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Imagining Zimbabwe as home: ethnicity, violence and migration

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 October 2020

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Abstract:

Migration debates tend to focus on the numbers of people moving, whether they are economic migrants or asylum seekers, deserving or not of protection. This categorization usually rests on national identity, necessitating simplified one-dimensional representations. Ndlovu uses a case study of Zimbabwean migrants memorializing Gukurahundi in Johannesburg to highlight the ways in which migration narratives can be more complex and how they may shift over time. She presents Gukurahundi and the formation of the MDC in Zimbabwe, along with xenophobic violence in South Africa, as examples of the ways that the meanings of national and ethnic identities are contested by the migrants and influenced by political events across time and space.

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Résumé:

Les débats sur les migrations tendent à se concentrer sur le nombre de personnes qui se déplacent, qu’il s’agisse de migrants économiques ou de demandeurs d’asile, méritant ou non de protection. Cette catégorisation repose généralement sur l’identité nationale, nécessitant des représentations unidimensionnelles simplifiées. Ndlovu utilise une étude de cas de migrants zimbabwéens commémorant Gukurahundi à Johannesburg pour mettre en évidence la façon dont les récits migratoires peuvent être plus complexes et comment ils peuvent changer au fil du temps. Ndlovu présente Gukurahundi et la formation du MDC (Movement for Democratic Change) au Zimbabwe, ainsi que la violence xénophobe en Afrique du Sud, comme des exemples de la façon dont les significations des identités nationales et ethniques sont contestées par les migrants et influencées par les événements politiques à travers le temps et l’espace.

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Os debates sobre a migração centram-se tendencialmente na quantidade de pessoas que se deslocam, independentemente de se tratar de migrantes em busca de melhoria económica ou de asilo, de merecerem ou não ser protegidos. Este tipo de categorização depende em geral da identidade nacional, apoiando-se em representações unidimensionais simplificadas. Ndlovu recorre ao estudo de caso dos migrantes do Zimbabwe que assinalaram os massacres do Gukurahundi em Joanesburgo para sublinhar que as narrativas da migração podem ser mais complexas e sofrer alterações ao longo do tempo. A autora apresenta o Gukurahundi e a formação do MDC, no Zimbabwe, a par da violência xenófoba na África do Sul, como exemplos das várias maneiras segundo as quais os migrantes contestam os significados das identidades nacionais e étnicas e como estas são influenciadas pelos acontecimentos políticos através do tempo e do espaço.

Keywords

citizenshipethnicityGukurahundiidentitymigrationnationalismviolence
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Forum: African Refugee History
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African Studies Review , Volume 63 , Issue 3 , September 2020 , pp. 616 - 639
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© African Studies Association, 2020

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