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Cameroonian Immigrants in the United States
Between the Homeland and the Diaspora
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2014
Summary
Although Cameroon’s image as a stable nation with a strong economy may have mitigated against any large-scale migration by Cameroonians following independence, the economic collapse beginning in the mid-1980s and the coerced implementation of democratic reforms in the early 1990s exposed fault lines in the nation’s economic and political institutions. As a result, thousands of Cameroonians have left the country in search of a better life abroad. While Europe remains the favorite destination for many of these migrants, a significant number have also come to the United States. Cameroonian Immigrants in the United States examines the increase in the population of Cameroonians in the United States in the last two decades, the difficulties that many of them must endure in order to come to America, and the challenges they face adapting to their new environment. Despite the problems they face, these new immigrants are creating a home in America. At the same time, however, they remain connected to their country of birth through remittances to friends and family members and other forms of investments and development projects in their communities.
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Edition
1/2014
Copyright Year
2014
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-8693-0
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-8694-7
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
143
Product Type
Monograph
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Preface No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access
1 Failed Promises and Shattered Dreams No access Pages 1 - 12
2 Understanding Postcolonial Cameroonian Migration to the United States No access Pages 13 - 32
3 Making it in America No access Pages 33 - 52
4 Creating a Home in America No access Pages 53 - 78
5 Staying Connected to the Homeland No access Pages 79 - 102
Conclusion No access Pages 103 - 112
Appendix: Cameroon Family of Cincinnati (CFC) No access Pages 113 - 128
