Full Description
Since their early beginning in Africa as foragers, hunters and gatherers, humans have been on the move. In modern times, their movements have been compelled by geographical, economic, political, cultural, social and personal reasons. However, beginning in the second-half of the twentieth century and into the twenty-first century their reasons for and pattern of migration have been largely influenced by globalization. Globalization, by its very nature, cuts across virtually every aspect of the human life and human society. And especially in the United States, African immigrants are subject to the undercurrents of globalization - particularly in the areas of culture, religion, interpersonal relationships, and the assimilation and acculturation process. Relying on the vast theoretical and practical experience of academics and public intellectuals across three continents, this book succinctly interrogates some of the pull/push factors of migration, the challenges of globalizing forces, and the daily reality of relocation. The everyday reality and experiences of blacks in the diaspora (Latin America, Caribbean, and Europe) are also part of the discourse and the subject matters are approached from different perspectives and paradigms. Africans and the Exiled Life, therefore, is a compelling and rich addition to the ongoing global debate and understanding of migration and exile.
Contents
Chapter 1: Why They Migrate: Empirical Evidence
Leo Bombom and Paul Erhunmwunsee
Chapter 2: The Geography and the Patterns of Migration
Elisha Japer Dung
Chapter 3: Trekking Across the Sahara: A Long History, Troubled Past, and Hopes for the Future
Alecia Hoffman
Chapter 4: Nigerians and the Pursuit of the Golden Fleece
Olayinka Oyegbile
Chapter 5: Impact of Culture on Exiles
Bruce Ormond Grant
Chapter 6: The Children of Immigrants
Sasha Drummond-Lewis
Chapter 7: Relocation from Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean: Issues and Challenges Brenda I. Gill
Chapter 8: Xenophobia in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean: Definitions, Theories, and Experiences
Brenda I. Gill and George K. Danns
Chapter 9: The African Immigrant Family in the United States of America: Challenges and Opportunities
Sulayman S. Nyang
Chapter 10: Multifaceted Identity Options: The Case of Two Immigrant Associations in South Africa
Magdaline Mbong Mai
Chapter 11: Building Individual Future as Unwanted African Migrants in Johannesburg: Vulnerability, Hope, and Micro-Entrepreneurship
Christal Oghogho Spel
Chapter 12: Representation, Immigration, Experience, and Memory: A Study of Representational Dynamics of "the Other" in Post Imperial Britain, 1947—1990s
Dollin Wilson Ovaroh-Holt
Chapter 13: African Immigrants and the American Experience
Sabella Ogbobode Abidde
Chapter 14: Nigerians in America: Interpersonal Relationships and the Pull of Globalization
Sabella Ogbobode Abidde
