Migration, Crisis and Temporality at the Zimbabwe–South Africa Border

Governing Immobilities

AvKudakwashe Vanyoro

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

Del i serien Global Migration and Social Change

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Beskrivning

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND license.Only 15 kilometres away from the border of Zimbabwe, Musina is an obscure town in South Africa that the media cast into the public eye in the wake of the 2008 Zimbabwean economic crisis. Taking as its starting point the arrival of thousands of displaced Zimbabwean migrants at Musina, this book presents valuable new perspectives on the temporality of migration and the governance of immobilities. The author explores the role of humanitarian actors in supporting migrants and examines the outcomes of government-led activities in the longer term. This is an insightful assessment of how state and non-state practices intertwine in the management of largely immobile people, and of the importance of time in understanding African migration and borders.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-02-29
Mått:156 x 234 x 18 mm
Vikt:430 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Global Migration and Social Change
Antal sidor:190
Förlag:Bristol University Press
ISBN:9781529225815

Utforska kategorier

Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Migration inom Samhälle och politik
Socialt arbete och välfärd inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Kudakwashe Vanyoro is Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at the University of the Witwatersrand. He was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the university’s African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS) (2021–3).

Recensioner i media

“A brilliant critical border intervention on the politics of Southern African mobility and its governance.” Xolani Tshabalala, Linköping University"Vanyoro actively engages in discussions on important issues including immigration reforms, migration governance, humanitarianism, border securitization, xenophobia, sovereignty, citizenship and national identity in the southern African sub-region and particularly the nation of South Africa." Cultural Studies Journal

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: Zimbabwe’s Crisis and Immobilities1. Critical Perspectives on African Borders2. Contesting and Politicising the Zimbabwean Crisis3. Governing the Crisis at The Zimbabwe-South Africa Border Through Humanitarian Interventions4. Humanitarian Politics: Ambivalence and Undecidabilities of the Border5. ‘Laughing at Them in Silence’: Life in the Men’s Transit Shelter6. ‘This Place is a Bus Stop’: Temporalities of Zimbabwean Migrant Men Waiting at the Transit ShelterConclusion: Bringing Time to the Study of Migration Governance and Borders in Africa