Africans in global migration : searching for promised lands
Title By: Arthur, John A [Edited by] | Takougang, Joseph [Edited by] | Owusu, Thomas Y [Edited by]
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BookPublisher: Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, 2012.Description: xvi, 326 pages : map ; 2 23 cm.ISBN: 978-0739198001Subject(s): African diaspora | Blacks -- Race identityDDC classification: 304.8096 Online resources: Location Map | Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 304.8096 AF RI (Browse shelf) | Available | T0051822 |
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| 304.809 KI AT The atlas of human migration : global patterns of people on the move | 304.80956 BR CI Citizens abroad : | 304.80956 BR CI Citizens abroad : | 304.8096 AF RI Africans in global migration : | 304.8096 CH LE Legal implications of migration : | 304.82 CA AG The age of migration : | 304.82 HA ND Handbook of migration and globalisation / |
Includes index.
Searching for promised lands: conceptualization of the African diaspora in migration / John A. Arthur, Joseph Takougang and Thomas Owusu -- The role of Ghanaian immigrant associations in Canada / Thomas Owusu -- Identity formation and integration among bicultural immigrant Blacks / Msia Kibona Clark -- Identity politics of Ghanaian immigrants in the Greater Cincinnati area: emerging geography and sociology of immigrant experiences / Ian E. A. Yeboah -- Reconciling multiple Black identities: the case of 1.5 and 2.0 Nigerian immigrants / Janet T. Awokoya -- Making in-roads: African immigrants and business opportunities in the United States / Joseph Takougang and Bassirou Tidjani -- Geography of globalized nursing markets: Zimbabwean migrant nurse trajectory and work experiences in the United Kingdom / Ian E. A. Yeboah and Tatenda T. Mambo -- Relationships among Blacks in the diaspora: African and Caribbean immigrants and American-born Blacks / Nemata Blyden -- Conceptualizing the attitudes of African Americans towards United States immigration policies / John A. Arthur -- African immigrant relationships with homeland countries / Mojúbàolú Olúfúnké Okome -- African women in the new diaspora: transnationalism and the (re)creation of home / Mary Johnson Osirim -- Border questions in African diaspora literature / Hilary Chala Kowino -- Modeling the determinants of voluntary reverse migration flows and repatriations of African immigrants / John A. Arthur -- Africans in global migration: still searching for promised lands / John A. Arthur and Thomas Owusu.
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.