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Upon arrival in the United States, most African immigrants are
immediately subsumed under the category "black." In the eyes of
most Americans-and more so to American legal and social
systems-African immigrants are indistinguishable from all others,
such as those from the Caribbean whose skin color they share.
Despite their growing presence in many cities and their active
involvement in sectors of American economic, social, and cultural
life, we know little about them. In From Africa to America, Moses
O. Biney offers a rare full-scale look at an African immigrant
congregation, the Presbyterian Church of Ghana in New York (PCGNY).
Through personal stories, notes from participant observation, and
interviews, Biney explores the complexities of the social,
economic, and cultural adaptation of this group, the difficult
moral choices they have to make in order to survive, and the
tensions that exist within their faith community. Most notably,
through his compelling research Biney shows that such congregations
are more than mere "ethnic enclaves," or safe havens from American
social and cultural values. Rather, they help maintain the
essential balance between cultural acclimation and ethnic
preservation needed for these new citizens to flourish.
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