Contents

pp v-vi

Acknowledgments

pp vii-viii

Introduction: Transnational Migration and the Making of the Global Ethiopian Diaspora

pp 1-26

Part One - Histories and Historiographies of Ethiopian Migration

pp 27-28

1 - Exhuming the Narrative: Imagining Prince Alemayehu in the Ethiopian Diaspora

pp 29-49

2 - From “Lega Harar” to Adowa to Haile Selassie: The Evocation of Popular and Contested Symbols of Ethiopian Topography, Culture, and History in Self-Representations of Ethiopia and Ethiopians in Canada

pp 50-79

3 - Young Diasporans of Ethiopian Origin: A Historically Grounded Generation

pp 80-102

Part Two - Geographies of Migration: Mapping the Global Ethiopian Diaspora

pp 103-104

4 - Im/mobile Lives? Ethiopian Domestic Workers in the Middle East

pp 105-125

5 - Ethiopian Diasporans in South Africa: Dynamics of Migration, Opportunities, and Challenges

pp 126-149

6 - Ethiopians in Australia: Race, Ethnicity, and Othering

pp 150-180

7 - Ethiopian Irregular Migrants to Germany: Trajectory of Voyages and the Reality Gap in Expectations

pp 181-205

8 - Drivers and Patterns of Ethiopian Youth Migration to Global Destinations

pp 206-230

Part Three - Transnational Experiences: Connections, Disjuncture, and Ambivalent Belongings

pp 231-232

9 - Mahbereseb: Traditional Community-Based Mechanisms and Responses that Support and Facilitate the Health and Well-Being of Ethiopian Immigrants in Canada

pp 233-256

10 - The Ethiopian Diaspora’s Philanthropy toward Homeland Development: Motivations, Patterns, and Prospects

pp 257-278

11 - Interrogating Ethiopia: Diaspora, Social Media, and Partisan Discourses

pp 279-302

12 - Songs of Sidet: An Insight into Ethiopia’s Culture of Migration through Song Lyrics Analysis

pp 303-329

13 - Between Worlds: Ethiopian Adoptee Identity

pp 330-344

Conclusion

pp 345-352

Notes on Contributors

pp 353-356

Index

pp 357-360

Miscellaneous Endmatter

pp 361-361