gender equality, challenged by affinities towards others with similar migration experiences, transformed because of geographical separation from family members, and leveraged by individuals for cultural capital. Challenging prevailing views in the field, Bjork argues that clan-informed practices influence everything from asylum decisions to managing money. The practices also become a pattern that structures important relationships via constant--and unwitting--effort.

Somalia

Author: Abdulkadir O. Farah

Publisher: Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd

Published: 2007-03-31

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 1912234866

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Since the final collapse of Somalia's repressive regime in 1991, Somalia has presented the world not only with the most profound case of state collapse witnessed in modern times but also with one of the most intriguing cases of political fragmentation, armed conflicts, lawlessness and statelessness. Inevitably the last 20 years of statelessness and chaos has left the Somali economy destitute and made Somalia to be ranked among the five poorest 'countries' in the world. Contributors to this volume examine efforts at reconstituting the failed Somali state and the role of the Somali Diaspora and civil society groups in the processes. They also analyse how the Somali Diaspora and civil society in Somalia engage and cooperate to further processes of state-reconstitution in Somalia as well as help the Somali Diaspora adjust in their host nations.

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Download or read book Somalia written by Abdulkadir O. Farah and published by Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2007-03-31 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the final collapse of Somalia's repressive regime in 1991, Somalia has presented the world not only with the most profound case of state collapse witnessed in modern times but also with one of the most intriguing cases of political fragmentation, armed conflicts, lawlessness and statelessness. Inevitably the last 20 years of statelessness and chaos has left the Somali economy destitute and made Somalia to be ranked among the five poorest 'countries' in the world. Contributors to this volume examine efforts at reconstituting the failed Somali state and the role of the Somali Diaspora and civil society groups in the processes. They also analyse how the Somali Diaspora and civil society in Somalia engage and cooperate to further processes of state-reconstitution in Somalia as well as help the Somali Diaspora adjust in their host nations.

Media, Diaspora and the Somali Conflict

Author: Idil Osman

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-08-29

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 3319577921

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This book illustrates how diasporic media can re-create conflict by transporting conflict dynamics and manifesting them back in to diaspora communities. Media, Diaspora and Conflict demonstrates a previously overlooked complexity in diasporic media by using the Somali conflict as a case study to indicate how the media explores conflict in respective homelands, in addition to revealing its participatory role in transnationalising conflicts. By illustrating the familiar narratives associated with diasporic media and utilising a combination of Somali websites and television, focus groups with diaspora community members and interviews with journalists and producers, the potentials and restrictions of diasporic media and how it relates to homelands in conflict are explored.

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Download or read book Media, Diaspora and the Somali Conflict written by Idil Osman and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-08-29 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book illustrates how diasporic media can re-create conflict by transporting conflict dynamics and manifesting them back in to diaspora communities. Media, Diaspora and Conflict demonstrates a previously overlooked complexity in diasporic media by using the Somali conflict as a case study to indicate how the media explores conflict in respective homelands, in addition to revealing its participatory role in transnationalising conflicts. By illustrating the familiar narratives associated with diasporic media and utilising a combination of Somali websites and television, focus groups with diaspora community members and interviews with journalists and producers, the potentials and restrictions of diasporic media and how it relates to homelands in conflict are explored.

Somalia Between Peace and War

Author: Matt Bryden

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13:

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Download or read book Somalia Between Peace and War written by Matt Bryden and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Carrying Culture

Author: Suban Ahmed Nur Cooley

Publisher:

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 121

ISBN-13:

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This project works to take a transnational Black feminist and cultural rhetorics approach to blend an interdisciplinary culmination of theories and concepts on the impact of migration and displacement on Somali women, their identity, and the carrying of culture. It is a multi-location geographic comparative study between Kenya, Italy, and Australia, investigating how Hamilton's "communities of consciousness" are manifested in the temporal and spatial constructions of Somalia displayed among women in the diaspora. As Hamilton expressed, "The geographical displacement of people is a complex social process not just a physical movement...[and] must be conceptualized as contributing to the definition of what people were, what they are, and what they may become" (emphasis orig. 397). Using the Somali diaspora as an example of a people who were, are, and are still becoming, this research works to empower and embolden the value and strength of women's knowledges in consistently supporting the continuation of varied cultural practices among the African Diaspora.The dissertation toggles between these central themes to answer two main questions: 1) How Somali culture and identity is rhetorically reconstructed among women in the diaspora, and 2) How practices of Somali culture manifest and become materialized in the physical spaces women in the diaspora construct in their homes.

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Download or read book Carrying Culture written by Suban Ahmed Nur Cooley and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This project works to take a transnational Black feminist and cultural rhetorics approach to blend an interdisciplinary culmination of theories and concepts on the impact of migration and displacement on Somali women, their identity, and the carrying of culture. It is a multi-location geographic comparative study between Kenya, Italy, and Australia, investigating how Hamilton's "communities of consciousness" are manifested in the temporal and spatial constructions of Somalia displayed among women in the diaspora. As Hamilton expressed, "The geographical displacement of people is a complex social process not just a physical movement...[and] must be conceptualized as contributing to the definition of what people were, what they are, and what they may become" (emphasis orig. 397). Using the Somali diaspora as an example of a people who were, are, and are still becoming, this research works to empower and embolden the value and strength of women's knowledges in consistently supporting the continuation of varied cultural practices among the African Diaspora.The dissertation toggles between these central themes to answer two main questions: 1) How Somali culture and identity is rhetorically reconstructed among women in the diaspora, and 2) How practices of Somali culture manifest and become materialized in the physical spaces women in the diaspora construct in their homes.