Lexington Books
Pages: 258
Trim: 6½ x 9⅜
978-0-7391-1352-3 • Hardback • April 2008 • $133.00 • (£102.00)
Ian E. A. Yeboah is associate professor of geography at Miami University in Oxford Ohio.
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Immigration Trajectories and Settlement Patterns
Chapter 3 Associational Life, Acculturation, and Identity Creation
Chapter 4 Ghanaian Immigrant Enterprises
Chapter 5 Renegotiating Gender Roles and Expectations
Chapter 6 Second Generation Immigrants' Identity Creation and Socialization
Chapter 7 Concluding Remarks
Part 8 References
Ian Yeboah provides an intimate and first-hand account of a group of recent African immigrants living in this Midwestern American city. Drawing on his knowledge about this community, he presents the reader with a rich and insightful view of the experiences of these Ghanaians as they adjust to American life. The book further explores important topics such as changing gender relations among the immigrants, their settlement patterns and social capital development, and the ties that bind them to their country of origin. Black African Neo-Diaspora is a significant contribution to the scholarship on the contemporary African Diaspora. It is a must read for scholars and policy makers interested in diasporan studies, as well as for the recreational reader interested in immigrant America.
— Baffour K. Takyi, University of Akron