| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 310 pages) |
| Series |
African governance and development |
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African governance and development.
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| Contents |
Why they migrate : empirical evidence / Leo Bombom and Paul Erhunmwunsee -- The geography and the patterns of migration / Elisha Japer Dung -- Trekking across the Sahara : a long history, troubled past, and hopes for the future / Alecia Hoffman -- Nigerians and the pursuit of the golden fleece / Olayinka Oyegbile -- Impact of culture on exiles / Bruce Ormond Grant -- The children of immigrants / Sasha Drummond-Lewis -- Relocation from Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean : issues and challenges / Brenda I. Gill -- Xenophobia in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean : definitions, theories, and experiences / Brenda I. Gill and George K. Danns -- The African immigrant family in the United States of America : challenges and opportunities / Sulayman S. Nyang -- Multifaceted identity options : the case of two immigrant associations in South Africa / Magdaline Mbong Mai -- Building individual future as unwanted African migrants in Johannesburg : vulnerability, hope, and micro-entrepreneurship / Christal Oghogho Spel -- Representation, immigration, experience, and memory : a study of representational dynamics of "the other" in post Imperial Britain, 1947-1990s / Dollin Wilson Ovaroh-Holt -- African immigrants and the American experience / Sabella Ogbobode Abidde -- Nigerians in America : interpersonal relationships and the pull of globalization / Sabella Ogbobode Abidde |
| Summary |
This book contributes to the current discourses about immigration, xenophobia, globalization, and cultural exchanges. The book explores the varied immigration experiences of Africans from neighboring African countries and western countries while recognizing the social, cultural, economic, political, and institutional impacts on host countries |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 18, 2019) |
| Subject |
Africans -- Migrations.
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African diaspora.
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Africans -- Cultural assimilation
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration.
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Africans -- Migrations
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Africans -- Cultural assimilation
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African diaspora
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Economic history
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Emigration and immigration
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Exiles
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Globalization
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Social conditions
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| SUBJECT |
Africa -- Emigration and immigration
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| Subject |
Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Abidde, Sabella Ogbobode, 1962- editor.
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Gill, Brenda I., editor.
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| LC no. |
2018043205 |
| ISBN |
9781498550895 |
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1498550894 |
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