R Jaji
Biographic Data
| ID | 46246 |
|---|---|
| NAME | R Jaji |
| GIVEN NAMES | R |
| FAMILY NAME | Jaji |
| SIGNATURE | JAJI R |
| AFFILIATIONS | German Institute of Development and Sustainability |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0266-8541 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 80 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Why Zimbabweans Choose to Migrate or Stay
Economic and political turmoil has driven many Zimbabweans abroad, but others choose to hustle for a living at home rather than risk the strains of family separation or the financial uncertainties of emigration
Mobilities in Zimbabwe
This article argues that migration and sedentarism in precolonial Zimbabwe were mutually constitutive, rather than opposites, as suggested by colonial and contemporary migration governance in Zimbabwe. It highlights indigenous configurations that migration studies often gloss over. Using archival documents and current laws relevant to the governance of migration and space in Southern Rhodesia and Zimbabwe, respectively, it demonstrates that migra…
Categories, Refugee Camps, and the Governance of De-Territorialized Bodies
Many countries that lack the resources and/or political will to settle and integrate refugees among citizens pursue refugee encampment. At the heart of encampment is the categorization of populations according to the sedentarist dictates of the nation-state governance framework. As people who are categorized as de-territorialized bodies, refugees are subject to a peculiar form of governance which is sustained by ubiquity of refugee encampment aro…
Women, gender fluidity and Shona kinship structure in Zimbabwe
This article discusses the complexities of Shona kinship structure and how it positions women through relationships that are based on consanguinity and affinity. The article, which is an auto-ethnographic discussion emanating from my insider status as a participant observer in Shona kinship structure, addresses women’s fluctuation between being women and “social men” in their patrilineages. Shona patriarchy involves the positioning of women in a …
Somali Refugees, Informality, and Self-initiative at Local Integration in Ethiopia and Kenya
As the number of refugees has continued to grow in post-independence Africa, host governments across the continent have developed stringent refugee policies that are detached from historical transborder relationships in which refugees and host communities interact. The stringent policies are underpinned by the assumption that host communities view refugees from the state-centric perspective of non-citizens as undesirable foreigners or outsiders. …
Exklusives Flüchtlingsschutzregime, koloniale „Andere“ und Geschlechterdichotomien
Obwohl das internationale Flüchtlingsrecht und der Flüchtlingsschutz vorgeben, für alle als Flüchtlinge kategorisierten Menschen weltweit zu gelten, ist deren Entstehung und Anwendung auf das Engste mit den geopolitischen Kämpfen der Großmächte verbunden. Infolgedessen sind unterschiedliche Konzeptualisierungen von Flüchtlingen entlang der globalen Nord-Süd-Linie entstanden. Der Beitrag interessiert sich für koloniales Othering im Kontext von Flu…
Transnational Migration and Reconfiguration of the Family in Zimbabwe
The unprecedented transnational migration ensuing from the economic crisis in Zimbabwe has sociocultural impacts on both migrant and non-migrant family members. This article, which draws from qualitative research with migrants and non-migrants, discusses how migration upsets cultural configurations of the family in terms of marriage, parenthood, childhood, the gender and age division of labor, and family relations. Transnational migration has des…
Historical Complexities and Transformations of Refugee Policies in Kenya and Tanzania
This article discusses the history of hosting political refugees in Kenya and Tanzania. It argues that refugee hosting is not merely a humanitarian act, but a complex interplay of domestic interests, political ideologies, and foreign policies. The intertwinement of economic, social, and political factors creates situations in which refugee-related policies and their implementation are fraught with inconsistencies and contradictions that explain v…
Youth Masculinities in Zimbabwe’s Congested Gerontocratic Political Space
This article situates its discussion of young Zimbabwean men’s performance of masculinity in a restrictive political space in a broader continental context in which the majority of young people are politically and economically marginalised. It addresses how the older generation’s domination and monopolisation of political space presents obstacles to the youth’s aspiration to perform normative masculinity. The article also discusses various strate…
Delayed Return
This article discusses consolidation of the Zimbabwean diaspora and its transnational activities. It presents formation of this particular diaspora as an unanticipated development that is contingent upon circumstances as they evolve in both sending and receiving countries. It draws from longitudinal research with Zimbabwean migrants in Germany and South Africa to illustrate this argument. It also borrows from Tsuda's transnational outcome framewo…
Under the shadow of genocide
This article discusses ethnicity and refugee status among Rwandan refugees self-settled in Nairobi, Kenya. It addresses conflation of Hutu fugitives who participated in the 1994 Rwandan genocide and refugees, and critiques perception of Hutu and Tutsi as mutually exclusive ethnicities with no points of intersection. Framed within the social constructivist approach to identity, the article problematizes ethnic essentialism and wholesale criminaliz…
Normative, agitated, and rebellious femininities among East and Central African refugee women
This article discusses femininities among East and Central African refugee women self-settled in Nairobi, Kenya. It argues that while normative approaches to refugee studies depict a homogeneous refugee femininity inherently synonymous with vulnerability and ‘victimhood,’ femininity among refugee women in Nairobi is heterogeneous, fluid, and complex. It is premised on individual refugee women's marital statuses in relation to economic situation. …
Religious and ethnic politics in refugee hosting
Perception of refugees in Nairobi goes beyond the generic and homogenizing term ‘refugees’ and the legal instruments guiding the hosting of refugees. Legal instruments such as the 1951 Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1969 African Union Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa take the position that refugee hosting is humanitarian and apolitical. Based on the experiences and circumstances…
Somali Asylum Seekers and Refoulement at the Kenya–Somalia Border
Asylum seekers in Africa, just as across the world, have not been spared from the politics of cross-border migration which has become more contentious in contemporary times. This is due to the prevailing security, economic, and cultural concerns that have seen migrants who bear certain racial, ethnic, national, and religious identities facing physical and legal barriers erected to curb their inflow. This paper argues that despite the general tend…
Social Technology and Refugee Encampment in Kenya
This article seeks to contribute towards a conceptual understanding of refugee camp administration in Kenya. Focusing on Kenya's policy of encampment epitomized by Kakuma and Dadaab Refugee Camps, the article argues that encampment is a form of social technology whose rationale is containment of refugees in line with Kenya's non-integration refugee policy. The term ‘social technology’ is increasingly understood in the contemporary ‘cyber’ age in …
Masculinity on Unstable Ground
A gender perspective in refugee studies usually conjures up images of refugee women. Such images are an outcome of the association of vulnerability with women and children. Yet, it is not only refugee women who face monumental challenges in the country of asylum; refugee men also encounter a wide range of problems. Exile comes with obstacles for refugee men's quest to conform to culturally defined masculinity. This paper presents the nature of th…
Social Technology and Refugee Encampment in Kenya
This article seeks to contribute towards a conceptual understanding of refugee camp administration in Kenya. Focusing on Kenya's policy of encampment epitomized by Kakuma and Dadaab Refugee Camps, the article argues that encampment is a form of social technology whose rationale is containment of refugees in line with Kenya's non-integration refugee policy. The term ‘social technology’ is increasingly understood in the contemporary ‘cyber’ age in …
Masculinity on Unstable Ground
A gender perspective in refugee studies usually conjures up images of refugee women. Such images are an outcome of the association of vulnerability with women and children. Yet, it is not only refugee women who face monumental challenges in the country of asylum; refugee men also encounter a wide range of problems. Exile comes with obstacles for refugee men's quest to conform to culturally defined masculinity. This paper presents the nature of th…
Normative, agitated, and rebellious femininities among East and Central African refugee women
This article discusses femininities among East and Central African refugee women self-settled in Nairobi, Kenya. It argues that while normative approaches to refugee studies depict a homogeneous refugee femininity inherently synonymous with vulnerability and ‘victimhood,’ femininity among refugee women in Nairobi is heterogeneous, fluid, and complex. It is premised on individual refugee women's marital statuses in relation to economic situation. …
Religious and ethnic politics in refugee hosting
Perception of refugees in Nairobi goes beyond the generic and homogenizing term ‘refugees’ and the legal instruments guiding the hosting of refugees. Legal instruments such as the 1951 Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1969 African Union Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa take the position that refugee hosting is humanitarian and apolitical. Based on the experiences and circumstances…
Under the shadow of genocide
This article discusses ethnicity and refugee status among Rwandan refugees self-settled in Nairobi, Kenya. It addresses conflation of Hutu fugitives who participated in the 1994 Rwandan genocide and refugees, and critiques perception of Hutu and Tutsi as mutually exclusive ethnicities with no points of intersection. Framed within the social constructivist approach to identity, the article problematizes ethnic essentialism and wholesale criminaliz…
Somali Refugees, Informality, and Self-initiative at Local Integration in Ethiopia and Kenya
As the number of refugees has continued to grow in post-independence Africa, host governments across the continent have developed stringent refugee policies that are detached from historical transborder relationships in which refugees and host communities interact. The stringent policies are underpinned by the assumption that host communities view refugees from the state-centric perspective of non-citizens as undesirable foreigners or outsiders. …
Youth Masculinities in Zimbabwe’s Congested Gerontocratic Political Space
This article situates its discussion of young Zimbabwean men’s performance of masculinity in a restrictive political space in a broader continental context in which the majority of young people are politically and economically marginalised. It addresses how the older generation’s domination and monopolisation of political space presents obstacles to the youth’s aspiration to perform normative masculinity. The article also discusses various strate…
Transnational Migration and Reconfiguration of the Family in Zimbabwe
The unprecedented transnational migration ensuing from the economic crisis in Zimbabwe has sociocultural impacts on both migrant and non-migrant family members. This article, which draws from qualitative research with migrants and non-migrants, discusses how migration upsets cultural configurations of the family in terms of marriage, parenthood, childhood, the gender and age division of labor, and family relations. Transnational migration has des…
Somali Asylum Seekers and Refoulement at the Kenya–Somalia Border
Asylum seekers in Africa, just as across the world, have not been spared from the politics of cross-border migration which has become more contentious in contemporary times. This is due to the prevailing security, economic, and cultural concerns that have seen migrants who bear certain racial, ethnic, national, and religious identities facing physical and legal barriers erected to curb their inflow. This paper argues that despite the general tend…
Historical Complexities and Transformations of Refugee Policies in Kenya and Tanzania
This article discusses the history of hosting political refugees in Kenya and Tanzania. It argues that refugee hosting is not merely a humanitarian act, but a complex interplay of domestic interests, political ideologies, and foreign policies. The intertwinement of economic, social, and political factors creates situations in which refugee-related policies and their implementation are fraught with inconsistencies and contradictions that explain v…
Masculinity on Unstable Ground
A gender perspective in refugee studies usually conjures up images of refugee women. Such images are an outcome of the association of vulnerability with women and children. Yet, it is not only refugee women who face monumental challenges in the country of asylum; refugee men also encounter a wide range of problems. Exile comes with obstacles for refugee men's quest to conform to culturally defined masculinity. This paper presents the nature of th…
Social Technology and Refugee Encampment in Kenya
This article seeks to contribute towards a conceptual understanding of refugee camp administration in Kenya. Focusing on Kenya's policy of encampment epitomized by Kakuma and Dadaab Refugee Camps, the article argues that encampment is a form of social technology whose rationale is containment of refugees in line with Kenya's non-integration refugee policy. The term ‘social technology’ is increasingly understood in the contemporary ‘cyber’ age in …
Somali Asylum Seekers and Refoulement at the Kenya–Somalia Border
Asylum seekers in Africa, just as across the world, have not been spared from the politics of cross-border migration which has become more contentious in contemporary times. This is due to the prevailing security, economic, and cultural concerns that have seen migrants who bear certain racial, ethnic, national, and religious identities facing physical and legal barriers erected to curb their inflow. This paper argues that despite the general tend…
Normative, agitated, and rebellious femininities among East and Central African refugee women
This article discusses femininities among East and Central African refugee women self-settled in Nairobi, Kenya. It argues that while normative approaches to refugee studies depict a homogeneous refugee femininity inherently synonymous with vulnerability and ‘victimhood,’ femininity among refugee women in Nairobi is heterogeneous, fluid, and complex. It is premised on individual refugee women's marital statuses in relation to economic situation. …
Religious and ethnic politics in refugee hosting
Perception of refugees in Nairobi goes beyond the generic and homogenizing term ‘refugees’ and the legal instruments guiding the hosting of refugees. Legal instruments such as the 1951 Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1969 African Union Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa take the position that refugee hosting is humanitarian and apolitical. Based on the experiences and circumstances…
Under the shadow of genocide
This article discusses ethnicity and refugee status among Rwandan refugees self-settled in Nairobi, Kenya. It addresses conflation of Hutu fugitives who participated in the 1994 Rwandan genocide and refugees, and critiques perception of Hutu and Tutsi as mutually exclusive ethnicities with no points of intersection. Framed within the social constructivist approach to identity, the article problematizes ethnic essentialism and wholesale criminaliz…
Youth Masculinities in Zimbabwe’s Congested Gerontocratic Political Space
This article situates its discussion of young Zimbabwean men’s performance of masculinity in a restrictive political space in a broader continental context in which the majority of young people are politically and economically marginalised. It addresses how the older generation’s domination and monopolisation of political space presents obstacles to the youth’s aspiration to perform normative masculinity. The article also discusses various strate…
Delayed Return
This article discusses consolidation of the Zimbabwean diaspora and its transnational activities. It presents formation of this particular diaspora as an unanticipated development that is contingent upon circumstances as they evolve in both sending and receiving countries. It draws from longitudinal research with Zimbabwean migrants in Germany and South Africa to illustrate this argument. It also borrows from Tsuda's transnational outcome framewo…
Exklusives Flüchtlingsschutzregime, koloniale „Andere“ und Geschlechterdichotomien
Obwohl das internationale Flüchtlingsrecht und der Flüchtlingsschutz vorgeben, für alle als Flüchtlinge kategorisierten Menschen weltweit zu gelten, ist deren Entstehung und Anwendung auf das Engste mit den geopolitischen Kämpfen der Großmächte verbunden. Infolgedessen sind unterschiedliche Konzeptualisierungen von Flüchtlingen entlang der globalen Nord-Süd-Linie entstanden. Der Beitrag interessiert sich für koloniales Othering im Kontext von Flu…
Transnational Migration and Reconfiguration of the Family in Zimbabwe
The unprecedented transnational migration ensuing from the economic crisis in Zimbabwe has sociocultural impacts on both migrant and non-migrant family members. This article, which draws from qualitative research with migrants and non-migrants, discusses how migration upsets cultural configurations of the family in terms of marriage, parenthood, childhood, the gender and age division of labor, and family relations. Transnational migration has des…
Historical Complexities and Transformations of Refugee Policies in Kenya and Tanzania
This article discusses the history of hosting political refugees in Kenya and Tanzania. It argues that refugee hosting is not merely a humanitarian act, but a complex interplay of domestic interests, political ideologies, and foreign policies. The intertwinement of economic, social, and political factors creates situations in which refugee-related policies and their implementation are fraught with inconsistencies and contradictions that explain v…
Somali Refugees, Informality, and Self-initiative at Local Integration in Ethiopia and Kenya
As the number of refugees has continued to grow in post-independence Africa, host governments across the continent have developed stringent refugee policies that are detached from historical transborder relationships in which refugees and host communities interact. The stringent policies are underpinned by the assumption that host communities view refugees from the state-centric perspective of non-citizens as undesirable foreigners or outsiders. …
Why Zimbabweans Choose to Migrate or Stay
Economic and political turmoil has driven many Zimbabweans abroad, but others choose to hustle for a living at home rather than risk the strains of family separation or the financial uncertainties of emigration
Mobilities in Zimbabwe
This article argues that migration and sedentarism in precolonial Zimbabwe were mutually constitutive, rather than opposites, as suggested by colonial and contemporary migration governance in Zimbabwe. It highlights indigenous configurations that migration studies often gloss over. Using archival documents and current laws relevant to the governance of migration and space in Southern Rhodesia and Zimbabwe, respectively, it demonstrates that migra…
Categories, Refugee Camps, and the Governance of De-Territorialized Bodies
Many countries that lack the resources and/or political will to settle and integrate refugees among citizens pursue refugee encampment. At the heart of encampment is the categorization of populations according to the sedentarist dictates of the nation-state governance framework. As people who are categorized as de-territorialized bodies, refugees are subject to a peculiar form of governance which is sustained by ubiquity of refugee encampment aro…
Women, gender fluidity and Shona kinship structure in Zimbabwe
This article discusses the complexities of Shona kinship structure and how it positions women through relationships that are based on consanguinity and affinity. The article, which is an auto-ethnographic discussion emanating from my insider status as a participant observer in Shona kinship structure, addresses women’s fluctuation between being women and “social men” in their patrilineages. Shona patriarchy involves the positioning of women in a …
Political science (14 works) · Sociology (14 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (10 works) · Refugee (9 works) · Gender Studies (8 works) · Law (8 works) · Law (8 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (8 works) · Gender Studies (7 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (6 works)