Re-Examining the African Diaspora in North America: Migration, Culture, and Citizenship in the Era of Globalization
Posted: 19 Jul 2013
Date Written: July 19, 2013
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to further extend the scholarship of Toyin Falola on the topic of the Africa Diaspora with regard to continuous voluntary migrations of African-descended populations to the western world in the contemporary time period, with particular emphasis on the mid-western region of the United States. This paper will examine how Africans in the Diaspora (with particular emphasis on Cleveland, Ohio) are constantly engaged in processes of negotiation with regard to the survival of important African culturalisms, maintaining their own sense of identity in new geographical and political contexts, as well as the attainment of citizenship rights in the 21st century. The paper will also provide primary data from African immigrant communities in Cleveland, Ohio and will examine the nature of political and economic ties that they still maintain with the mother continent of Africa.
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