The Lure of the Capital City: An Anthro-geographical Analysis of Recent African Immigration to Washington, DC.

The article presents a study on the African immigrants in Washington, D.C. It investigates the details of African immigrants' life histories, the transnational social networks that influence their migration decisions, and their perceptions of Washington as a place. It also examines how African immigrants are adding new layers of meaning to spaces within Washington, in a dynamic and complex process that requires them to navigate local power relations and reinterpret their identities in a racialised environment. The authors employ a combined anthropological and geographical approach in analysing the multiple meanings and layers of significance that migrants ascribe to a place.