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Title Engaging the diaspora : migration and African families / edited by Pauline Ada Uwakweh, Jerono P. Rotich, and Comfort O. Okpala
Published Lanham : Lexington Books, [2014]

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 192 pages)
Series The Africana experience and critical leadership studies
Africana experience and critical leadership studies.
Contents The African immigrant family in the diaspora : intersecting forces. Introduction : (re)configuring African migration since the last years : issues, concepts, and contexts / Pauline Ada Uwakweh -- Negotiating marriage and motherhood : a critical perspective on the immigration narratives of Buchi Emecheta and Chimamanda Adichie / Pauline Ada Uwakweh -- Who is the parent and who is the kid? : the changing face of parenting for African parents in the diaspora / Ifeyinwa Mbakogu -- Migrant African children remembering war : memoirs and stereotypes / Joya Uraizee -- The Algerian diaspora in the United States : dynamics of language : "hdar bil-arbiya! ma' tqulsh pen! qu'l stylo!!" (speak in Arabic! don't say pen! say stylo!!) / Khadidja Arfi -- Physical activity and recreation lifestyle in transition : a study of African immigrant and refugee youth / Jerono P. Rotich. Adapting the diaspora : perspectives on African immigrant employment and spirituality. A phenomenological study of African-born professors in higher education : a focus on historically black colleges and universities / Comfort O. Okpala and Amon O. Okpala -- "Diamonds on the soles of their shoes" : experiences of African-born educators in U.S. predominantly-white colleges / Shirley Mthethwa-Sommers -- The golden ticket : adjustment of African diversity visa lottery winners in America / Michael Kremer -- The role of cultural associations : national and ethnic in Africa and diaspora / Iheanyi N. Osondu -- Fusing faith and place : an examination of localized civic engagement in African immigrant churches / Amy Duffuor
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject African diaspora.
Africans -- United States -- Social conditions
Africans -- Europe -- Social conditions
Immigrants -- Social conditions
Immigrant families -- Social conditions
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
African diaspora
Africans -- Social conditions
Emigration and immigration
Immigrants -- Social conditions
SUBJECT Africa -- Emigration and immigration
Subject Africa
Europe
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Uwakweh, Pauline Ada, author, editor
Rotich, Jerono P., author, editor
Okpala, Comfort O., author, editor
LC no. 2020738456
ISBN 9780739179741
0739179748
1498515487
9781498515481