The New African Diaspora in North America: Trends, Community Building, and Adaptation

The New African Diaspora in North America: Trends, Community Building, and Adaptation
ISBN-10
0739111515
ISBN-13
9780739111512
Category
Africa
Pages
309
Language
English
Published
2006
Publisher
Lexington Books
Authors
Kwadwo Konadu-Agyemang, Baffour K. Takyi, John A. Arthur

Description

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.

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