African home associations in Britain: between political belonging and moral conviviality

Mercer, Claire ORCID: 0000-0003-0991-3693 and Page, Ben (2010) African home associations in Britain: between political belonging and moral conviviality. African Diaspora, 3 (1). pp. 110-130. ISSN 1872-5457

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This paper argues that significant analytical and political possibilities for thinking about the African diaspora in Britain are opened up by shifting the analytical lens from ethnicity to place. Drawing on recent research with Cameroonian and Tanzanian home associations in Britain we suggest that the concept of a `progressive politics of place', which distinguishes between `political belonging' and `moral conviviality', can help us to explore the morality of convivial relations in the African diaspora. We highlight the ways in which home associations provide space for debate about what is an intrinsically good way to live together in the diaspora. However, if moral conviviality is about debating the right and wrong ways of living together in a place, then we need to think explicitly about the places inhabited by the diaspora. The paper addresses the ways in which home associations provide a space not only for debate among members, but also a forum for debating how to live in Britain.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	http://www.brill.nl/afdi
Additional Information:	© 2010 Brill
Divisions:	Geography & Environment
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > DT Africa
Date Deposited:	16 Dec 2010 15:26
Last Modified:	05 Jan 2024 17:24
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/30904

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