Posts In: forced migration
Psychosocial effects of forced migration
PODCAST: maHp/ ACMS Associate Professor Jo Vearey examines the effects of forced migration on people’s health and emotional well-being.
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Routes, locations, and social imaginary: a comparative study of the on-going production of geographies in Somali forced migration
Drawing on the thresholds approach, a model that incorporates geography and mobility studies to understand migration from the perspective of migrants, this article examines the importance of location and route(s) in determining the journeys of Somali migrants.
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In the Shadow of a State: Self-Settlement Strategies and Informal Governance Amongst Somalis in Johannesburg
This article explores the role of informal governance and institutions in the self-settlement strategies of Somalis in South Africa.
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Cultural Causations and Expressions of Distress: a Caste Study of Buufis Amongst Somalis in Johannesburg
Buufis is a well-known concept among Somalis at home and in the diaspora, although its meaning shifts across time and space. Literally meaning ‘to blow, or inflate’ in Somali, buufis initially referred to the dream of resettlement among Somalis in refugee camps in Kenya in the early 1990s…
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