African and American West Africans in Post-Civil Rights America

Cover -- Contents -- Preface: Griots from Different Shores -- Introduction: The Newest African Americans? -- 1. West Africa and West Africans: Imagined Communities in Africa and the Diaspora -- 2. Occupational Detour: New Paths to Making a Living -- 3. Capturing a Niche: The West African Enclave Economy -- 4. Transnational Ties/Translocal Connections: Traversing Nations, Cities, and Cultures -- 5. More Than Black: Resistance and Rapprochement -- 6. Young, Gifted, and West African: Transnational Migrants Growing Up in America -- Conclusion: Further into the Twenty-First Century -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- About the AuthorsDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries