Black Muslim Refugee: Militarism, Policing, and Somali American Resistance to State Violence

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Maxamed Abumaye

Black Muslim Refugee

Militarism, Policing, and Somali American Resistance to State Violence

Maxamed Abumaye

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University of California Press
03 June 2025

Refugees & political asylum; Ethnic studies; Black & Asian studies; Religious groups: social & cultural aspects

This multisited project, the first of its kind, exposes the links between US military violence abroad and police brutality at home through a profound exploration of Somali refugee lives. Black Muslim Refugee traces the globe-spanning journeys of these refugees, from civil war–era Somalia to the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya to their eventual arrival in San Diego, and Maxamed Abumaye analyzes their experiences through the dual lenses of anti-Blackness and Islamophobia. He situates their displacement within the larger context of East Africa's colonial history, as well as the policy consequences of the American-backed war on terror and war on drugs. Throughout, Abumaye's centering of Somali subjectivity underlines this community's critical and creative capacity to defy the mechanisms that seek to ""manage"" and ultimately control them.

By: Maxamed Abumaye
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 9
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 272g
ISBN: 9780520356320
ISBN 10: 0520356322
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 03 June 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Maxamed Abumaye is Assistant Professor in the Department of African American and African Studies at Ohio State University.