South-south migration: an ethnographic study of an Indian business district in Johannesburg
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2016
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Yengde, Suraj
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Fordsburg, in central Johannesburg (Joburg) is a globally connected locality hosting 15-20
thousand visitors every month from all over the world. Fordsburg is a microcosm of
Johannesburg’s cosmopolitanism and bears a distinctly South Asian flavour. With a growing
south Asian and Indian presence, it has assumed the name ‘Indian market of Johannesburg’.
The dedication of the shopkeepers to keep prices low and the options of good bargains for
consumers has helped the area to develop its own identity. The passion to rise upwards among
newly arrived south Asian migrants marks the mood throughout Fordsburg market.1 This thesis
will provide insights on Fordsburg as an area for Indian businesses deriving stories of
businessmen, and labourers from various backgrounds, professions and nationalities. [No abstract provided. Information taken from introduction]
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A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg,
to fulfil the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
Johannesburg 2016
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Yengde, Suraj (2016) South-south migration: an ethnographic study of an Indian business district in Johannesburg, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg,<http://hdl.handle.net/10539/22239>