Somali Transnational Activism and Integration in the UK

Mutually Supporting Strategies

Bibliographic Data

ID3607891
AuthorsLaura Hammond (0000-0002-0308-0435, SOAS University of London, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume39
Issue6
Pages1001-1017
Publication date2013-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueNew Community (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0047-9586 • E-ISSN: 1469-9451
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1369183x.2013.765666
OpenAlexW2053797000
LanguageEN
Citations received39
References cited12

This paper considers the simultaneous processes of transnational activism and integration amongst Somalis living in the UK. It argues that, rather than challenging integration, diasporic Somalis' involvement in transnational activism may actually support integration, and vice versa. Transnational engagement fulfils a range of functions that relate not only to the country of origin, but also to community formation in the UK. Such practices may, in some cases, promote integration while, in others, they create a space in which those who experience difficulty integrating can still forge meaningful relations both in the country of settlement and with the dispersed transnational Somali community. In the context of the 2011 famine in Somalia, Somali community activism in the UK rose to new heights, helping to reinforce the integration–transnational activism relationship

Business · Geography · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Somali · Transnationalism · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration

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