Engaging the Diaspora

Migration and African Families
Herausgeber: Okpala, Comfort O.; Uwakweh, Pauline Ada; Rotich, Jerono P.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book facilitates a critical reassessment of African immigrants, as well as their transnational challenges. It promotes knowledge about Africans in the Diaspora and the African continent through current and relevant case studies.

---

Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• The Africana Experience and Critical Leadership Studies
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780739179734
• ISBN-10: 073917973X
• Artikelnr.: 39151572

Autorenporträt

Pauline Ada Uwakweh is assistant professor and graduate coordinator in the Department of English, North Carolina A&T State University. She has published articles on women in Research in African Literatures, African Literature Today, and Journal of the African Literature Association (JALA). Jerono P. Rotich is associate professor in the Department of Human Performance and Leisure Studies, School of Education, North Carolina A&T State University. She has published several articles and chapters in refereed journals and books, such as Journal of Negro Education, International Journal of Asian Society for Physical Education, Sports and Dance, and Journal of Black Studies. She serves on the board of directors for the Kenya Students and Scholars Association and the Association of Advancement of Educational Research (AAER). Comfort O. Okpala is professor in leadership studies, School of Education at North Carolina A&T State University. She has a variety of educational publications in refereed journals such as the Journal of Early Childhood Education, Journal of Education Finance, Journal of Educational Researcher, Urban Education, Journal of Applied Business, and Journal of Negro Education.

Inhaltsangabe

Part One: The African Immigrant Family in the Diaspora: Intersecting Forces
Introduction: (Re)Configuring African Migration Since the Last Forty Years:
Issues, Concepts and Contexts by Pauline Ada Uwakweh Chapter 1: Negotiating
Marriage and Motherhood: A Critical Perspective on the Immigration
Narratives of Buchi Emecheta and Chimamanda Adichie by Pauline Ada Uwakweh
Chapter 2: Who is the Parent and Who is the Kid?: The Changing Face of
Parenting for African Parents in the Diaspora by Ifeyinwa Mbakogu Chapter
3: Migrant African Children Remembering War: Memoirs and Stereotypes by
Joya Uraizee Chapter 4: The Algerian Diaspora in the United States:
Dynamics of Language by Khadidja Arfi Chapter 5: Physical Activity and
Recreation Lifestyle in Transition: A Study of African Immigrant and
Refugee Youth by Jerono Rotich Part Two: Adapting the Diaspora:
Perspectives on African Immigrant Employment and Spirituality Chapter 6:
The Experiences of African-born Professors in Higher Education: A
Phenomenological Study by Comfort Okpala and Amon Okpala Chapter 7:
Diamonds on the Soles of their Shoes": Experiences of African-born
Educators in U.S. Predominantly-White Colleges by Shirley Mthethwa-Sommers
Chapter 8: The Golden Ticket: Adjustment of African Diversity Visa Lottery
Winners in America by Michael Kremer Chapter 9: The Role of Cultural
Associations: National and Ethnic in Africa and Diaspora by Iheanyi Osondu
Chapter 10: Fusing Faith and Place: An Examination of Localized Civic
Engagement in African Immigrant Churches by Amy Duffuor