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Author Sommers, Marc, author.

Title Fear in Bongoland : Burundi refugees in urban Tanzania / Marc Sommers
Published New York : Berghahn Books, 2001

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 219 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Refugee and forced migration studies ; v. 8
Refugee and forced migration studies ; v. 8.
Contents Introduction : through an urban borehole -- Empowered victims -- Bongoland adventures -- Suspicious lives -- Undercover urbanities -- Satan's city -- Conclusion : a second refugee generation
Summary Spurred by wars and a drive to urbanize, Africans are crossing borders and overwhelming cities in unprecedented numbers. At the center of this development are young refugee men who migrate to urban areas. This volume, the first full-length study of urban refugees in hiding, tells the story of Burundi refugee youth who escaped from remote camps in central Tanzania to work in one of Africa's fastest-growing cities, Dar es Salaam. This steamy, rundown capital would seem uninviting to many, particularly for second generation survivors of genocide whose lives are ridden with fear. But thes
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-216) and index
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Subject Refugees, Hutu -- Tanzania -- Dar es Salaam -- Social conditions
Hutu (African people) -- Relocation -- Tanzania -- Dar es Salaam
Urban Hutu -- Tanzania -- Dar es Salaam
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration.
Economic history
Ethnic relations
Urban Hutu
Social conditions
Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) -- Ethnic relations
Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) -- Economic conditions
Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) -- Social conditions
Tanzania -- Dar es Salaam
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781782384700
1782384707