5. Ethiopian Diasporans in South Africa: Dynamics of Migration, Opportunities, and Challenges

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction: Transnational Migration and the Making of the Global Ethiopian Diaspora 1
5. Part One: Histories and Historiographies of Ethiopian Migration
6. 1. Exhuming the Narrative: Imagining Prince Alemayehu in the Ethiopian Diaspora 29
7. 2. From “Lega Harar” to Adowa to Haile Selassie: The Evocation of Popular and Contested Symbols of Ethiopian Topography, Culture, and History in Self-Representations of Ethiopia and Ethiopians in Canada 50
8. 3. Young Diasporans of Ethiopian Origin: A Historically Grounded Generation 80
9. Part Two: Geographies of Migration: Mapping the Global Ethiopian Diaspora
10. 4. Im/mobile Lives? Ethiopian Domestic Workers in the Middle East 105
11. 5. Ethiopian Diasporans in South Africa: Dynamics of Migration, Opportunities, and Challenges 126
12. 6. Ethiopians in Australia: Race, Ethnicity, and Othering 150
13. 7. Ethiopian Irregular Migrants to Germany: Trajectory of Voyages and the Reality Gap in Expectations 181
14. 8. Drivers and Patterns of Ethiopian Youth Migration to Global Destinations 206
15. Part Three: Transnational Experiences: Connections, Disjuncture, and Ambivalent Belongings
16. 9. Mahbereseb: Traditional Community-Based Mechanisms and Responses that Support and Facilitate the Health and Well-Being of Ethiopian Immigrants in Canada 233
17. 10. The Ethiopian Diaspora’s Philanthropy toward Homeland Development: Motivations, Patterns, and Prospects 257
18. 11. Interrogating Ethiopia: Diaspora, Social Media, and Partisan Discourses 279
19. 12. Songs of Sidet: An Insight into Ethiopia’s Culture of Migration through Song Lyrics Analysis 303
20. 13. Between Worlds: Ethiopian Adoptee Identity 330
21. Conclusion 345
22. Notes on Contributors 353
23. Index 357