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Refugee Coloniality

By Bosco Opi

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Refugee Coloniality

By Bosco Opi

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This book presents a decolonial and Afrocentric critique of prolonged encampment of refugees, centred on the case study of refugee camps in Kenya, introduced through the author's decades-long experience of forced displacement. His positionality as a former refugee contributes to a wider discussion on representation, voice, and power within the refugee studies literature. Likewise, the revisiting of the refugee camp as site and tool of power from a colonial perspective, is an important and timely contribution to the literature. This book examines the camp as a colonial innovation and the enduring colonial logics of supposedly 'humanitarian' extended encampment. Drawing on the anti-colonial theorists such as Fanon, Mbembe, and Nyerere, etc, it argues for an Africa without borders or encampment. The study is interdisciplinary, encompassing forced migration/refugee studies, camp studies, decolonial studies, and African studies. More broadly, it seeks to contribute to the literature on the politics of asylum in Africa through a critical examination of the colonial origins and the practice of encampment in Kenya.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
236
Release Date:
2025-05-16
Publication Date:
2025-05-16
Publisher:
Springer
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
3031545036
ISBN13:
9783031545030
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[email protected]
Weight:
311 g
Height:
148 cm
Width:
210 cm
Thickness:
13 cm
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