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West African migrations : transnational and global pathways in a new century /

Drawing on the interdisciplinary research projects of scholars from various social science and humanities disciplines, this book explores how African migration to Western countries after the neo-liberal economic reforms of the 1980s transformed West African states and their new transnational populat...

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Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Okome, Mojubaolu Olufunke, Vaughan, Olufemi
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Subjects:
Africa, West > Emigration and immigration.
African diaspora.
Transnationalism.
Ethnicity > Africa, West.
West Africans > United States > Social conditions.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Drawing on the interdisciplinary research projects of scholars from various social science and humanities disciplines, this book explores how African migration to Western countries after the neo-liberal economic reforms of the 1980s transformed West African states and their new transnational populations in Western countries. Collectively, their contributions offer an analysis of how the interplay of social, political, economic, and cultural forces have shaped the nature and form of transnationalization.
Item Description:"One of a two-part volume from papers presented at a symposium on transnational Africa and globalization organized by Olufemi Vaughan and Mojúbàolú Olúfúnké Okome in November 2008 at Bowdoin College"--Introduction.
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781137012005 (electronic bk.)
1137012005 (electronic bk.)