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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
continue to shape, this new diaspora. In eleven original essays,
the volume examines pertinent themes, such as: immigration,
integration dilemmas, identity construction, brain drain,
remittances, expanding African religious space, and how these
dynamics impact and intersect with the African homeland. With
contributors from both sides of the Atlantic that represent a
diverse range of academic disciplines, this book offers a broad
perspective on emerging themes in contemporary African diasporan
experiences. The book will be of interest to scholars and students
of African and African-American Studies, Sociology, and History.
- Provides an up to date assessment of Africana Studies since its
origins fifty years ago - Multidisciplinary, so relevant not only
to students of Africana Studies, but also across auxiliary
disciplines such as history, religion, literature, art, sociology,
philosophy - Links Africana Studies with other emerging disciplines
such as Women's Studies, Migration Studies, Ethnic Studies, and
Afro-Latinix studies
- Provides an up to date assessment of Africana Studies since its
origins fifty years ago - Multidisciplinary, so relevant not only
to students of Africana Studies, but also across auxiliary
disciplines such as history, religion, literature, art, sociology,
philosophy - Links Africana Studies with other emerging disciplines
such as Women's Studies, Migration Studies, Ethnic Studies, and
Afro-Latinix studies
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
continue to shape, this new diaspora. In eleven original essays,
the volume examines pertinent themes, such as: immigration,
integration dilemmas, identity construction, brain drain,
remittances, expanding African religious space, and how these
dynamics impact and intersect with the African homeland. With
contributors from both sides of the Atlantic that represent a
diverse range of academic disciplines, this book offers a broad
perspective on emerging themes in contemporary African diasporan
experiences. The book will be of interest to scholars and students
of African and African-American Studies, Sociology, and History.
The first volume devoted to interrogating the complex relationship
-- both historic and contemporary -- between the United States and
West Africa. Over the last several decades, historians have
conducted extensive research into contact between the United States
and West Africa during the era of the transatlantic trade. Yet we
still understand relatively little about more recent relations
between the two areas. This multidisciplinary volume presents the
most comprehensive analysis of the U.S.-West African relationship
to date, filling a significant gap in the literature by examining
the social, cultural, political, and economic bonds that have, in
recent years, drawn these two world regions into increasingly
closer contact. Beginning with examinations of factors that linked
the nations during European colonial ruleof Africa, and spanning to
discussions of U.S. foreign policy with regard to West Africa from
the Cold War through the end of the twentieth century and beyond,
these essays constitute the first volume devoted to interrogating
thecomplex relationship -- both historic and contemporary --
between the United States and West Africa. Contributors: Abdul
Karim Bangura, Karen B. Bell, Peter A. Dumbuya, Kwame Essien,
Andrew I. E. Ewoh, Toyin Falola, Osman Gbla, John Wess Grant,
Stephen A. Harmon, Harold R. Harris, Olawale Ismail, Alusine
Jalloh, Fred L. Johnson III, Stephen Kandeh, Ibrahim Kargbo, Bayo
Lawal, Ayodeji Olukoju, Adebayo Oyebade, Christopher Ruane, Anita
Spring, Ibrahim Sundiata, Hakeem Ibikunle Tijani, Ken Vincent, and
Amanda Warnock. Alusine Jalloh is associate professor of history
and founding director of The Africa Program at the University of
Texas at Arlington. Toyin Falola is the Jacob and Frances Sanger
Mossiker Chair in the Humanities and University Distinguished
Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin.
This book interrogates contemporary debates, controversies,
achievements, challenges, and future prospects of African
development and democratization from varied theoretical
perspectives. The diverse issues and sub-themes addressed in this
volume include tenets of democracy such as democratization,
democratic institutions, good governance, term limits, minority
rights, and women's political participation; and dynamics of
development such as economic growth, liberalization, development
strategies and models, Millennium Development Goals, uneven
regional development, sustainable development challenges, transport
development and management, and health and development. Featuring
established and emerging scholars, this book is a vital resource
for scholars, policy makers, and students interested in African
politics and development.
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