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Subjects of Empires/Citizens of States: Yemenis in Djibouti and Ethiopia
Samson A. Bezabeh
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Hardcover. A compelling revisionist study of diaspora and migration in the Indian Ocean region Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; 1HFGD; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Although the Horn of Africa was historically one of the earliest destinations for Yemeni migrants, it has been overlooked by scholars, who have otherwise meticulously documented the Yemeni presence in the Indian Ocean region. Subjects of Empires/Citizens of States draws on rich ethnographic and historical research to examine the interaction of the Yemeni diaspora with states and empires in Djibouti and Ethiopia from the early twentieth century, when European powers began to colonize the region. In doing so, it aims to counter a dominant perspective in Indian Ocean studies that regards migrants across the region as by-products of personal networks ... Read more
Although the Horn of Africa was historically one of the earliest destinations for Yemeni migrants, it has been overlooked by scholars, who have otherwise meticulously documented the Yemeni presence in the Indian Ocean region. Subjects of Empires/Citizens of States draws on rich ethnographic and historical research to examine the interaction of the Yemeni diaspora with states and empires in Djibouti and Ethiopia from the early twentieth century, when European powers began to colonize the region. In doing so, it aims to counter a dominant perspective in Indian Ocean studies that regards migrants across the region as by-products of personal networks ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Cairo, Egypt
ISBN
9789774167294
SKU
V9789774167294
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About Samson A. Bezabeh
Samson A. Bezabeh is a social anthropologist and fellow of the Africa Study Center in Leiden. He was previously a post-doctoral researcher at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris, and has been affiliated with the University of Bergen, the University of Exeter, and Addis Ababa University. His research interests include diaspora studies, state-society interaction, conflict and ... Read more
Reviews for Subjects of Empires/Citizens of States: Yemenis in Djibouti and Ethiopia
"Samson Bezabeh builds on Aihwa Ong and others to show how migrant networks and 'cosmopolitanism' in the space of flows of the Indian Ocean, are deeply structured by territorial powers of empire and state. His case of Yemeni traders in Djibouti is fascinating in its own right and wonderfully executed. In Bezabeh's hands it is turned into an eloquent and ... Read more