The unique role of first and second generation African immigrants in the United States is a subject of interest and debate among researchers. Africans may be one of the highest outbound peoples on the globe. Incidentally, neither the impact of migration on Africans in the Diaspora nor its future consequences for the continent have been sufficiently addressed in research. In recent times, however, the subject of migration or migrancy is assuming center stage in academic circles, among researchers, policy makers, world organizations, and the like. Many agree that migration is, indeed, reshaping the national, self and cultural identities of both migrants and their host nations.
Migration and African Families in the Diaspora is a planned volume conceptualized to provide an update on the status of African families in the Diaspora, with specific focus on the United States. How, for instance, is migration reshaping African family structures and gender dynamics? How does it impact the African’s sense of identity and culture? What gaps exist between first generation and second generation African immigrants in their conception of self, place, home? These are some of the issues that this book is bound to address in order to provide an updated and scholarly assessment on the subject of African migration. The book’s scope will cover African migration to North America in the last forty years.
Interested contributors may send a 200- word abstract for consideration to Dr. Pauline Ada Uwakweh at pauwakwe@ncat.edu, not later than September 30, 2011.
Using any of these five broad categories including Culture, Family, Education, Politics, Health Care and Wellness, contributors may find the following list of themes, though not exhaustive, a useful guide.
• Intergenerational culture conflict
• Bicultural parenting and identity issues
• Role of African cultural associations/cultural communities: national and ethnic identities
• Migrant African parenting in the Diaspora: motherhood, fatherhood, child rearing, single motherhood, single fatherhood
• Migrant African teens and Diaspora peer influence
• Migrant African families and indigenous languages: problems and prospects
• Migrant African families: representations in literature and the media
• Religion, spirituality, and the African family in the Diaspora
• Violence, conflict, mediation and migrant African family experiences
• Negotiating Gender roles: employment, career and culture intersections
• Migrant voices: Narratives of despair, hope and nostalgia
• Migrant African intra marriages vs. ethnic and national identity.
• Migrant African inter marriages and the Diaspora ‘other’
• Migrant families and Healthcare: access, perceptions of mental health, obesity, nutrition, etc.
• Education and migrant African families in the U.S.A.: access, opportunities and challenges
• Education vs. culture: assimilation, acculturation and the American classroom
• Education and career advancement
• Politics and migrant Africans: opportunities and engagement, challenges and barriers.
Chapter Submission Requirements
All submissions are expected to comply with the requirements below.
• Chapters should be original and well-researched. Interdisciplinary explorations are encouraged.
• Submissions should be a maximum of 20 pages ( not including references, abstracts, tables and figures), double-spaced, and in 12 point Times New Roman. More details will be provided.
• Authors should include a 200-word abstract of the chapter, 50–word biography, email, institutional addresses and contact numbers.
Book Timeline
September 30, 2011: Deadline for abstracts
January 3, 2012: Deadline for submitting book chapter drafts
April 15, 2012: Deadline for submitting revised chapters
June 1, 2012: Deadline for submitting manuscript to publisher.
EDITORS
Dr. Pauline Ada Uwakweh
Assistant Professor
Department of English, College of Arts and Sciences
North Carolina A & T State University
pauwakwe@ncat.edu.
Office: (336) 285-2343. Fax: (336) 334-3342
Dr. Jerono Rotich
Associate Professor
Department of Human Performance & Services, School of Education
North Carolina A & T State University
jprotich@ncat.edu
Office: (336) 334- 7712. Fax: 334-7258
Dr. Comfort Okpala
Associate Professor
Department of Human Development and Services, School of Education
North Carolina A & T State University
cookpala@ncat.edu
Office: (336) 285-4365. Fax: 336) 334-7132
Contact Information:
For inquiries: pauwakwe@ncat.edu
For submissions: pauwakwe@ncat.edu
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