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Crises and displacement have shaped practices and relations of care among Zimbabwean migrants and their families upon their return from South African urban areas. Through ethnographic research primarily in Bulawayo,Economies of Care addresses the intersection of kinship, state functions and migration in sustaining livelihoods amidst Zimbabwe's economic and political instability. It offers an in-depth analysis of how bureaucratic and intimate care structures intertwine, making it an essential resource for scholars of migration, anthropology and African studies.
Saana Hansen is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Helsinki. She is affiliated with the Kone Foundation–funded project Postcolonial Apology and Legacies of Problematic Pasts (2021–2026) and the Academy of Finland–funded project The Politics of Repair (2025-2029).
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Acknowledgements
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Introduction: Economies of Care and Return Migration in Zimbabwe
Chapter 1. Chronology of Care, Control and Crisis in Bulawayo
Chapter 2. Crossing Limpopo River: Migration as a Historically Constituted Form of Care
Chapter 3. Child Migration and the Care of ‘Posted Back Children’
Chapter 4. Repatriating the Dead and Dying
Chapter 5. Power of Papers: Claiming Travel Documents and Birth Registrations
Chapter 6. Serving the ‘Child’s Best Interests’: Custody, Maintenance and Repatriation of Children
Chapter 7. Working from Their Heart? Community Care, Vulnerability and Affective State
Conclusion
Appendix: Legislative Documents
Glossary
References
Index