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Africa’s Joola Shipwreck

- Causes and Consequences of a Humanitarian Disaster
Af: Karen Samantha Barton Engelsk Hardback

Africa’s Joola Shipwreck

- Causes and Consequences of a Humanitarian Disaster
Af: Karen Samantha Barton Engelsk Hardback
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In 2002, a government-owned Senegalese ferry named the Joola capsized in a storm off the coast of The Gambia in a tragedy that killed 1,863 people and left 64 survivors, only one of them female. The Joola caused more human suffering than the Titanic yet no scholarly research to date has explored the political and environmental conditions in which this African crisis occurred. Africa’s Joola Shipwreck: Causes and Consequences of a Humanitarian Disaster investigates the roots of the Joola shipwreck and its consequences for Senegalese people, particularly those living in the rural south. Using three summers of field research in Senegal, Karen Samantha Barton unravels the geographical forces such as migration, colonial cartographies, and geographies of the sea that led to this humanitarian disaster and defined its aftermath. Barton shows how the Sufi tenet of “beautiful optimism” shaped community resilience in the wake of the shipwreck, despite the repercussions the event had on Senegalese society and space.

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In 2002, a government-owned Senegalese ferry named the Joola capsized in a storm off the coast of The Gambia in a tragedy that killed 1,863 people and left 64 survivors, only one of them female. The Joola caused more human suffering than the Titanic yet no scholarly research to date has explored the political and environmental conditions in which this African crisis occurred. Africa’s Joola Shipwreck: Causes and Consequences of a Humanitarian Disaster investigates the roots of the Joola shipwreck and its consequences for Senegalese people, particularly those living in the rural south. Using three summers of field research in Senegal, Karen Samantha Barton unravels the geographical forces such as migration, colonial cartographies, and geographies of the sea that led to this humanitarian disaster and defined its aftermath. Barton shows how the Sufi tenet of “beautiful optimism” shaped community resilience in the wake of the shipwreck, despite the repercussions the event had on Senegalese society and space.

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 232
ISBN-13: 9781498585415
Indbinding: Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1498585418
Kategori: West Africa
Udg. Dato: 15 jan 2021
Længde: 19mm
Bredde: 161mm
Højde: 240mm
Forlag: Lexington Books
Oplagsdato: 15 jan 2021
Forfatter(e): Karen Samantha Barton
Forfatter(e) Karen Samantha Barton


Kategori West Africa


ISBN-13 9781498585415


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Hardback


Sider 232


Udgave


Længde 19mm


Bredde 161mm


Højde 240mm


Udg. Dato 15 jan 2021


Oplagsdato 15 jan 2021


Forlag Lexington Books

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