An Escape Route: Independent Female African Migrancy in South Africa

ISBN-13: 9783838368832 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 156 str.

Vivian Besem Ojong

Opis

This book captures the different ways in which independent women of African origin use migration as a means to escape from circumsatnces at their home countries which were adverse to their well-being. Escaping and leaving the familiar behind, these women were exposed to victimisation and discrimation during the apartheid era in South Africa. In an attempt to adjust to life in a Transnational space, these women have acquired both negative and positive identities. This fine-grained ethnographic account brings in a fresh perspective on Gender and migration.

O autorze

Vivan Besem Ojong(PhD) is the head of department of Anthropology at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. She has published numerous articles and book chapters in the area of transnational activities, identity politics and Gender.