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African Migrations: Patterns and Perspectives
Author(s): Associate Todd H Leedy
- Publisher: Indiana University Press
- Publication Date: 18 Feb. 2013
- Language: English
- Print length: 280 pages
- ISBN-10: 0253003083
- ISBN-13: 9780253003089
Book Description
Spurred by major changes in the world economy and in local ecology, the contemporary migration of Africans, both within the continent and to various destinations in Europe and North America, has seriously affected thousands of lives and livelihoods. The contributors to this volume, reflecting a variety of disciplinary perspectives, examine the causes and consequences of this new migration. The essays cover topics such as rural-urban migration into African cities, transnational migration, and the experience of immigrants abroad, as well as the issues surrounding migrant identity and how Africans re-create community and strive to maintain ethnic, gender, national, and religious ties to their former homes.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“Population movements have been one of the most important social processes unfolding on the African continent over the past century.” Michael Lambert, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
About the Author
Abdoulaye Kane is Associate Professor of Anthropology and African studies at the University of Florida. He is editor (with Hansjörg Dilger and Stacey A. Langwick) of Medicine, Mobility, and Power in Global Africa (IUP, 2011).
Todd H. Leedy is Associate Director and Senior Lecturer in the Center for African Studies at the University of Florida.
Abdoulaye Kane is Associate Professor of Anthropology and African studies at theUniversity of Florida. He is editor (with Hansjörg Dilger and Stacey A. Langwick) of Medicine,Mobility, and Power in Global Africa (IUP, 2011).
Todd H. Leedy is AssociateDirector and Senior Lecturer in the Center for African Studies at the University ofFlorida.
