Diasporas Within and Without Africa: Dynamism, Heterogeneity, Variation

The book deals with two African diasporas, the first of which originates in the Indian Ocean and brought new groups into Africa. This is illustrated by case studies of Hadrami communities in Sudan and Zanzibar, and Malay community in Cape town, that produced trade links as well as processes of Islamization. The second originated with failing African states and cases discussed are Eritrean diaspora in Germany alongside Sudanese diaspora in Norway and the USA, and Somali diaspora in Norway. The papers deal with processes of homemaking, political mobilization in the diaspora through local organizations, religious networks and cyperspace nationalism.