Full Description
Forced migration is an international problem impacting global powers as well as smaller resource-constrained countries. The rhetoric, globally and locally is rife with a confusing tangle about war, violence, persecution, vulnerability, victimhood, thievery, welfare leaching, and economy recking. My Culture, My Survival is a narrative-driven book based in global multi-site research about the arts and cultural dimension of refugee "crises" in discrete geographic and social-political contexts. The stories highlight agency, creativity, pleasure, celebration, entrepreneurship, friendship, and community because we typically don't associate these things with refugees. They emphasize how refugees contribute to their own communities and their host countries, contrary to stereotypical and often xenophobic anti-refugee assumptions.
Contents
List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction: We Are All Human
Part I: The Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Malawi
Part I Introduction
Chapter 1. Trésor Nzengu Mpauni and the Tumaini Festival
Chapter 2. Elisha Beya
Chapter 3. Angela
Chapter 4. Francois Bangwe
Chapter 5. Toussaint Farini and Salama Africa
Chapter 6. Primo Luanda Bauma
Chapter 7. Umoja Women Craft
Chapter 8. Nelly
Chapter 9. Tuze Manirakiza and the Indengabaganizi Dance Troupe
Chapter 10. David and Jonathan Bin Wakandwa
Chapter 11. Sylvano
Chapter 12. Gabriel Ndayishimiye
Chapter 13. Divine Irakoze
Part II: Syrians in Türkiye
Part II Introduction
Chapter 14. Alaa Alkhatib
Chapter 15. Muhammed Nor Yaserji
Chapter 16. The Önder Center for Cooperation and Development
Chapter 17. The Earthquake and the Önder Center for Cooperation and Development
Chapter 18. Haneen Choir Network
Chapter 19. Nermin Biravvi
Chapter 20. NUN Kültür Sanat (NUN Culture and Arts)
Chapter 21. YOLO Art Center and Café
Chapter 22. Omar Alkilani
Chapter 23. Sohir Yaghi and Knitstanbul
Chapter 24. Farah Trablsie
Chapter 25. Sham Alsaloum
Chapter 26. Omar Berakdar and Arthereistanbul
Part III: Uyghurs in France
Part III Introduction
Chapter 27. Dilnur Reyhan and European Uyghur Institute
Chapter 28. Jalilova Gulbahar
Chapter 29. Erpan Toghrul
Chapter 30. Merdan Ehteli
Chapter 31. Jineste Tohti
Chapter 32. Umut
Chapter 33. Mirka
Chapter 34. Nafise
Chapter 35. Gul-ay
Chapter 36. Vodka
Conclusion: Arts, Culture, Leaving, and Belonging
References
Index
