Crisis, Identity and (Be)longing: A Thematic Introduction of the Vestiges of Migration in Post-independent Southern Africa

Nene Ernest Khalema (), Hangwelani Hope Magidimisha (), Lovemore Chipungu (), Tamuka C. Chirimambowa () and Tinashe Lukas Chimedza ()
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Nene Ernest Khalema: University of KwaZulu-Natal
Hangwelani Hope Magidimisha: University of KwaZulu-Natal
Lovemore Chipungu: University of KwaZulu-Natal
Tamuka C. Chirimambowa: University of Johannesburg
Tinashe Lukas Chimedza: Institute of Public Administration

A chapter in Crisis, Identity and Migration in Post-Colonial Southern Africa, 2018, pp 3-21 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Whilst the notion of migration in the Southern African region underscores the permeability of borders, its historiography has been compartmentalised in academic circles and, as a result, has failed to capture the complexity of human mobility in its various forms. Here, we must consider the often neglected relations between multiple communities (e.g. different migrant groups) in the process of (un)settlement but also bear in mind that people co-exist and interact with a myriad of other elements themselves in circulation, from objects and merchandise to non-human actors. Building on these premises, this introduction introduces important themes of the vestiges of migration in post-independence Southern Africa. Drawing on numerous debates around the political economy of migration as crisis, identity formations, citizen and belonging, this introduction addresses how critical border-making and border-crossing processes have been, and still are, shaping trajectories of movements in Southern Africa.

Keywords: Southern African Development Community (SADC); Weaver Press; Nation-state Formation; Migration Debate; Movement For Democratic Change (MDCs) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-59235-0_1

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