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Four overarching themes underscore the essays in this book. These are the creation of African diaspora community and institutional structures; the structured and shared relationships among African immigrants, host, and homeland societies; the construction
List of contents
Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Searching for Promised Lands: Conceptualization of the African Diaspora in Migration John A. Arthur, Joseph Takougang and Thomas Owusu Chapter 2: The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Associations in Canada Thomas Owusu Chapter 3: Identity Formation and Integration Among Bicultural Immigrant Blacks Msia Kibona Clark Chapter 4: Identity Politics of Ghanaian Immigrants in the Greater Cincinnati Area: Emerging Geography and Sociology of Immigrant Experiences Ian E. A. Yeboah Chapter 5: Reconciling Multiple Black Identities: The Case of 1.5 and 2.0 Nigerian Immigrants Janet T. Awokoya Chapter 6: Making In-Roads: African Immigrants and Business Opportunities in the United States Joseph Takougang and Bassirou Tidjani Chapter 7: Geography of Globalized Nursing Markets: Zimbabwean Migrant Nurse Trajectory and Work Experiences in the United Kingdom Ian E. A. Yeboah and Tatenda T. Mambo Chapter 8: Relationships Among Blacks in the Diaspora: African and Caribbean Immigrants and American-Born Blacks Nemata Blyden Chapter 9: Conceptualizing the Attitudes of African Americans Towards United States Immigration Policies John A. Arthur Chapter 10: African Immigrant Relationships With Homeland Countries Mojubaolu Olufunke Okome Chapter 11: African Women in the New Diaspora: Transnationalism and the (Re)Creation of Home Mary Johnson Osirim Chapter 12: Border Questions in African Diaspora Literature Hilary Chala Kowino Chapter 13: Modeling the Determinants of Voluntary Reverse Migration Flows and Repatriations of African Immigrants John A. Arthur Chapter 14: Africans in Global Migration: Still Searching for Promised Lands John A. Arthur and Thomas Owusu
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Edited by John A. Arthur; Joseph Takougang and Thomas Owusu - Contributions by Janet Awokoya; Nemata Blyden; Bassirou Tidjani; Msia Kibona Clark; Hilary Chala Kowino; Tatenda T. Mambo; Mojúbàolú Olúfúnké Okome; Mary Johnson Osirim and Ian Yeboah
Summary
This book looks at the African diasporas as a process characterized by identity transformations, lived experiences, and realities; including the capturing of the historical trends that are acted out in multiple social domains.
