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Informationen zum Autor Edited by Pauline Ada Uwakweh; Jerono P. Rotich and Comfort O. Okpala - Contributions by Ifeyinwa Mbakogu; Amon Okpala; Khadidja Arfi; Michael Kremer; Iheanyichukwu N. Osondu; Amy Duffuor; Shirley Mthethwa-Sommers and Joya Uraizee Klappentext This book facilitates a critical reassessment of African immigrants, as well as their transnational challenges. It promotes knowledge about Africans in the Diaspora and the African continent through current and relevant case studies. The 2010 U.S. Census showed that between 2000 and 2010, the number of foreign-born Africans living in the U.S. doubled, going from almost 900,000 to 1.6 million people. For the first time, the number of Africans who have immigrated to the U.S. voluntarily has surpassed the number who immigrated involuntarily during the era of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. If for no other reasons than these, the African immigrant population in the U.S. is worthy of serious scholarly research. There are additional reasons, as well, including: the changing nature of family structures, gender roles and parenting styles; education, career mobility and earnings among first and second generation immigrants; political involvement at the local, state, national and international levels; relations among different African immigrant communities and with the African-American community; the nature of connections with families back home and with developments in the countries of origin; and, comparisons with other immigrant groups, such as South Asians. All of these issues and more are examined in Engaging the Diaspora: Migration and African Families, edited by Dr. Pauline Ada Uwakweh. Very much needed, by scholars and by immigrant families themselves, this volume will break new ground and stimulate additional research in this area. -- Beverley Grier, Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Professor of Liberal Studies, North Carolina A & T State University Zusammenfassung This book facilitates a critical reassessment of African immigrants! as well as their transnational challenges. It promotes knowledge about Africans in the Diaspora and the African continent through current and relevant case studies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part One: The African Immigrant Family in the Diaspora: Intersecting ForcesIntroduction: (Re)Configuring African Migration Since the Last Forty Years: Issues, Concepts and Contexts by Pauline Ada UwakwehChapter 1: Negotiating Marriage and Motherhood: A Critical Perspective on the Immigration Narratives of Buchi Emecheta and Chimamanda Adichie by Pauline Ada Uwakweh Chapter 2: Who is the Parent and Who is the Kid?: The Changing Face of Parenting for African Parents in the Diaspora by Ifeyinwa MbakoguChapter 3:Migrant African Children Remembering War: Memoirs and Stereotypes by Joya UraizeeChapter 4:The Algerian Diaspora in the United States: Dynamics of Language by Khadidja ArfiChapter 5: Physical Activity and Recreation Lifestyle in Transition: A Study of African Immigrant and Refugee Youth by Jerono RotichPart Two: Adapting the Diaspora: Perspectives on African Immigrant Employment and SpiritualityChapter 6: The Experiences of African-born Professors in Higher Education: A Phenomenological Study by Comfort Okpala and Amon Okpala Chapter 7: Diamonds on the Soles of their Shoes": Experiences of African-born Educators in U.S. Predominantly-White Colleges by Shirley Mthethwa-Sommers Chapter 8: The Golden Ticket: Adjustment of African Diversity Visa Lottery Winners in America by Michael KremerChapter 9: The Role of Cultural Associations: National and Ethnic in Africa and Diaspora by Iheanyi OsonduChapter 10: Fusing Faith and Place: An Examination of Localized Civic Engagement in African Immigrant Churches by Amy Duffuor...
