Flight, marronage and sanctuary: critical genealogies for de-eurocentring the history of refuge in the Black Atlantic
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This article traces a genealogy of forced migration and practices of sanctuary, departing from the colonial experience of maroonage in the Americas and the Caribbean, which spanned almost four centuries of resistance to the institution of slavery. Through a review of historical, archaeological and anthropological literature on maroon escape routes and informal settlements, on the one hand, and ethnographic and journalistic literature on migrant transit, informal camps and protests, on the other, the article emphasises the resonances between the two phenomena, looking at the production of legal geographies, racialised subjectivities, juridical disputes and autonomous spaces. The example of marronage is presented as an alternative and innovative reference for de-eurocentring the history of refuge and asylum and opening up the anthropological imagination, in particular rethinking the question of sanctuary away from the state, and focusing instead on solidarity practices with and between migrants fleeing political, economic and social oppression.
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