The New African Diaspora in North America: Trends, Community Building, and AdaptationKwadwo Konadu-Agyemang, Baffour K. Takyi, John A. Arthur Lexington Books, 2006 - 309 pages The New African Diaspora in North America brings together sociologists, social workers, geographers, economists, anthropologists and others to explore the African immigrant experience from a multi-disciplinary perspective. The contributors shed light on the factors behind the increasing wave in African immigration to the U.S. and Canada, the socio-economic characteristics of African immigrants, their spatial distribution, obstacles, and contributions. Despite their increasing presence, African immigrant groups in the U.S. and Canada have engendered relatively little scholarly research on their pre- and post-migration experience. This collection helps fill that void, and will be valuable reading for anyone interested in African Diaspora studies. |
Contents
An Overview of African Immigration to US and Canada | 2 |
Theoretical Perspectives on African Migration | 13 |
The Contradictions of Globalization Causes of Contemporary African Immigration to the United States of America | 29 |
DEMOGRAPHICS AND SPATIAL PATTERNS | 49 |
Location and Settlement Patterns of African Immigrants in the US Demographic and Spatial Context | 50 |
African Immigrants in Canada Trends Sociodemographic and Spatial Aspects | 69 |
COMMUNITY BUILDING CREATING AFRICA IN NORTH AMERICA | 95 |
Creating the Vertical Village Senegalese Traditions of Immigration and Transnational Cultural Life | 96 |
ASSIMILATION ECONOMIC EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES AND TRANSNATIONALISM | 167 |
Africans in the Diaspora BlackWhite Earnings Differences among Americas Africans | 168 |
Unintended Consequences Liberalized US Immigration Law and the African Brain Drain | 189 |
Knocking at the Door Professional African Immigrant and Refugee Womens Experiences in the Toronto Labor Market | 209 |
Lifting the Yoke of Tradition New African MarketWomen Diaspora From Kaneshie Accra to Harlem New York | 235 |
English Language Acquisition and Some Pedagogical Issues Affecting the Adaptation of African Immigrant Children | 257 |
Transnationalism Among African Immigrants in North America The Case of Ghanaians in Canada | 273 |
The New African Diaspora in North America Policy Implications | 287 |
Ethnic Identity Conflict and Diasporic Constructions in the New World The Case of Asante in North America | 107 |
Still Praisin God in a New Land African Immigrant Christianity in North America | 121 |
Nigerians in North America New Frontiers Old Associations? | 141 |
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