The Senegalese in Argentina: Migratory networks and small-scale trade

Abstract

The migration of sub-Saharan Africans to South America is a relatively recent but growing phenomenon that scholars have not yet sufficiently explored. Although studies about the African presence in Argentina have increased significantly in recent decades, most take a historical perspective and are primarily concerned with the descendants of Africans enslaved during the colonial period. This chapter, conversely, deals with Africans’ more recent movement to the continent. It focuses on the migration of Senegalese and their mobile trade as street vendors in Argentina, thereby contributing to the understanding of the more recent mobility of people and things between sub-Saharan Africa and South America.