The African Diaspora in Canada:
Negotiating Identity and Belonging

Edited by Wisdom Tettey and Korbla Puplampu

$39.95 sc
Available Now
ISBN 1-55238-175-7
256 pp., figures, tables
6" x 9 "
Africa: Missing Voices Series, No. 2

Cultural Studies
Sociology

About the Book

With transnational migration reaching unprecedented levels in Canada, the need for new trajectories of intercultural understanding and minority-relevant policy has never been greater. To date, few books have been written that effectively focus on the issues, challenges, and experiences of continental Africans in Canada. Addressing this significant gap in the literature, The African Diaspora in Canada: Negotiating Identity and Belonging weaves together the cultural, political, and social lives of African-Canadians to consider how they negotiate their space, place, and identities as Canadians.

Through an interdisciplinary approach, these essays provide readings of how the social structures of Canada and of the respective countries of origin – including their ethnicity, ancestry, and lineage – interact to shape the identities, expectations, and aspirations of African Canadians. 

About the Author

Wisdom J. Tettey is an associate professor in the Faculty of Communication and Culture at the University of Calgary.

Korbla P. Puplampu is an instructor in the Department of Psychology and Sociology at Grant MacEwan College in Edmonton, Alberta.

Orders

For information on how to order this book, please click here.