Description |
1 online resource (x, 280 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
African studies |
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African studies (Routledge (Firm))
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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 |
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Africans -- America -- Social conditions
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Black people -- America -- Social conditions
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Immigrants -- America -- Social conditions
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Africans -- America -- Ethnic identity
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Citizenship -- America
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Refugees -- Government policy -- America
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African diaspora.
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HISTORY -- Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
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HISTORY.
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African diaspora
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Africans -- Social conditions
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Black people -- Social conditions
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Citizenship
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Emigration and immigration
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Ethnic relations
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Immigrants -- Social conditions
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Refugees -- Government policy
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Integration
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Minderheit
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Einwanderung
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Auswanderung
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SUBJECT |
America -- Emigration and immigration.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85004260
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Africa -- Emigration and immigration
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America -- Ethnic relations
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Subject |
Africa
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America
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Afrika
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Amerika
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Afrikaner.
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Austin <Tex., 2006>
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Falola, Toyin.
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Afolabi, Niyi.
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ISBN |
9780203932513 |
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020393251X |
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9781135900717 |
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113590071X |
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