African Immigrants and the American Experience

Wanjala S. Nasong&#039;o; Imali J. Abala; Kefa M. Otiso

doi:10.5771/9781666925050

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The population of African immigrants in the United States has grown rapidly over the past few decades. African Immigrants and the American Experience: Race, Anti-Black Violence, and the Quest for the American Dream by Wanjala S. Nasong’o, Imali J. Abala, and Kefa M. Otiso explores contemporary sub-Saharan African immigrants’ experiences with issues of race, ethnicity, and systemic violence in the United States. Each contributor within this volume dissects how these issues have impacted, and in many cases snuffed out, the immigrants’ quest for the fabled American dream. Divided into three sections, each chapter focuses on these main themes: race and anti-black violence, educational attainment among African immigrants in pursuit of the American dream, and African immigrant’s socioeconomics, health, and well-being. Through research and first-hand accounts, the contributors provide perspectives of what it truly means to be a sub-Saharan African immigrant in the United States.

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Copyright year: 2023
ISBN-Print: 978-1-6669-2504-3
ISBN-Online: 978-1-6669-2505-0
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 236
Product type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
2. 1. Figures No access
  2. Tables No access
3. Preface No access
4. Acknowledgments No access
1. African Immigrants, Race, and Anti-Black Violence No access
2. Education and Pursuit of the American Dream No access
3. Socioeconomic Portraits and Health and Well-being No access
4. References No access
1. 1. Introduction No access
  2. Theoretical Framework for African Immigration to the United States No access
  3. Legal Basis for African Immigration to the United States No access
  4. Demographic, Social, and Economic Characteristics of African Immigrants in the United States No access
  5. Conclusion No access
  6. References No access
2. 1. Introduction No access
  2. Conceptual Framework and Literature Review No access
  3. Methodology No access
  4. Results No access
  5. Discussion and Conclusion No access
  6. Recommendation for Future Research No access
  7. Conclusion No access
  8. References No access
3. 1. Introduction—Africans in the News No access
  2. Inheriting the Black American Nightmare: The Hardworking Victim and the Welfare Queen No access
  3. Antiblackness and the Dangerous Myth of US Exceptionalism No access
  4. Conclusion No access
  5. References No access
4. 1. Introduction No access
  2. The Criminalization of Black Bodies in the United States No access
  3. African Immigrants Killed by Police without Just Cause No access
  4. Conclusion No access
  5. References No access
1. 1. Introduction No access
  2. The American Dream No access
  3. Immigrants in Higher Education No access
  4. Transitioning from Graduate School to the Classroom No access
  5. Why This Topic Matters No access
  6. Conclusion No access
  7. References No access
2. 1. Introduction No access
  2. The African Diaspora: A Conceptualization No access
  3. A Methodology of Collaborative Storytelling No access
  4. Educational and Career Trajectory Narratives No access
  5. Conclusion No access
  6. References No access
3. 1. II No access
4. 1. Introduction No access
  2. The American Dream as the Propelling Force No access
  3. References No access
1. 1. Introduction No access
  2. Theoretical Framework No access
  3. History of Senegalese Migration No access
  4. Methodology No access
  5. Entrepreneur Survival No access
  6. Entrepreneur Networks No access
  7. Conclusion No access
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2. 1. Introduction No access
  2. Background and Research Design No access
  3. Results and Analysis No access
  4. Networks and Resources No access
  5. Employment / Business No access
  6. Education No access
  7. Healthcare No access
  8. Housing No access
  9. Challenges: Primary Obstacles Faced by Migrants’ Communities No access
  10. Conclusion No access
  11. References No access
3. 1. Introduction No access
  2. Health Care Access No access
  3. Education Access No access
  4. Economic Stability No access
  5. Food Access No access
  6. Community and Social Context No access
  7. Neighborhood and Physical Environment No access
  8. References No access
4. 1. Introduction No access
  2. The Research Context No access
  3. Research Methodology No access
  4. Study Results and Discussion No access
  5. Addressing Issues Raised No access
  6. Conclusion: Suggestions for Best Practices No access
  7. References No access
Index No access Pages 227 - 230
About the Contributors No access Pages 231 - 236