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God’s Plan, Or Institutional Violence? Congolese Refugees in Kampala between Hope And Disillusionment

Series: Enlivening the Nation in Modernity: The Role of Affect in a Populist Age

Alessandro Gusman
November 28, 2023January 27, 2024

Faith in God and in his plans provides room for narratives of hope and a different affective realm for refugees living in insecurity and fear. But even hope fades over the years.

The Shabbat Massacre Is Not Merely About Religion

Atalia Omer
October 30, 2018August 7, 2019

The Shabbat massacre is not only a hate crime. It is also the latest expression of racialized Christian construction of boundaries.

Excess of Love in the “Oasis of Peace”

Emmanuel Katongole
August 17, 2018August 17, 2018

Right here in the midst of exile and displacement out of Burundi’s violence, an oasis of peace at a time of desolation, joy in the midst of loss and hatred, a banquet of good food, wine, music, and dance—a celebration of the victory of love over hatred.

The Modernity of Witchcraft Asylum Claims

Series: Decolonizing Narratives

Benjamin Lawrance
May 31, 2018June 1, 2018

It’s hard to understand why vodou remains so alien a concept to refugee adjudicators, particularly as the religious observance is so well documented by ethnographers and anthropologists.

Articles tagged as "Refugees"

God’s Plan, Or Institutional Violence? Congolese Refugees in Kampala between Hope And Disillusionment

The Shabbat Massacre Is Not Merely About Religion

Excess of Love in the “Oasis of Peace”

The Modernity of Witchcraft Asylum Claims