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Migration and Managing Manhood: Congolese Migrant Men in South Africa

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The aim of this chapter is to explore and examine the management of manhood in the context of migration with a particular focus to Congolese men migrants living in Durban, Republic of South Africa. Human migration stands out to be one of the most important aspects of social science. From time immemorial, migration has been common feature in human society. It has managed to maintain a close relation with mankind from its earliest stage. Interdisciplinary approach to migration has significantly scholars in different fields such as geography, sociology, demography, economics, and other related disciplines. As a result of the complexity of human life and fast-changing socioeconomic conditions, human migration seems to gain importance. Carletto et al. (2014) asserts that basic factors that have influenced the mobility of man to move from one region to another were uneven distribution of population and resources. Further, unbalanced utilization of resources and variation in economic and cultural developments is also another important factor that should not be taken for granted. Certain areas have been identified and they were marked as “centers of habitation.” In these places, people were attracted from various regions, countries, and continents. It has also been established that different parts of the world on the whole have different types of mobility caused by various socioeconomic conditions. Consequently, this mobility of man has either favorably or adversely influenced the socioeconomic conditions of that area. It is therefore worth noting that, scholars have tried to study the phenomenon of migration from various angles. For instance, the current study focuses on migration and managing manhood with specific focus on Congolese migrant men in South Africa. As such, this section provides a comprehensive review of literature in order to achieve a succinctly articulated literature.

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  1. School of Social Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

    Joseph Rudigi Rukema

  2. School of Built and Environmental studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

    Beatrice Umubyeyi

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  2. Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

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Rukema, J.R., Umubyeyi, B. (2019). Migration and Managing Manhood: Congolese Migrant Men in South Africa. In: Ratuva, S. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Ethnicity. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0242-8_65-1

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