African & American : : West Africans in Post-Civil Rights America / / Marilyn Halter, Violet Showers Johnson.
Examines what it means to be African and American through the stories of recent West African immigrantsAfrican & American tells the story of the much overlooked experience of first and second generation West Africanimmigrants and refugees in the United States during the last forty years. Interro...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2014] ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Nation of Nations ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource :; 12 black and white illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface: Griots from Different Shores
- Introduction. The Newest African Americans?
- 1. West Africa and West Africans
- 2. Occupational Detour
- 3. Capturing a Niche
- 4. Transnational Ties/Translocal Connections
- 5. More Than Black
- 6. Young, Gifted, and West African
- Conclusion. Further into the Twenty-First Century
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Authors