Paper short abstract:

This paper explores rights violation in the context of social transformation and the original concept of community, which led to social disorder among sub-Saharan African migrant communities in Tunisia. It proposes an intercultural remediation project to address the challenges of living together.

Paper long abstract:

This article examines the sub-Saharan student communities in Tunisia from a micro-sociological and local perspective. Its objective is to determine the communal nature of their migratory experiences and representations, uncovering the significance of their communalizations.

Sociologists have been intrigued by the social transformation and the meaning of community, especially in light of industrialization and urbanization. This has resulted in divergent theoretical perspectives; some viewing modern social transformation as a shift from local community units to extracommunity systems, resulting in diminished cohesion and autonomy. Others propose arguments about the "lost," "saved," and "liberated"community in mass society. With this classification in mind, this paper focuses on the neighborhood community unit, the built environment, and the challenges of communal living to comprehend changes in sub-Saharan communities in Tunisia.

Adopting a qualitative approach, the paper explores the experiences of ten sub-Saharan migrant students from different communities, utilizing the sociology of the community to analyze collected data.The aim is to identify means used by these migrants to save a community lost due to migratory mobility and the disruption of the traditional social order, and establish a liberated community based on social interaction, shared links, and the regional context of Tunisia. The research constructs a model of interculturality, living together, emphasizing a neighborhood community unit distinct from Western societies' solitude and traditional community life's withdrawal. The objective is to create a shared space fostering meaning, identity, and socio-economic solidarity among communities.

Keywords: Communitarianism, sociology of community, migration, sub-Saharan students, interculurality