Vivian Besem Ojong

An Escape Route: Independent Female African Migrancy in South Africa: the Processes, Dynamics and Experiences of Independent Foreign African Migrant Women in South Africa Vivian Besem Ojong

This book captures the different ways in which independent women of African origin use migration as a means to escape from circumsatnces at their home countries which were adverse to their well-being. Escaping and leaving the familiar behind, these women were exposed to victimisation and discrimation during the apartheid era in South Africa. In an attempt to adjust to life in a Transnational space, these women have acquired both negative and positive identities. This fine-grained ethnographic account brings in a fresh perspective on Gender and migration.