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BL
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1047698
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b802068
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African minorities in the New World /\ edited by Toyin Falola, Niyi Afolabi.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Routledge,, ©2008.
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| Series Statement
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African studies
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1 online resource (x, 280 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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020393251X
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: 113590071X
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: 9780203932513
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: 9781135900717
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0415960924
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9780415960922
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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This book discusses the minority status of African immigrants in the New World by revisiting the concept of a 'new' African diaspora and its multiple implications for citizenship and immigration policy.
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African diaspora.
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Africans-- America-- Ethnic identity.
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Africans-- America-- Social conditions.
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Blacks-- America-- Social conditions.
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Citizenship-- America.
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Immigrants-- America-- Social conditions.
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Refugees-- Government policy-- America.
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African diaspora.
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Africans-- Social conditions.
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Auswanderung
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Blacks-- Social conditions.
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Citizenship.
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Einwanderung
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Emigration and immigration.
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Ethnic relations.
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HISTORY-- Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
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HISTORY.
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Immigrants-- Social conditions.
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Integration
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Minderheit
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Refugees-- Government policy.
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Africa, Emigration and immigration.
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America, Emigration and immigration.
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America, Ethnic relations.
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Africa.
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Afrika
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Afrikaner.
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America.
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Amerika
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Austin Tex., 2006
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| Dewey Classification
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970/.00496
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| LC Classification
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E29.N3A525 2008eb
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| Added Entry
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Afolabi, Niyi.
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Falola, Toyin.
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