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Disarming the xenophobic everyday

Muslim migrants and the horizons of urban mutuality in Durban

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ID2103641
AutoresBenjamin Kirby (0000-0002-5466-2291), Francis Sibanda (0000-0001-9746-0772), Fred Charway
Año2021
Volumen91
Número2
Páginas296-316
Fecha de publicación2021-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAfrica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0001-9720 • E-ISSN: 1750-0184
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0001972021000073
OpenAlexW3134026547
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas56

This article explores the everyday lives that African migrants in Durban, South Africa share with other residents of the city. In conversation with Obvious Katsaura's work on 'ethno-mutualism', we use the example of ordinary greeting practices to show how Durban's urban everyday has been hijacked by xenophobic sensibilities. By demonstrating how the act of excluding migrants from these practices threatens to render the quotidian city uninhabitable for them, we shed light on the importance of mundane forms of social interaction for building a sense of identity and belonging. We then consider several ways in which African migrants develop and participate in Muslim forms of sociality that assist them in 'disarming' the urban everyday: from providing a platform for building solidarity with fellow migrants to mediating a 'sense of welcome' from the established Indian South African community. Elaborating on this, we delineate how forms of reciprocity emerge through the interactions between migrant and Indian Muslims that reproduce the ambient life of the city as a shared habitat, opening up new possibilities for entanglement. As such, our analysis contributes to emerging conversations about urban mutuality and migrant religious practices in the everyday lives of African cities

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