Format:
1 online resource (545 pages)
ISBN:
9780253003362
Content:
The New York Times reports that since 1990 more Africans have voluntarily relocated to the United States and Canada than had been forcibly brought here before the slave trade ended in 1807. The key reason for these migrations has been the collapse of social, political, economic, and educational structures in their home countries, which has driven Africans to seek security and self-realization in the West. This lively and timely collection of essays takes a look at the new immigrant experience. It traces the immigrants' progress from expatriation to arrival and covers the successes as well as problems they have encountered as they establish their lives in a new country. The contributors, most immigrants themselves, use their firsthand experiences to add clarity, honesty, and sensitivity to their discussions of the new African diaspora.
Content:
Cover -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Part One. Overviews -- 1. Introduction: Can We "Go Home Again"? -- 2. Diaspora Dialogues: Engagements between Africa and Its Diasporas -- Part Two. Leaving Home -- 3. Togo on My Mind -- 4. "I, Too, Want to Be a Big Man": The Making of a Haitian "Boat People" -- 5. Africa's Migration Brain Drain: Factors Contributing to the Mass Emigration of Africa's Elite to the West -- Part Three. Relocation and Redefinition -- 6. "The West Is Cold": Experiences of Ghanaian Performers in England and the United States -- 7. Migration and Bereavement: How Ghanaian Migrants Cope in the United Kingdom -- 8. Acculturation and the Health of Black Immigrants in the United States -- 9. Socio- Legal Barriers to the Full Citizenship of Recent African Immigrants in Canada: Some Preliminary Thoughts -- 10. The Effects of Immigration and Refugee Policies on Africans in the United States: From the Civil Rights Movement to the War on Terrorism -- 11. Immigrants and the American System of Justice: Perspectives of African and Caribbean Blacks -- 12. Africans Abroad: Comparative Perspectives on America's Postcolonial West Africans -- 13. Questions of Identity among African Immigrants in America -- 14. Resisting "Race": Organizing African Transnational Identities in the United States -- Part Four. A Measure of Success -- 15. Immigration and African Diaspora Women Artists -- 16. Emerging Communities: The Religious Life of New African Immigrants in the United States -- 17. The Orisha Rescue Mission -- 18. Redefining "Africa" in the Diaspora with New Media Technologies: The Making of AfricaResource.com -- Part Five. Transnational Perspectives -- 19. African Video, Film Cinema, and Cultural Repackaging in the Diaspora -- 20. Excess Luggage: Nigerian Films and the World of Immigrants.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780253353375
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780253353375
Additional Edition:
Print version New African diaspora
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=455788
