{"id":54596,"date":"2017-03-08T12:05:43","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T18:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=54596"},"modified":"2017-03-08T12:05:43","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T18:05:43","slug":"african-refugees-seek-a-new-life-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/african-refugees-seek-a-new-life-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"African refugees seek a new life in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Emilie Syberg<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">South Africans live, work, and study alongside refugees and migrants from Somalia to Mozambique, drawn by the promise of a better life. But xenophobia has frequently made its presence known, most recently at an <a href=\"http:\/\/:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/africa\/south-africa-urges-restraint-amid-anti-foreigner-protests\/2017\/02\/24\/32a2ed22-fa6a-11e6-aa1e-5f735ee31334_story.html?utm_term=.2b7e6edeed82\">anti-immigrant march last month<\/a> in Pretoria, South Africa\u2019s capital city. Emilie Syberg talked to refugees and migrants in Johannesburg\u2019s Yeoville neighborhood, known for its mix of cultures, to learn more about how they build a life in a home away from home.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"African refugees seek a new life in South Africa by MedillReports\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F311375662&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxwidth=800&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;dnt=1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Ebrahim Ali, a Somalian, owns a coffee shop in Johannesburg. SoundCloud photo: A Sunday afternoon in Johannesburg. (Emilie Syberg\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Emilie Syberg South Africans live, work, and study alongside refugees and migrants from Somalia to Mozambique, drawn by the promise of a better life. 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