Laura Menin is a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Milano Bicocca. She has conducted research in Morocco since 2008, working on migration, love and intimacy, political violence during ‘the years of lead’, and ‘race’ and racism.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryShadows of slavery: refractions of the past, challenges of the present
The past of slavery has many presents, and the present of exploitation many pasts. This collection brings together...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryShadows of slavery part four: global capitalism and modern slavery
This fourth section of our collection Shadows of Slavery takes a step back from empirical case studies to explore...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryShadows of slavery part two: race, colour and origins in northwest Africa and the Middle East
This second section of our collection Shadows of Slavery explores how race, colour and origins shape social dynamics...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery“In the skin of a black”: Senegalese students and young professionals in Rabat
Even student and young professional Senegalese migrants have to navigate the legacies of slavery in Morocco as ‘Africans’.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryBeing 'black' in North Africa and the Middle East
Former slaves and their descendants in North Africa and the Middle East might be formally free, but the racial...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryThe racialisation of marginality: sub-Saharan migrants stuck in Morocco
The everyday lives of sub-Saharan African migrants in Morocco are deeply affected by violent policies of border...