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African scholars and intellectuals in North American academies : reflections on exile and migration / edited by Sabella Ogbobode Abidde.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge African studies ; 39.
- Routledge African studies ; 39
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African diaspora.
- Exile (Punishment)--Africa.
- Exile (Punishment).
- Brain drain--Africa.
- Brain drain.
- Linguistic minorities--Education--Social aspects.
- Linguistic minorities.
- Discrimination in higher education.
- Black people--Race identity.
- Black people.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Linguistic minorities--Education.
- Social aspects.
- Africa--Emigration and immigration.
- Africa.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 230 pages) : illustrations (some color).
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Biography/History:
- Sabella Ogbobode Abidde is a Professor of Political Science and a member of the graduate faculty at Alabama State University, USA.
- Contents:
- PART 1. THE PRIVATE SOJOURNS
- African scholars and the question of exile
- My (South African) American story / Stephen Clingman
- Reflections on exile: The case of Ethiopians / Getachew Metaferia
- Understanding the relevance of cultural competence towards African scholars in American academy: Personal experiences / Fraternel Amuri Misako
- In search of knowledge in North America: Challenges and possibilities / Balla Keita
- PART 2. PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES
- Despite the odds: An African woman's experience of navigating the US academy
- Tenure, promotion, and recognition: Challenges of race, ethnicity and gender
- Going with the flow: The unplanned journey in a predominantly white institution
- Boundaries of exclusion and inclusion: Africans and the Western academy
- PART 3. IDENTITY, HOPE, AND ASPIRATIONS
- Post independence African scholars and the second liberation struggle
- On scholarship and the hyphenated African identity adaugo
- The fallacy of unity between Africans and the African Americans
- The invisible minority: Accented speaker and upward mobility in the workplace.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 19, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version: African scholars and intellectuals in North American academies
- ISBN:
- 9780429202537
- 0429202539
- 9780429514579
- 0429514573
- 9780429511141
- 0429511140
- 9780429518003
- 0429518005
- Publisher Number:
- 40030309525
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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