African Scholars and Intellectuals in North American Academies - Reflections on Exile and Migration

This book examines the process and events surrounding the migration of African scholars, as well as their lives and lived experiences within and outside of their colleges and universities

List of contents

Introduction PART ONE: THE PRIVATE SOJOURNS 1. African Scholars and the Question of Exile 2. My South African American Story 3. Reflections on Exile: The Case of Ethiopians 4. Understanding the relevance of Cultural Competence Towards African Scholars in American Academy: Personal Experiences 5. In Search of Knowledge in North America: Challenges and Possibilities PART TWO: PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES 6. In Spite of the Odds: A Nigerian Woman’s Experience of Navigating the US Academy 7. Tenure, Promotion, and Recognition: Challenges of Race, Ethnicity and Gender 8. Going with the flow: The unplanned journey in a Predominantly White Institution 9. Boundaries of Exclusion and Inclusion: Africans and the Western Academy PART THREE: IDENTITY, HOPE, AND ASPIRATIONS 10. Post-independence African Scholars and the Second Liberation Struggle 11. On Scholarship and the Hyphenated African Identity 12. The Fallacy of Unity Between Africans and the African Americans 13. African-born Scholars and Accent Discrimination: The Last Acceptable Form of Prejudice

About the author

Sabella Ogbobode Abidde is a Professor of Political Science and a member of the graduate faculty at Alabama State University, USA.

Summary

This book examines the process and events surrounding the migration of African scholars, as well as their lives and lived experiences within and outside of their colleges and universities

Product details

• Authors: Sabella Ogbobode (Alabama State University Abidde
• Assisted by: Sabella Ogbobode Abidde (Editor), Abidde Sabella Ogbobode (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2023
• EAN: 9780367638771
• ISBN: 978-0-367-63877-1
• No. of pages: 230
• Series: Routledge African Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, Migration, immigration & emigration, Migration, immigration and emigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity