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1 online resource |
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Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- About the Editors -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Foreword -- Chapter 1 -- Introduction: Viral pandemics, transnational migration and the politics of belonging in South Africa -- References -- Chapter 2 -- COVID-19 and its effects on the lives and livelihoods of female Congolese asylum seekers and refugees in the city of Cape Town -- Introduction -- Theoretical framework -- Study approach -- Presentation and discussion of findings -- Conclusion and recommendations -- References -- Chapter 3 -- The experiences of undocumented female Zimbabwean migrants in South Africa before and during the COVID-19 pandemic -- Introduction -- Theoretical framework -- Research design and methodology -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4 -- Mitigating the multidimensional impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on African migrant-owned hospitality businesses in Cape Town: Strategies, successes and failures -- Introduction -- Research methods -- Results and analysis -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 5 -- COVID-19 lockdown and peri-urban livelihoods: Migrants' contribution to the South African food system -- Introduction -- Literature review and conceptual framework -- Methodology -- Empirical findings and analysis -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 6 -- Exclusionary business relief practices undermine South Africa's COVID-19 interventions: Insights from Gauteng-based entrepreneurs of Cameroonian descent -- Introduction -- Theoretical foundation -- Research methodology -- Results and discussions -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7 -- The need to include the voices of migrants with disabilities within conversations about migration -- Introduction -- Method -- Results and discussion -- Conclusion -- References |
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Chapter 8 -- A tije a timu of the Yoruba diaspora in South Africa as a Survival Strategy during COVID-19 lockdown -- Introduction -- Background and contextualisation -- Theoretical foundation: Yoruba culture and the significance of food to holistic well-being -- Methodology -- Presentation and discussion of findings -- Conclusions -- References -- Conclusion -- Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic: strategies, opportunities, challenges and implications for the lives of African migrants in South Africa -- Implications regarding the COVID-19 pandemic for African migrants and the South African government -- Concluding thoughts -- References -- Back cover |
| Summary |
This edited volume interrogates the intersection between viral pandemics, transnational migration and the politics of belonging in South Africa during COVID-19. The chapters draw on theoretical conceptions such as biopolitics, necropolitics, xenophobio/afrophobia and autochthonous citizenship to understand how South Africa has responded to the devastating effects of COVID-19 and the implications for the lives and livelihoods of African migrants. The book is written against the backdrop of deepening socioeconomic and political problems in South Africa, which have been exacerbated by the pandemic, exclusionary response strategies employed by the government and populist discourses about the dangers of hosting an increasing population of African migrants. Drawing on the experiences of migrants from Cameroon, DRC, Nigeria, Somalia and Zimbabwe, this book explores the challenges of these diaspora communities during lockdowns, their survival strategies and the effects on their social existence during and post the pandemic. From these case studies, we are reminded about the paradoxes of belonging and how COVID-19 continues to reveal different forms of global inequalities. They also remind us about the burdens of displacement and emplacement and how they are repeatedly politicised in South Africa, as the government grapples with endemic socioeconomic and political problems. The conclusion of the book examines the implications of COVID-19 for migration across the African continent and particularly for South Africa, as we witness new waves of xenophobic/afrophobic vigilantism driven by Operation Dudula |
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 16, 2022) |
| Subject |
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- South Africa
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Immigrants -- South Africa
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Sociology: work & labour.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African Studies.
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Emigration and immigration
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Immigrants
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| SUBJECT |
South Africa -- Emigration and immigration
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| Subject |
South Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Angu, Pineteh, editor
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Masiya, Tyanai, editor
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Gustafsson, Kristina, editor
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Mulu, Ngwi, editor
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| ISBN |
9956552577 |
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9789956552573 |
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