Transnationalism And Slave Trade In Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Paradise

Abstract

Transnationalism implies a weakening of the control a nation-state has over its borders, inhabitants, and territory. This paper examines the increase in immigrant populations in developed countries as a result of global economic development, leading to the formation of multicultural societies where immigrants maintain connections with their cultures of origin. This paper focuses on the increased global mobility and access to instantaneous worldwide communication technology, boundaries dissolve and territorial control imposed by the traditional nation-state became less relevant. This paper examines the East African slave trade or multicultural slave trade and how it has changed over time especially since Africans were sent to the Middle East, to the Indian Ocean islands and later to America.