Spatial contestation, victimisation and resistance during xenophobic violence : the experiences of Somali migrants in post-apartheid South Africa

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dc.contributor.author Pineteh, Ernest A.
dc.date.accessioned 2018-06-14T06:50:04Z
dc.date.issued 2018-04
dc.description.abstract This article discusses how violence between South Africans and Somali migrants plays out in different forms of spatial contestation, victimization and resistance during xenophobic attacks. It analyses Somalis’ entrepreneurial strategies and the implications for access and appropriation of social and economic spaces around Cape Town. The article attempts to connect Somali perceptions of xenophobia and South Africans’ claims of spatial entitlement to issues of spatial control, belonging and social inclusion in South Africa. It argues that by establishing businesses in urban spaces and townships, Somali migrants have managed to establish stronger bonds and a collective identity, which give them better control over these spaces. Although their business tactics have propelled spatial contestations in which they have become easy targets during xenophobic incursions, the clustering of businesses has also created Somali‐dominated localities around Cape Town, which facilitates rapid mobilization to respond to or to resist different forms of crime and violence. en_ZA
dc.description.department Unit for Academic Literacy en_ZA
dc.description.embargo 2019-04-01
dc.description.librarian hj2018 en_ZA
dc.description.uri https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14682435 en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation Pineteh, E.A. 2018, 'Spatial contestation, victimisation and resistance during xenophobic violence: the experiences of Somali migrants in post-apartheid South Africa', International Migration, vol. 56, no. 2, pp. 133-145. en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn 0020-7985 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 1468-2435 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.1111/imig.12417
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/65143
dc.language.iso en en_ZA
dc.publisher Wiley en_ZA
dc.rights © 2018 The Authors. International Migration © 2018 IOM. This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article : 'Spatial contestation, victimisation and resistance during xenophobic violence: the experiences of Somali migrants in post-apartheid South Africa', International Migration, vol. 56, no. 2, pp. 133-145, 2018, doi : 10.1111/imig.12417. The definite version is available at : https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14682435. en_ZA
dc.subject Somali migrants en_ZA
dc.subject Xenophobia en_ZA
dc.subject Post-apartheid South Africa en_ZA
dc.subject Migrants en_ZA
dc.subject Perception en_ZA
dc.subject Social inclusion en_ZA
dc.subject Spatial analysis en_ZA
dc.subject Violence en_ZA
dc.title Spatial contestation, victimisation and resistance during xenophobic violence : the experiences of Somali migrants in post-apartheid South Africa en_ZA
dc.type Postprint Article en_ZA


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