African Clusters in India
African Clusters in India by Koyal Verma, published by Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group in 2023, is a 161-page exploration of the experiences of African migrants in India. This book examines the discrimination and stereotypes these individuals face, highlighting how their African identity is often unfairly associated with negative connotations such as drugs and prostitution. Through detailed narratives, it sheds light on the racial profiling that occurs due to a conflated perception of African identity, leading to social exclusion.
Readers will find a thorough analysis of how the urban environment in India contributes to the formation of a pan-African identity as a response to these biases. The book delves into the interplay of language, culture, and representation, illustrating the processes of othering and exclusion. Engaging with broader themes of globalization and migration, this volume is relevant for scholars and researchers in fields such as critical race theory, urban sociology, and African studies.
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African Clusters in India examines the discrimination and stereotypes faced by the African migrants in India. It outlines the narratives of the migrants and demonstrates how their ‘African identity’ gets associated with drugs, prostitution, and cannibalism. The book brings to the fore how the African migrants experience racial profiling based on a conflated African identity, and how this identity gets generalised irrespective of their different nationalities and leads to social exclusion.
This monograph argues that the antagonistic urban environment facilitates the formation of a pan-African identity as a response to biases and stereotypes. It also explores the role of language, culture, and politics of representation to show the process of othering and exclusion in India.
Drawing on lived experiences of the migrants, the volume engages with the larger discourse of globalization, liberalisation, and migration within the global south. It will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of critical race theory, ethnography, urban sociology, African studies, and South Asian studies
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