The African Diaspora in Canada: Negotiating Identity and Belonging
By Wisdom J. Tettey; Korbla P. Puplampu | Go to book overview
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Book title: The African Diaspora in Canada: Negotiating Identity and Belonging.
Contributors: Wisdom J. Tettey - Author, Korbla P. Puplampu - Author.
Publisher: University of Calgary Press.
Place of publication: Calgary, Alta..
Publication year: 2005.
Page number: iii.
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Table of contents
- Title Page iii
- Contents vii
- List of Tables viii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Notes on Contributors x
- Section I - Theorizing & Historicizing the ‘african-Canadian’ Experience 1
- 1: Continental Africans in Canada: Exploring a Neglected Dimension of the African-Canadian Experience 3
- 2: Ethnicity & the Identity of African-Canadians: a Theoretical & Political Analysis 25
- 3: Reflections on the Long Struggle for Inclusion: the Experiences of People of African Origin 49
- Section II - Location, the Politics of Knowledge Construction, & the Canadian Educational System 61
- 4: Africa(Ns) in the Canadian Educational System: an Analysis of Positionality & Knowledge Construction 63
- 5: Racism in Canadian Contexts: Exploring Public & Private Issues in the Educational System 93
- Section III - The Socio-Economic Context & Contests of the African-Canadian Experience 111
- 6: African Immigrants & the Labour Market: Exploring Career Opportunities, Earning Differentials, & Job Satisfaction 113
- 7: The Gender Dimensions of the Immigrant Experience: the Case of African–canadian Women in Edmonton 133
- Section IV - Place, ‘in-Between’ Spaces, & the Negotiation of Identities 147
- 8: Border Crossings & Home–diaspora Linkages Among African–canadians: an Analysis of Translocational Positionality, Cultural Remittance, & Social Capital 149
- 9: Between Home & Exile: Dynamics of Negotiating Be-Longing Among Young Oromos Living in Toronto 175
- 10: In Search of Identity: Intergenerational Experiences of African Youth in a Canadian Context 205
- Index 225
- Africa: Missing Voices Series 236
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