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This book contributes to the current discourse about immigration, xenophobia, globalization, and cultural exchanges. The contributors explore the varied immigration experiences of Africans from neighboring African and western countries while recognizing the social, cultural, economic, political, and institutional impacts on host countries.
Table des matières
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
A propos de l'auteur
Sabella Ogbobode Abidde is associate professor of political science at Alabama State University.
Brenda Ingrid Gill is associate professor of sociology at Alabama State University.
Résumé
This book contributes to the current discourses about immigration, xenophobia, globalization, and cultural exchanges. The book explores the varied immigration experiences of Africans from neighboring African countries and western countries while recognizing the social, cultural, economic, political, and institutional impacts on host countries.
