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The New African Diaspora in the United States book cover

1st Edition

The New African Diaspora in the United States

Edited By Toyin Falola, Adebayo Oyebade Copyright 2017
208 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

206 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

206 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Fast growing in population, African immigrants in the United States have become a significant force, to the point that the idea of a new African diaspora is now a reality. This thriving community has opened new arenas of scholarly discourse on Black Atlantic history beyond the trans-Atlantic slave trade and its legacies. This book investigates the complex dynamic forces that have shaped, and... Read more

Introduction

Adebayo Oyebade and Toyin Falola

Part I: Historical and Conceptual Perspective

1. Pan-Africanisms and the Integration of Continental and Diaspora Africans, Victor Iyanya

Part II. Continental Expressions and Diasporan Identities

2. The Young Igbo Diaspora in the United States, Uchenna Onuzulike

3. African Immigrants and their Churches, Adebayo Oyebade

4. The Making of the Liberian Diasporas and the Challenges of Postwar Reconstruction, Chris Agoha

5. Exploring the Transformative Effects of Policy Among African Diaspora Voters, Karen Okhoya-Inyanji

6. Contemporary Migrations of Nigerians to the United States, Joseph O. Akinbi

Part III: The Diaspora and Continental Ramifications

7. The Remittance Objectives of Second-Generation Ghanaian-Americans, Kirstie Kwarteng

8. The Diaspora and the Leadership Challenge in Nigeria, Silk Ugwu Ogbu

9. The Role of the Diaspora in Strengthening Democratic Governance in Africa, Kenneth Nweke and Vincent Nyewusira

10. The Visa Lottery Versus Brain Drain: The impact of the African Diaspora on Vocational Artisanship, Tajudeen Adewumi Adebisi

11. Revisiting Africa’s Brain Drain and the Diaspora Option, Gashawbeza W. Bekele

Biography

Toyin Falola is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair Professor in the Humanities and a Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, US. 

Adebayo Oyebade is Professor of History at Tennessee State University, Nashville, Tennessee, US.

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