The African Diaspora in Canada: Negotiating Identity and Belonging

This book addresses the conceptual difficulties and political contestations surrounding the applicability of the term "African-Canadian." In the midst of this contested terrain, the volume focuses on first-generation, black continental Africans who have immigrated to Canada in the last fou...

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Main Author: Wisdom J. Tettey (Editor) (auth)
Other Authors: Korbla P. Puplampu (Editor) (auth)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: University of Calgary Press 2006
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