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Africans and the Exiled Life
Migration, Culture, and Globalization
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Africans and the Exiled Life
Migration, Culture, and Globalization
About this book
Since their early beginning in Africa as foragers, hunters and gatherers, humans have been on the move. In modern times, their movements have been compelled by geographical, economic, political, cultural, social and personal reasons. However, beginning in the second-half of the twentieth century and into the twenty-first century their reasons for and pattern of migration have been largely influenced by globalization. Globalization, by its very nature, cuts across virtually every aspect of the human life and human society. And especially in the United States, African immigrants are subject to the undercurrents of globalization – particularly in the areas of culture, religion, interpersonal relationships, and the assimilation and acculturation process. Relying on the vast theoretical and practical experience of academics and public intellectuals across three continents, this book succinctly interrogates some of the pull/push factors of migration, the challenges of globalizing forces, and the daily reality of relocation. The everyday reality and experiences of blacks in the diaspora (Latin America, Caribbean, and Europe) are also part of the discourse and the subject matters are approached from different perspectives and paradigms. Africans and the Exiled Life, therefore, is a compelling and rich addition to the ongoing global debate and understanding of migration and exile.
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Yes, you can access Africans and the Exiled Life by Sabella Ogbobode Abidde,Brenda Ingrid Gill in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & African Politics. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Goings and Comings of Africans in a Globalizing World
- 1 Why They Migrate: Empirical Evidence
- 2 The Geography and the Patterns of Migration
- 3 Trekking Across the Sahara: A Long History, Troubled Past, and Hopes for the Future
- 4 Nigerians and the Pursuit of the Golden Fleece
- 5 Impact of Culture on Exiles
- 6 The Children of Immigrants
- 7 Relocation from Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean: Issues and Challenges
- 8 Xenophobia in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean: Definitions, Theories, and Experiences
- 9 The African Immigrant Family in the United States of America: Challenges and Opportunities
- 10 Multifaceted Identity Options: The Case of Two Immigrant Associations in South Africa
- 11 Building Individual Future as Unwanted African Migrants in Johannesburg: Vulnerability, Hope, and Micro-Entrepreneurship
- 12 Representation, Immigration, Experience, and Memory: A Study of Representational Dynamics of “the Other” in Post Imperial Britain, 1947–1990s
- 13 African Immigrants and the American Experience
- 14 Nigerians in America: Interpersonal Relationships and the Pull of Globalization
- References
- Index
- About the Editors
- About the Contributors