Trans-Atlantic Migration

The Paradoxes of Exile
Herausgeber: Falola, Toyin; Afolabi, Niyi

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Produktbeschreibung

This book contrasts voluntary labor and political migration with the involuntary diaspora by focusing on the paradoxes of migration, exile, and survival of African immigrants in the New World.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 422g
• ISBN-13: 9780415542494
• ISBN-10: 0415542499
• Artikelnr.: 57053762

Autorenporträt

Toyin Falola, Niyi Afolabi

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Prospero's Ripples, Caliban's Burden Part 1: Paradoxes of
(Im)Migration and Exile 2. Paradoxes of Immigrant Incorporation: High
Achievement and Perceptions of Discrimination by Nigerians in Dallas / Fort
Worth, Texas (USA) 3. Nigerian Exiles, Democratic Struggles and the Notion
of Sacrifice: Interspatial Activism and the Proactive Discourses of
Liberation 4. Immigrants' Pilgrimage and Imaginations: The Cinematic
Portrayals of African Immigrants in Movies Part 2: Migration, Labor
Conflicts, and Development 5. 'The Uprooted Emigrant': The Impact of Brain
Drain, Brain Gain and Brain Circulation on Africa's Development 6. Walking
For Land, Drinking Palm Wine: Migrant Farmers and the Historicity of Land
Conflict in Brong Ahafo, Ghana 7. Migrants in French Sudan: Gender Biases
in the Historiography 8. The Impact of the Relationship between Migrants
and Traditional Authorities on South African Mining Communities Part 3:
Migration and Survival Politics 9. Cultural and Ethnic Accommodation of
New-Comers in South Africa 10. Pan-Africanism: The Impact of the Nkrumah
Years 1945-1966 11. African Political Instability and the Search for an
Inclusive Society 12. A Critical Analysis of the Social and Economic Impact
of Asian Diaspora in Kenya. Conclusion: The Moral Ambiguity of
Trans-Atlantic Migration