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resilience-and-adaptation
Residents adapt to life in the camp through roles such as teachers, traders, and youth leaders, demonstrating agency despite hardship.
1 chapter across 1 book
City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World's Largest Refugee Camp (2016)Ben Rawlence
The Residents of Dadaab Who Appear in the City of Thorns
This chapter provides brief biographical sketches of the residents of Dadaab refugee camp featured in 'City of Thorns.' It outlines their origins, reasons for displacement, family relations, and roles within the camp, highlighting the impact of civil war, famine, and violence in Somalia and Sudan on their lives. The chapter emphasizes the intergenerational trauma and resilience of individuals who have sought refuge in Dadaab over multiple decades.