Title African minorities in the New World / edited by Toyin Falola, Niyi Afolabi

Published New York : Routledge, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (x, 280 pages) : illustrations Series African studies African studies (Routledge (Firm)) Contents Introduction: Voluntarily singing the Lord's song ... / Toyin Falola & Niyi Afolabi -- Nationalist myth-making, cultural identity, and nation building; African minorities in the U.S. and Latin America / Shadrack Wanjala Nasong'o -- African immigrants' experiences in urban America: religion and the construction of social identity in St. Louis / Attah Anthony Agbail -- Ethnography of religion and spirituality among St. Louisan African immigrants / Attah Anthony Agbail -- 'Born in the USA': dislocation, disrupted kinship networks, and the transformative power of music and dance in African immigrant baby naming ceremonies / Sherri Canon -- A viagem da minha vida-- the voyage of my life: identifying formation and resettlement among Angolan women of color in Toronto / Robert A. Kennedy -- The making of a modern diaspora: the resettlement process of the Somali Bantu refugees in the United States / Omar A. Eno and Mogamed Eno -- Voluntary trans-Atlantic migration: the Nigerians' attitude to the American visa lottery / Elizabeth Augustus and Preston Augustus -- Managing the migration of health-care workers toward the transfer of knowledge, skill and professionalism / Oladapo Augustus -- African immigrants' families and the American educational system / Cecilia S. OBeng -- The new African diaspora waves: shifting diversity of American culture Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Africans -- America -- Social conditions Black people -- America -- Social conditions Immigrants -- America -- Social conditions Africans -- America -- Ethnic identity Citizenship -- America Refugees -- Government policy -- America African diaspora. HISTORY -- Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) HISTORY. African diaspora Africans -- Social conditions Black people -- Social conditions Citizenship Emigration and immigration Ethnic relations Immigrants -- Social conditions Refugees -- Government policy Integration Minderheit Einwanderung Auswanderung SUBJECT America -- Emigration and immigration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85004260 Africa -- Emigration and immigration America -- Ethnic relations Subject Africa America Afrika Amerika Afrikaner. Austin <Tex., 2006> Form Electronic book Author Falola, Toyin. Afolabi, Niyi. ISBN 9780203932513 020393251X 9781135900717 113590071X

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