African minorities in the New World / edited by Toyin Falola and Niyi Afolabi.

SeriesAfrican studies
African studies (Routledge (Firm)) ^A560178
Contents Introduction: Voluntarily singing the Lord's song... / Toyin Falola & Niyi Afolabi -- Nationalist myth-making, cultural identity, and nation building; African minorities in the U.S. and Latin America / Shadrack Wanjala Nasong'o -- African immigrants' experiences in urban America: religion and the construction of social identity in St. Louis / Attah Anthony Agbail -- Ethnography of religion and spirituality among St. Louisan African immigrants / Attah Anthony Agbail -- 'Born in the USA': dislocation, disrupted kinship networks, and the transformative power of music and dance in African immigrant baby naming ceremonies / Sherri Canon -- A viagem da minha vida--the voyage of my life: identifying formation and resettlement among Angolan women of color in Toronto / Robert A. Kennedy -- The making of a modern diaspora: the resettlement process of the Somali Bantu refugees in the United States / Omar A. Eno and Mogamed Eno -- Voluntary trans-Atlantic migration: the Nigerians' attitude to the American visa lottery / Elizabeth Augustus and Preston Augustus -- Managing the migration of health-care workers toward the transfer of knowledge, skill and professionalism / Oladapo Augustus -- African immigrants' families and the American educational system / Cecilia S. OBeng -- The new African diaspora waves: shifting diversity of American culture.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2007018149
ISBN0415960924
ISBN9780415960922

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Joyner General Stacks E29.B53 A525 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold