In closing off our series on African migrants, we consider the lives of African migrants living in Yeoville, Johannesburg. In conversation with mpho ndaba, we touch on the politics of food (and health) access for migrants in South Africa - exploring how legality and anti-Blackness preclude African migrants from the most basic sustenance in South Africa. We explore the ways South Africa, as a liberal nation-state, is shaped by anti-Blackness, which in turn shapes the dignity and basic rights accorded to Black migrants from the continent living in South Africa.

I'm joined by mpho ndaba, a writer and researcher at the University of Cape Town. This conversation is centred around mpho's upcoming book chapter titled: "The right to eat: How black migrants in South Africa accessed food during the COVID-19 pandemic". Book can be pre-ordered here: https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526184740/

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Have you ever considered what it's like to be an African migrant working as an Uber driver in South Africa? On the second episode of Ol'Things Considered, we examine the realities of African migrants in South Africa as they navigate livelihoods, precarity, vulnerability, and exploitation on e-hailing platforms . We explore how anti-African migrant state policies and Afrophobic movements in South Africa are used as tools for Neo-Liberal capitalist exploitation.I'm joined by Celine Masheleni, who is completing her PhD in sociology at the University of Cape Town. Celine's work explores the labour conditions of being an African migrant in South Africa. Celine's theoretical contribution involves the concept of "place-making", where she explores the ways in which migrant workers resist their vulnerabilities by engaging in practices of place-making (i.e., practices of "carrying on" through establishing networks of stability, groundedness and grassroots structures of making a hostile place work for them).

Have you ever considered what it's like to be an African migrant working as an Uber driver in South Africa? On the second episode of Ol'Things Considered, we examine the realities of African migrants in South Africa as they navigate livelihoods, precarity, vulnerability, and exploitation on e-hailing platforms . We explore how anti-African migrant state policies and Afrophobic movements in South Africa are used as tools for Neo-Liberal capitalist exploitation.I'm joined by Celine Masheleni, who is completing her PhD in sociology at the University of Cape Town. Celine's work explores the labour conditions of being an African migrant in South Africa. Celine's theoretical contribution involves the concept of "place-making", where she explores the ways in which migrant workers resist their vulnerabilities by engaging in practices of place-making (i.e., practices of "carrying on" through establishing networks of stability, groundedness and grassroots structures of making a hostile place work for them). Please like and subscribe to this channel for more intellectually stimulating conversations centring the work of scholars in the Global South!Please follow and subscribe to the podcast on these platforms!Instagram: @olthingsconsideredSpotify: OlthingsconsideredApple Podcast: Ol'Things ConsideredTiktok: @olthingsconsideredFeel free to share your thoughts on this conversation below!

Have you ever considered what African migrants encounter as they seek to cross the Strait of Gibraltar or the Atlantic Ocean in search of a new life in Europe? Have you thought about the countless migrants who lost their lives in the passage and the families migrants left behind, battling with an ambiguous sense of loss?

Hi! My name is Dr Olerato Mogomotsi, and I host Ol'Things Considered. For our inaugural episode, I'm joined by Nabil Ferdaoussi. Nabil is a Moroccan social anthropologist working on migrant death and disappearance, focusing on how the environment is militarised as a containment and death strategy against migrants.

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