Trapped on the island: the politics of race and belonging in Jazīrat al-Maghrib

Drawing on ethnographic engagement with Moroccans and sub-Saharan Africans from varying socioeconomic positions this article interrogates how notions of race and belonging – or blackness and nationhood – are changing as Morocco transitions into a new destination country for migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers. Examining Jazīrat al-Maghrib as an historic and contemporary crossroads striving to maintain control over its physical and symbolic...