Dad dad buu dugsadaa dugaagna geed – the Somali Diaspora in the United States and their Impact on the American Domestic, Social and Security Situation

Authors

  • Marta Antosz Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12797/Politeja.13.2016.42.20

Keywords:

Somali diaspora, United States of America, migrations

Abstract

The paper is dedicated to the Somali diaspora in the United States and its influence on the American domestic, social and security situation in relation to: 1) Somali cultural, historical and religious background, 2) history and patterns of U.S. Somali immigration, 3) analysis of the Somali cultural adaptation to American society, 4) analysis of the remittances sent from diaspora back home and certain associated patterns 5) potential among Somalis, especially young Somalis, when it comes to the Islamic radicalization, 6) analysis of the Somalis as part of Black African immigration. However, Somalis are not even close to being the largest migration group from Sub‑Saharan Africa, for sure they are a significant one. Settled mostly in Minnesota (mostly the Minneapolis urban area), Columbus (Ohio), Seattle (Washington), Virginia, Washington D.C. metropolitan area, New York City metropolitan area, San Diego and Georgia, they created a unique minority with significant impact on the whole picture of American society and the American domestic and security situation.

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Author Biography

Marta Antosz, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland

PhD candidate at the Institute of Political Science and International Relations of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. M.A. in American Studies from the Jagiellonian University and M.A. in International Relations from the Tischner European University. Visiting researcher (2015) at the African Studies Program at Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. She has also conducted field research in Kenya and Tanzania and took part in UCSIA Summer School at the University of Antwerp on Islamic radicalization and deradicalization. She is working on Somali refugees in Kenya and Ethiopia and their influence on the security in the Greater Horn of Africa.

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2016-04-21

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Antosz, Marta. 2016. “Dad Dad Buu Dugsadaa Dugaagna Geed – the Somali Diaspora in the United States and Their Impact on the American Domestic, Social and Security Situation”. Politeja 13 (3 (42):363-77. https://doi.org/10.12797/Politeja.13.2016.42.20.