African Minorities in the New World (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Falola, Toyin; Afolabi, Niyi

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book discusses the minority status of African immigrants in the New World by revisiting the concept of a 'new' African diaspora and its multiple implications for citizenship and immigration policy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. November 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135900700
• Artikelnr.: 38255930

Autorenporträt

Toyin Falola, Niyi Afolabi

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Voluntarily Singing the Lord's Song... Part 1: Negotiating
Citizenship and Cultural Identities 2. Nationalist Myth-Making, Cultural
Identity and Nation Building: African Minorities in the U.S. and Latin
America 3. African Immigrants' Experiences in Urban America: Religion and
the Construction of Social Identity in St. Louis 4. Ethnography of Religion
and Spirituality Among St. Louisan African Immigrants 5. 'Born in the USA':
Dislocation, Disrupted Kinship Networks, and the Transformative Power of
Music and Dance in African Immigrant Baby Naming Ceremonies 6. A Viagem da
Minha Vida/The Voyage of My Life: Identity Formation and Resettlement among
Angolan Women of Color in Toronto Part 2: African Refugees and Policy
Implications 7. The Making of a Modern Diaspora: The Resettlement Process
of the Somali Bantu Refugees in the United States 8. Voluntary
Trans-Atlantic Migration: The Nigerians' Attitudes to the American Visa
Lottery 9. Managing the Migration of Health-Care Workers toward the
Transfer of Knowledge, Skill and Professionalism 10. African Immigrants'
Families and the American Educational System. Conclusion: The New African
Diaspora Waves: Shifting Diversity of American Culture