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‘Aller jusqu’au bout’: sacrifice, solidarity, and Moroccan politics of migration
This paper examines the ambiguous and precarious solidarity practices of Western and Central African leaders of ‘migrants’ associations’ (associations de migrants) in Morocco. Despite reforms, Moroccan politics of migration have been marked by violence and criminalisation. The paper focuses on the articulation of migrant activists’ moral and political commitments to help other migrants and advocate for their wider community as a form of ‘sacrifice’. The article explores how this notion highlights both the intersection of multiple ethical commitments marked by self-interest and altruism, as well as the marginal positioning of racialised Black migrant leaders in the political economy of migration.
Date:
31 October 2025, 15:00
Venue:
St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details:
Nissan Lecture Theatre
Speaker:
Sebastien Bachelet (University of Manchester)
Organising department:
School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography
Organisers:
Alice Millington (University of Oxford),
Zuzanna Olszewska (Associate Professor in the Social Anthropology of the Middle East),
Madeleine Reeves (University of Oxford)
Part of:
School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography Departmental Seminar Series
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Kate Atherton
