Deliver us from evil: The role of faith and family in coping with stress among African migrants in Australia

<p>The paper examines stressors affecting involuntary and voluntary Africanmigrants in Australia and how they cope with stress. Using semi-structured interviews, thepaper examines the experiences of 30 African migrants in Australia. Most participants useda diversity of strategies including the reliance of divine intervention and family –usuallyconstructed by alliance rather than kinship -to cope with stress. The key contribution of thepaper is to go beyond traditional integration strategies to highlight the significance of faithand family as remedies to ‘deliver’ the migrants from the obstacles to effective resettlementand psychological healing.</p>