Conflict and concord the ambivalence of African migrant/host relations in South Africa

The book is a response to the dominant discourse of South Africa as unwelcoming to African immigrants. Acknowledging the reality of xenophobia against African migrants in South Africa, it explores the positive spaces of interactions between South Africans and African migrants that do not necessarily...

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Weitere Verfasser: Isike, Christopher Afoke (HerausgeberIn), Isike, Efe Mary (HerausgeberIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Singapore Palgrave Macmillan 2022
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Zusammenfassung:The book is a response to the dominant discourse of South Africa as unwelcoming to African immigrants. Acknowledging the reality of xenophobia against African migrants in South Africa, it explores the positive spaces of interactions between South Africans and African migrants that do not necessarily result in tension. Hence, the book is about conviviality, cohabitation, interdependency and the production of a multicultural rainbow nation. South Africa, its constitution and representation as a multicultural society is the perfect context to experiment with the ideas in the book. Part of the objectives is therefore to demonstrate, as contained in the title, the ambivalence of this relationship which the popular discourse of xenophobia has silenced
Beschreibung:xxvii, 259 Seiten
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ISBN:9789811910326
978-981-19-1032-6