Title:	African Minorities in the New World
Authors:	Professor Akin Ogundiran Toyin, Falola Niyi, Afolabi
Keywords:	Africans—America—Social conditions
Issue Date:	2008
Publisher:	Routledge
Description:	African Minorities in the New World is based upon a major international conference held at the University of Texas-Austin (March 24–26, 2006), on the subject of “Movements, Migrations, and Displacements in Africa.” The book brings together twelve incisive chapters on the dynamics of migration and policy-cum-developmental implications on both sides of the Atlantic. In the last five decades (1950–2000), the subject of migration and immigration has shifted from the internal to the international frame due to the new wave of African immigrants and issues concerning their integration into American social, economic and political life. This “new” wave is both interesting and challenging in the sense that it falls within what has been termed “voluntary trans-Atlantic migration” as opposed to involuntary migration during slavery. While the Civil Rights Movement in the United States contributed to the attainment of independence by former African colonies, the era of independence also served as a catalyst for professional training that was becoming indispensable for élites in the new African states.
URI:	http://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/9151
ISBN:	978-0-203-93251-3
Appears in Collections:	African Studies

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