ABSTRACT Post-democratic South Africa continues to experience migrancy to large urban centres such as Johannesburg. One understudied group of migrants are women from the KwaBhaca region in the Eastern Cape. Many amaBhaca women are entrapped in Johannesburg because of the exorbitant costs required to return home, and they are increasingly isolated from their ‘home’ communities. Some women have formed dance groups that perform mamtiseni to mitigate the effects of urban entrapment. Through the life histories of these women and the performances by two mamtiseni dance groups, we can see how the dance has aided these women in navigating their everyday lives. Mamtiseni is used to build and strengthen networks, preserve a sense of ‘Bhaca’ community and culture, socialise the youth, reshape the urban space, and represent home in a foreign space. This study adds to the limited amaBhaca historiography and contributes to an understanding of how marginalised migrants use performance to shape and reinforce identity.

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家的回声：约 1994 年至 2017 年，约翰内斯堡后种族隔离后的 amaBhaca 女性移民中的 Mamtiseni

摘要 后民主后的南非继续经历向约翰内斯堡等大型城市中心的迁移。一个未被充分研究的移民群体是来自东开普省夸巴卡地区的妇女。由于返回家园所需的高昂费用，许多 amaBhaca 妇女被困在约翰内斯堡，而且她们越来越远离“家乡”社区。一些妇女组建了舞蹈团，表演​​ mamtiseni 以减轻城市陷阱的影响。通过这些女性的生活史和两个 mamtiseni 舞蹈团的表演，我们可以看到舞蹈如何帮助这些女性驾驭她们的日常生活。Mamtiseni 被用来建立和加强网络，保持“Bhaca”社区和文化的感觉，让年轻人社交，重塑城市空间，并在异国空间中代表家。