Abstract
As the global refugee phenomenon continues to grow unabated, South Africa still receives increasing numbers of refugee applications. This is a result of South Africa’s non-encampment policy that allows refugees to self-settle. One of the largest refugee groups in South Africa are Somalis, who make up the sixth largest refugee population in the world. Somalis have for decades migrated to South Africa and established themselves as entrepreneurs. However, studies have not duly accounted for the socio-economic activities they engage in and the effect these activities have on their masculinities. This study fills this gap by interrogating the sustainability of Somali refugees’ socio-economic activities and the effect they have on the construction of their masculinities in a transnational space...
D.Litt. et Phil. (Sociology)