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When Africa comes to America : how the next wave of immigrants will transform the United States /

"Africans are the fastest growing immigrant group to the United States, up from a tiny fraction of one percent in the 1960s to eleven percent in 2020. Most other traditional sources of immigration to the United States-Latin America, Europe and East Asia-are drying up. By the second half of the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kaushal, Neeraj (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2026]
Subjects:
Africans > United States > Social conditions.
Black people > United States > Social conditions.
Immigrants > United States > Social conditions.
Africa > Emigration and immigration.
United States > Emigration and immigration.
États-Unis > Émigration et immigration.
Africans > Social conditions
Black people > Social conditions
Immigrants > Social conditions
Africa
United States
Table of Contents:
  • Continental shifts
  • The new model minority?
  • Winds of change : immigration from the rest of the world
  • A history of Black immigration from the Caribbean
  • African immigration : contexts of reception & progress
  • America's need : give me your youth...
  • Public opinion and rising Black immigration
  • Internal dynamics : divided we stand
  • How Black immigration is changing America.