Abstract

This article deconstructs the migrant/refugee/host ternary at the Tanzania-Burundi borderlands of Kigoma region. I complicate migrant/refugee binary by presenting different trajectories and outcomes of Burundians participating in agricultural systems surrounding refugee camps. This history of migration and displacement is not new, however, but has been impelled since the rise of European colonization. Though never refugees, Tanzanian ‘hosts’ share a history of internal displacement initiated during colonialism. This host label obscures the diversity present in the region. Finally, I call for borderland solidarity and postcolonial reparations for hosts to redress the history of displacement and marginalization in the region.

摘要

本文解构了基戈马地区坦桑尼亚-布隆迪边境的移民/难民/东道国三元组。我通过展示布隆迪人参与难民营周围农业系统的不同轨迹和结果，使移民/难民二元复杂化。然而，这种移民和流离失所的历史并不是什么新鲜事，而是自欧洲殖民主义兴起以来就被推动的。坦桑尼亚的“东道主”虽然从来不是难民，但有着殖民主义时期开始的国内流离失所的历史。这个主机标签掩盖了该地区存在的多样性。最后，我呼吁边境地区的团结和对东道主的后殖民赔偿，以纠正该地区流离失所和边缘化的历史。