In trying to portray societies that push and pull migrants out and in respectively, the reader is left with the impression that it is in the interest of the migrants to understand the politics of coexistence particularly in the host country prior to taking the decision to migrate because of the socio-cultural, economic and psychological implications involved that are usually overlooked. Using New Historicism and post coloniality, this paper examines the changes in trends of migration, entry/exit complexities and what it takes to be comfortable in a world replete with an undertone of racism and the possibility of xenophobic encounters in NoViolet Bulawayo's We Need New Names and Priscilia M. People do not only migrate to better themselves nowadays nor are the problems they encounter limited to the acquisition of documents. "Original, witty, and devastating.Migration is one of the concepts in literature that suffers from the notion of homogeneity of motif and consequence. Coetzee - while she tells a vivid, raw story all her own. NoViolet Bulawayo's debut calls to mind the great storytellers of displacement and arrival who have come before her - from Junot Diaz to Zadie Smith to J.M.
She travels to this new land in search of America's famous abundance only to find that her options as an immigrant are perilously few. But Darling has a chance to escape: she has an aunt in America. Before their homes were destroyed by paramilitary policemen, before the school closed, before the fathers left for dangerous jobs abroad. In Zimbabwe, Darling and her friends steal guavas, try to get the baby out of young Chipo's belly, and grasp at memories of Before. Darling is only ten years old, and yet she must navigate a fragile and violent world. Finalist for the Booker Prize: the "deeply felt and fiercely written" story of a young girl's journey out of Zimbabwe and to America (New York Times Book Review), from the author of Glory.
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