Overview
- Examines the relationship between urban development and transnational experiences of religion
- Sheds new light on the Somali experience of mobility and place-making
- Reveals the historical impact and cultural legacy of British and Ottoman imperialism on the Somali diaspora
- Examines urban identity construction and social change in the Somali community in terms of gender, religion and social class
- Offers a comparative perspective on Muslim diasporas that reveals their influence on how the role of religion is understood in secular post-apartheid South Africa
Part of the book series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship (MDC)
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This book presents a socio-historical analysis of the Somali Muslim diaspora in Johannesburg and its impact on urban development in the context of Somali migrations in the Southern African Indian Ocean region from the end of the 19th Century to today. The author draws on a combination of archival and ethnographic research to examine the interlocking processes of migration, urban place-making, economic entrepreneurship and transnational mobility through the lens of religious practice and against the background of historical interactions between the Somali diaspora and the British and Ottoman Empires. Comparison with other Muslim diasporas in the region, primarily Indians, adds further depth to an investigation which will shed new light on the Somali experience of mobility and the urban development of South Africa across its colonial, apartheid and democratic periods. The politics of race, imperial and post-imperial identities, and religious community governance are shown to be key influencing factors on the Somali diaspora in Johannesburg. This sophisticated analysis will provide a valuable resource for students and scholars of urban geography, the sociology of religion, and African, race, ethnic and migration studies.
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Keywords
- Somalia
- South Africa
- cosmopolitanism
- migrant entrepreneurship
- Religious community governance
- Globalization
- Racialisation
- urban Islam
- transnational mobility
- Cape Malays
- forced migration
- urban identity
- African politics
- Colonialism
- Indian diaspora
- Muslim NGOs
- apartheid
- urban spatiality
- Tabligh Jama’at
- refugee
- religion and society
Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Samadia Sadouni is Associate Professor in Political Science at the University of Lyon, Sciences Po Lyon, and Researcher at Triangle UMR 5206, France.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Muslims in Southern Africa
Book Subtitle: Johannesburg’s Somali Diaspora
Authors: Samadia Sadouni
Series Title: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-46708-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-46707-2Published: 21 March 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-69123-4Due: 14 April 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-46708-9Published: 13 March 2019
Series ISSN: 2662-2602
Series E-ISSN: 2662-2610
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 214
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Migration, Religion and Society, Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns), Sociology of Religion, Diaspora, Sociology of Racism