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‘We are taught to act’: hustling on the move in Kampala and Nairobi
Africa ( IF 1.235 ) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 , DOI: 10.1017/s0001972020000868
William Monteith , George Mirembe

Abstract This article explores the question of what happens when highly socialized and contingent forms of provisioning go wrong, and young men are forced to start again in unfamiliar urban contexts. The decline of George Mirembe's moneylending business in Kampala pre-empted his departure from the country and his arrival in Nairobi in search of new socio-economic opportunities. Lacking the documents and language skills necessary to enter formal sectors of the economy, George claimed asylum as a sexual refugee while working as a smuggler and a voice actor in the shadow film industry. His activities illustrate the advantages and limitations of the hustle as a framework for understanding the activities of transnational ‘others’ in African cities. I argue that translational practices of acting and storytelling have become a generalized tactic of survival among migrants in urban East Africa. Such practices are illustrative of a form of ‘uprooted hustle’ – or hustling on the move – that is oriented towards individual survival and exit rather than place-based transformation.

中文翻译:

“我们被教导要采取行动”:在坎帕拉和内罗毕奔波

摘要 本文探讨了当高度社会化和偶然的供应形式出现问题时会发生什么的问题,年轻人被迫在陌生的城市环境中重新开始。George Mirembe 在坎帕拉的放债业务的衰落使他提前离开该国并抵达内罗毕寻找新的社会经济机会。由于缺乏进入正规经济部门所需的文件和语言技能,乔治在影子电影行业担任走私者和配音演员时,以性难民的身份申请庇护。他的活动说明了喧嚣作为理解非洲城市中跨国“他者”活动的框架的优势和局限性。我认为,表演和讲故事的翻译实践已成为东非城市移民的普遍生存策略。这种做法说明了一种“被连根拔起的喧嚣” - 或在移动中的喧嚣 - 以个人生存和退出为导向,而不是基于地方的转型。
更新日期:2021-01-01
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