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A Fractured Transnational Diaspora: The Case of Zimbabweans in Britain
In: International migration: quarterly review, Band 50, Heft 1, S. 143-161
ISSN: 1468-2435
Toward a Multisited Ethnography of the Zimbabwean Diaspora in Britain
In: Identities: global studies in culture and power, Band 18, Heft 3, S. 250-272
ISSN: 1547-3384
A Fractured Transnational Diaspora: The Case of Zimbabweans in Britain
In: International migration: quarterly review, Band 50, Heft 1, S. 143-161
ISSN: 1468-2435
AbstractMillions of Zimbabweans living abroad have been described as an emerging diaspora. However, there has been little attempt to question their designation as a diaspora, or indeed, to engage with the more theoretically informed and conceptually rich literature on diaspora. The assumption in this categorisation relies heavily upon popular usage of the term diaspora among Zimbabweans themselves both abroad and in the homeland. However, instead of suppressing discussion by simply pronouncing them "a diaspora", it is important to examine whether or not they constitute a diaspora. Drawing on the concepts of diaspora and transnationalism and on the author's multi‐sited ethnographic research in the United Kingdom (hereafter, "Britain"), the article examines how the diaspora was dispersed, how it is constituted in the hostland and how it maintains connections with the homeland. What factors influenced people's decisions to migrate into the diaspora and how can these phases be classified? What types of migration patterns characterise Zimbabweans' migration to Britain? The study explores the origin, formation and articulation of the Zimbabwean diaspora in Britain, providing a conceptual and theoretical interpretation of the social formation vis‐à‐vis other accounts of global diasporas. The findings of this study suggest that Zimbabweans abroad are a fractured transnational diaspora. The scattering of Zimbabweans evinces some of the features commonly ascribed to a diaspora such as involuntary and voluntary dispersion of the population from the homeland; settlement in foreign territories and uneasy relationship with the hostland; strong attachment and connection to the original homeland; and the maintenance of diverse diasporic identities. The study represents a contribution to our knowledge of the Zimbabwean diaspora in particular and to the field of diaspora and transnational studies in general.
Toward a Multisited Ethnography of the Zimbabwean Diaspora in Britain
In: Identities: global studies in culture and power, Band 18, Heft 3, S. 250-273
ISSN: 1070-289X
A gendered analysis of land reforms in Zimbabwe
In: Women's studies international forum, Band 33, Heft 5, S. 443-454
Catholic Women of Congo-Brazzaville: Mothers and sisters in troubled times, by Phyllis M. Martin
In: African affairs: the journal of the Royal African Society, Band 109, Heft 437, S. 685-686
ISSN: 1468-2621
Competing Meanings of the Diaspora: The Case of Zimbabweans in Britain
In: Journal of ethnic and migration studies: JEMS, Band 36, Heft 9, S. 1445-1461
ISSN: 1469-9451
Competing Meanings of the Diaspora: The Case of Zimbabweans in Britain
In: Journal of ethnic and migration studies: JEMS, Band 36, Heft 9, S. 1445-1462
ISSN: 1369-183X
Shades of Belonging: African Pentecostals in twenty-first century Ireland
In: African affairs: the journal of the Royal African Society, Band 110, Heft 438, S. 154-156
ISSN: 0001-9909
Catholic Women of Congo-Brazzaville: Mothers and sisters in troubled times, by Phyllis M. Martin
In: African affairs: the journal of the Royal African Society, Band 109, Heft 437, S. 685-687
ISSN: 0001-9909
Routledge handbook of contemporary African migration
In: Routledge handbooks
This Handbook provides an authoritative multidisciplinary overview of contemporary African international migration. It endeavours to present a single source on issues such as migration history, trends, migrant profiles, narratives, migration-development nexus, migration governance, diasporas, impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, among others
Theorizing Black (African) Transnational Masculinities
In: Men and masculinities, Band 21, Heft 4, S. 521-546
ISSN: 1552-6828
Just as masculinity is crucial in the construction of nationhood, masculinity is also significant in the making and unmaking of transnational communities. This article focuses on how black African men negotiate and perform respectable masculinity in transnational settings, such as the workplace, community, and family. Moving away from conceptualizations of black transnational forms of masculinities as in perpetual crisis and drawing on qualitative data collected from the members of the new African diaspora in London, the article explores the diverse ways notions of masculinity and gender identities are being challenged, reaffirmed, and reconfigured. The article argues that men experience a loss of status as breadwinners and a rupture of their sense of masculine identity in the reconstruction of life in the diaspora. Conditions in the hostland, in particular, women's breadwinner status and the changing gender relations, threaten men's "hegemonic masculinity" and consequently force men to negotiate respectable forms of masculinity.
Frameworks for analyzing conflict diasporas and the case of Zimbabwe
This article examines debates over conflict diasporas' relationships to the African crises that initially produced them. It investigates the difference that crisis makes to frameworks for thinking about diasporic entanglements with political, economic and cultural change in sending countries. We argue that the existing literature and dominant approaches are partial, ahistorical, and constrained in other ways. The special issue contributes to new strands of scholarship that aim to rectify these inadequacies, seeking historical depth, spatial complexity and attention to moral- alongside political-economies. To achieve these aims, the special issue focuses on one country – Zimbabwe. This introductory article provides an overview of the themes and arguments of the special issue, revealing the multitude of ways in which diasporic communities are imbricated with political-economic, developmental, familial, and religious change in the homeland.
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Diasporic Repositioning and the Politics of Re-engagement: Developmentalising Zimbabwe's Diaspora?
In: The round table: the Commonwealth journal of international affairs, Band 99, Heft 411, S. 687-703
ISSN: 1474-029X