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Women of the Somali Diaspora - Refugees, Resilience and Rebuilding After Conflict (Paperback)
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Women of the Somali Diaspora - Refugees, Resilience and Rebuilding After Conflict (Paperback)
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This book is about Somali mothers and daughters who came to Britain
in the 1990s to escape civil war. Many had never left Somalia
before, followed nomadic traditions, did not speak English, were
bereaved and were suffering from PTSD. Their stories begin with war
and genocide in the north, followed by harrowing journeys via
refugee camps, then their arrival and survival in London. Joanna
Lewis exposes how they rapidly recovered, mobilising their
networks, social capital and professional skills. Crucial to the
recovery of the now breakaway state of (former British) Somaliland,
these women bore a huge burden, but inspired the next generation,
with many today caught between London and a humanitarian impulse to
return home. Lewis reveals three histories. Firstly, the women's
personal history, helping us to understand resilience as an
individual, lived historical process that is both positive and
negative, and both inter- and intra-generational.Secondly, a
collective history of refugees as rebuilders, offering insight into
the dynamism of the Somali diaspora. Finally, the forgotten history
and hidden legacies of Britain's colonial past, which have played a
key role in shaping this dramatic, sometimes upsetting, but always
inspiring story: the power of women to heal the scars of war.
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