Full 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.
Contents
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
