| Description |
1 online resource (249 p.) |
| Series |
Routledge African Studies |
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Routledge African studies.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Notes -- Part I The private sojourns -- 1 African scholars and the question of exile -- Introduction -- Conceptualizing exile -- The burden of exile -- The exile community -- The exiled in their own words -- The myth of return -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 2 My South African American story -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 3 Reflections on exile: The case of the Ethiopians -- Introduction |
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History of Ethiopia's intellectuals -- The history of resistance against governments in Ethiopia -- Resistance by private citizens -- Resistance by the clergy -- Resistance by artists and literati -- Ethiopian student movements of the 1960s and 1970s -- "Push" and "pull" factors for migration of Ethiopia's intellectuals -- Push factors from Ethiopia -- Pull factors from Ethiopia to the United States -- Life in American institutions of higher education -- Ethiopian academics in their own words: reason for emigration to the United States and life in the academe |
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The situation of Ethiopian academia -- Experience of Ethiopian academics in the United States -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 4 Understanding the relevance of cultural competence towards African scholars in the American academy: Personal experiences -- A good wine in a bad container -- From the "curse" of foreign credentials to the spiral of ethnicity -- Concluding remarks: resisting smartly the downgrading of African human capital (diaspora) -- References -- 5 In search of knowledge in North America: Challenges and possibilities -- Introduction -- Background information |
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My academic journey -- My experience within the academy -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Part II Processes and procedures -- 6 In spite of the odds: A Nigerian woman's experience of navigating the US academy -- Introduction and background -- Learning and teaching in predominantly white institutions (PWIS) -- Studying in the US: embarking on a voluntary academic migration undertaking -- Teaching geography and global studies courses as a foreign-born professor -- Integrating research, scholarly, and migrant travel existences |
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Life lessons: bringing lived black and migrant experience to the classroom -- Quarter century of visa vulnerabilities, anxious travels and shifting paths to citizenship -- Campus, conference, and community climate in predominantly white arenas -- An African migrant woman's multifarious service in the academy -- Summary and conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 7 Tenure, promotion, and recognition: Challenges of race, ethnicity and gender -- Introduction -- African diasporas and race -- The African academic diaspora in the United States -- Defining the "African scholar" |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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US full-time professors: race, ethnicity, and gender issues |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429514579 |
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0429514573 |
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