African Immigrant Traders in Inner City Johannesburg

Introduces the historical and contemporary processes of migration and immigration that tend to result in negative perceptions of immigrantsProvides a profile of African immigrant traders in urban Johannesburg, by showing that the majority came to South Africa for economic reasons
Highlights the complex nature of the issue of the threatening other as it relates to African immigrants

Introduces the historical and contemporary processes of migration and immigration that tend to result in negative perceptions of immigrants Provides a profile of African immigrant traders in urban Johannesburg, by showing that the majority came to South Africa for economic reasons Highlights the complex nature of the issue of the threatening other as it relates to African immigrants Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext
Dr Inocent Moyo is a lecturer for the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at the University of Zululand, South Africa.

Inhalt
Chapter 1: The Framing of African Immigrants as the Problematic Aliens.- Chapter 2: Migration Context and Contestations.- Chapter 3: Global Contexts, African Immigrants, Traders and the Johannesburg Inner City Milieu.- Chapter 4: Historical Perspectives on Migration and the Xenophobia Discourse.- Chapter 5: African Immigrant Traders in Johannesburg Inner City.- Chapter 6: African Immigrant Traders` Contribution to Johannesburg Inner City.- Chapter 7: Reinterpreting the Hierarchy and Finding New Perspectives.