Migration, Crisis and Temporality at the Zimbabwe–South Africa Border: Governing Immobilities

Author:   Kudakwashe Vanyoro (University of the Witwatersrand)
Publisher:   Bristol University Press
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9781529225815


Pages:   190
Publication Date:   29 February 2024
Format:   Hardback
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Migration, Crisis and Temporality at the Zimbabwe–South Africa Border: Governing Immobilities


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Only 15 kilometres away from the border of Zimbabwe, Musina is an obscure town in South Africa that the media cast into the public eye in the wake of the 2008 Zimbabwean economic crisis. Taking as its starting point the arrival of thousands of displaced Zimbabwean migrants at Musina, this book presents valuable new perspectives on the temporality of migration and the governance of immobilities. The author explores the role of humanitarian actors in supporting migrants, and examines the outcomes of government-led activities in the longer term. This is an insightful assessment of how state and non-state practices intertwine in the management of largely immobile people, and of the importance of time in understanding African migration and borders.

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Author:   Kudakwashe Vanyoro (University of the Witwatersrand)
Publisher:   Bristol University Press
Imprint:   Bristol University Press
ISBN:  

9781529225815


ISBN 10:   1529225817
Pages:   190
Publication Date:   29 February 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Zimbabwe’s Crisis and Immobilities 1. Critical Perspectives on African Borders 2. Contesting and Politicising the Zimbabwean Crisis 3. Governing the Crisis at The Zimbabwe-South Africa Border Through Humanitarian Interventions 4. Humanitarian Politics: Ambivalence and Undecidabilities of the Border 5. ‘Laughing at Them in Silence’: Life in the Men’s Transit Shelter 6. ‘This Place is a Bus Stop’: Temporalities of Zimbabwean Migrant Men Waiting at the Transit Shelter Conclusion: Bringing Time to the Study of Migration Governance and Borders in Africa

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“A brilliant critical border intervention on the politics of Southern African mobility and its governance.” Xolani Tshabalala, Linköping University “This meticulously researched and beautifully written book offers a superb and much-needed study of the politics and practices of humanitarian borderwork on the Zimbabwe–South Africa border.” Polly Pallister-Wilkins, University of Amsterdam


Author Information

Kudakwashe Vanyoro is a Zimbabwean Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the African Centre for Migration & Society at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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