‘Aller jusqu’au bout’: sacrifice, solidarity, and Moroccan politics of migration
Friday 31 October 2025, 3pm
Nissan Lecture Theatre, St Antony's College
Sebastien Bachelet (University of Manchester)
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.
Departmental Seminar Series Michaelmas Term 2025
3pm, Fridays of Weeks 1, 3-8.
Nissan Lecture Theatre, St Antony's College (except for Week 6).
Convened by Madeleine Reeves, Zuzanna Olszewska and Alice Millington
