The New African Diaspora in North America: Trends, Community Building, and Adaptation: Charles W. Abbott: Lexington Books

The New African Diaspora in North America

Trends, Community Building, and Adaptation

The New African Diaspora in North America

Trends, Community Building, and Adaptation

Description

The New African Diaspora in North America brings together sociologists, social workers, geographers, economists, anthropologists and others to explore the African immigrant experience from a multi-disciplinary perspective. The contributors shed light on the factors behind the increasing wave in African immigration to the U.S. and Canada, the socio-economic characteristics of African immigrants, their spatial distribution, obstacles, and contributions. Despite their increasing presence, African immigrant groups in the U.S. and Canada have engendered relatively little scholarly research on their pre- and post-migration experience. This collection helps fill that void, and will be valuable reading for anyone interested in African Diaspora studies.

Chapter 1 An Overview of African Immigration to the U.S. and Canada
Chapter 2 Theoretical Perspectives on African Migration
Chapter 3 The Contradictions of Globalization: Causes of Contemporary African Immigration to the United States of America
Chapter 4 Location and Settlement Patterns of African Immigrants in the U.S.: Demographics and Spatial Context
Chapter 5 African Immigrants in Canada: Trends, Socio-demographic and Spatial Aspects
Chapter 6 Creating the Vertical Village: Senegalese Traditions of Immigration and Transnational Cultural Life
Chapter 7 Ethnic Identity Conflict and Diasporic Constructions in the New World:The Case of Asante in North America
Chapter 8 Still Praisin' God in a New Land: African Immigrant Christianity in NorthAmerica
Chapter 9 Nigerians in North America: New Frontiers, Old Associations?
Chapter 10 Africans in the Diaspora: Black-White Earnings Differences Among America's Africans
Chapter 11 Unintended Consequences: Liberalized U.S. Immigration Law and the African Brain Drain
Chapter 12 Knocking at the Door: Professional African Immigrant and Refugee Women's Experiences: in the Toronto Labor Market
Chapter 13 Lifting the Yoke of Tradition: New African Market-Women Diaspora: From Kaneshi, Accra to Harlem, New York
Chapter 14 English Language Acquisition and Some Pedagogical Issues Affecting the Adaptation of African Immigrant Children
Chapter 15 Transnationalism Among African Immigrants in North America: The Case Ghanaians in Canada
Chapter 16 Conclusions and Policy Recommendations

Product details

Published	Jul 21 2006
Format	Hardback
Edition	1st
Extent	310
ISBN	9780739111512
Imprint	Lexington Books
Dimensions	9 x 6 inches
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Anthology Editor

Kwadwo Konadu-Agyemang

Anthology Editor

Baffour K. Takyi

Anthology Editor

John A. Arthur

Contributor

Charles W. Abbott

Contributor

G Oty Agbajoh-Laoye

Contributor

Joe Amoako

Contributor

Kwame Safo Boate

Contributor

F Nii-Amoo Dodoo

Contributor

Kwasi Kwakye-Nuako

Contributor

Arun Peter Lobo

Contributor

Nakanyike B. Musissi

Contributor

Diana Baird N'Diaye

Contributor

Gorgui N'Diaye

Contributor

Mojúbàolú Olúfúnké Okome

Contributor

Edward Opoku-Dopaah

Contributor

Thomas Owusu

Contributor

Judith Shabaya

Contributor

Baffour K. Takyi

Contributor

Jane Turrittin

This book brings together excellent contributions from some very hard-working scholars in the field of African Diaspora studies. The editors should be commended for their commitment and leadership in putting together a work that will advance the field in significant ways.

Isidore Okpewho, State University of New York, Binghamton University