Transnational Families in Africa (EPUB) von Maria C Marchetti-Mercer

Explores the experiences of transnational migrant families from Africa, including flows into and out of South Africa, and how technology is used to maintain kinship and duties of care from afar.

Foreword – Gonzalo Bacigalupe
Acknowledgments
Part 1 Theoretical Context
Chapter 1 Setting the Scene – Maria C. Marchetti-Mercer, Leslie Swartz and Loretta Baldassar
Chapter 2 Methodological Challenges and Opportunities: Our Work, Our Selves – Daniella Rafaely, Loretta Baldassar, Leslie Swartz and Maria C. Marchetti-Mercer
Part 2 Participants’ Stories of African Migration, Family Relations and ICTs
Chapter 3 ‘Ah! Do I Know What Data Is, My Child?’ Rural–Urban Migration and the Struggle to Stay in Touch – Lactricia Maja, Risuna Mathebula, Sonto Madonsela and Maria C. Marchetti-Mercer
Chapter 4 ‘They Will Be Yearning’: Zimbabwean Migration to South Africa and Keeping the Family Connected – Siko Moyo, Sonto Madonsela and Maria C. Marchetti-Mercer
Chapter 5 ‘You Do Not Finish All Stories’: Malawian Families and the Struggle to Stay Connected – Esther Price and Glory Kabaghe
Chapter 6 (Dis)connections: The Paradox of Intergenerational WhatsApp Communication in Transnational Kenyan Families – Ajwang’ Warria
Chapter 7 Making a World of Care: DRC Refugees’ Barber Shop Stories – Thembelihle Coka and Maria C. Marchetti-Mercer
Chapter 8 The Luxury of Longing: Experiences of ICTs by South African Emigrants to Non-African Countries and Their Families – Maria C. Marchetti-Mercer and Leslie Swartz
Part 3 Final Considerations
Chapter 9 Analysis of Important Data Emerging from the Study – Maria C. Marchetti-Mercer, Leslie Swartz and Loretta Baldassar
Chapter 10 Looking Ahead: Paradox, Criticality and a Way Forward – Daniella Rafaely, Maria C. Marchetti-Mercer, Leslie Swartz and Loretta Baldassar
Contributors
Index