ABSTRACT Globally, migrants face numerous socio-economic and institutional impediments that hinder their participation in the labour market of host cities and/or countries. This motivates them to join the informal economic sector to make a living. Applying the concept of tactical cosmopolitanism to understand the social and economic agency of African migrants, this article reports on an explorative analysis of the experiences of informal African migrant street traders (African migrant traders) operating in Johannesburg inner city, Gauteng, South Africa. The study revealed that African migrant traders left their countries of origin to secure better opportunities and to escape hostile conditions in their home countries. Despite the host city turning out to be more hostile and xenophobic, making life and finding formal employment opportunities more challenging, the thought of the more difficult life conditions in their home countries has led them to trading on the streets. Given the risks and challenges, including hostile and xenophobic situations that African migrant traders face in Johannesburg inner city, they have adopted dynamic and agentive strategies to survive and continue operating their businesses. Such findings pointed towards and assisted in the development of the Migrant Calculated Risk and Adaptation Framework.

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非洲移民商人在约翰内斯堡内城的经验：迈向移民计算风险和适应框架

摘要 在全球范围内，移民面临许多社会经济和制度障碍，阻碍他们参与东道城市和/或国家的劳动力市场。这促使他们加入非正规经济部门谋生。本文应用战术世界主义的概念来理解非洲移民的社会和经济能动性，报告了对在南非豪登省约翰内斯堡内城经营的非正式非洲移民街头商人（非洲移民商人）的经历进行的探索性分析。研究表明，非洲移民商人离开他们的原籍国是为了获得更好的机会并逃离本国的敌对条件。尽管主办城市变得更加敌对和仇外，为了使生活和寻找正规就业机会更具挑战性，一想到本国生活条件更加困难，他们就开始在街头做生意。鉴于非洲移民贸易商在约翰内斯堡内城面临的风险和挑战，包括敌对和仇外情况，他们采取了动态和代理策略来生存并继续经营业务。这些调查结果指出并协助制定了移民计算风险和适应框架。他们采用了动态和代理策略来生存并继续经营业务。这些调查结果指出并协助制定了移民计算风险和适应框架。他们采用了动态和代理策略来生存并继续经营业务。这些调查结果指出并协助制定了移民计算风险和适应框架。