Hosted by the Centre for the Study of Poverty and Social Justice in the School for Policy Studies.
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The act of racializing African migration has been strategically employed to galvanize the categorization of 'undesirable' African migrants to mobilize and rid South African society of migrants. Research shows that these labels lead to anti-migrant sentiments and exacerbate hardships faced when migrants transition from their home countries to South Africa. Undesirable categories within South Africa initiate a precarious identification, often artificially constructed, obscuring the very essence of ‘humanness’, 'home,' 'African identity,' and 'womanhood.' The intersectionality of womanhood, migrant status, blackness, and nationality heighten the precariousness of inhabiting these identities within the South African context. Ivan's research seeks to forefront the experiences of African women who are economic migrants in South Africa.