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Historia de vida, identidad y migración transnacional en el Sur global. El senegalés Cheikh Gueye en Argentina

Abstract

For this contribution I propose a journey of historiography, memory studies and literary criticism through relevant theoretical concepts that interrelate these disciplines and then explore their application in the context of life history studies in relation to transnational migration forced by economics and its effects as a collective conflict from the global South to the global South. In order to do so I use life history and oral history as historiographical methodologies: I conducted an interview with Cheikh Gueye, a Senegalese based in La Plata migrant who represents the large Senegalese community in the city of La Plata, Argentina. The interview is framed within the issue of transnational migration from Africa to Latin America carried out by generations of young men who are motivated by the economic consequences of the colonial past and globalization. Through his testimony, Gueye configures here his own life story. While drawing on knowledge from various disciplines, the aim of this work is not only reflective, but also seeks to develop a process to learn how to listen to others with the help of some links between theory and practice.