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    The African Diaspora in Canada

    Negotiating Identity and Belonging

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    Tettey, Wisdom J. (editor)
    Puplampu, Korbla P. (editor)
    Language
    English
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    Abstract
    This book addresses the conceptual difficulties and political contestations surrounding the applicability of the term "African-Canadian." In the midst of this contested terrain, the volume focuses on first-generation, black continental Africans who have immigrated to Canada in the last four decades, and have traceable genealogical links to the continent. The rationale behind highlighting the experiences of the first generation of African immigrants within Canadian society is to address the empirical, conceptual, and methodological gaps in the literature that tends to homogenize all black people and their experiences. The book, thus, seeks to highlight the peculiar characteristics of continental Africans which may not be shared by other blacks or non-black Africans. The chapters examine the social constructions of African-Canadians and their experiences within the political and educational systems, as well as in the labour market. They also explore the forms of cooperation and tensions that characterize the communities, and how they negotiate and adapt to the multiple transnational spaces that they occupy. The book also explores the circumstances of their children, as they try to define their identities vis-à-vis their parents and the larger Canadian society.
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    https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/57444
    ISBN
    9781552385630, 9781552385630
    Publisher
    University of Calgary Press
    Publisher website
    https://press.ucalgary.ca/
    Publication date and place
    Calgary, 2006
    Series
    Africa: Missing Voices,
    Pages
    248
    Rights
    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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    • This project received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 683680, 810640, 871069 and 964352.

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