African Scholars and Intellectuals in North American Academies (eBook, ePUB)

Reflections on Exile and Migration
Redaktion: Abidde, Sabella Ogbobode

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the process and events surrounding the migration of African scholars, as well as their lives and lived experiences within and outside of their colleges and universities

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429514579
• Artikelnr.: 60467727

Autorenporträt

Sabella Ogbobode Abidde is a Professor of Political Science and a member of the graduate faculty at Alabama State University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction PART ONE: THE PRIVATE SOJOURNS 1. African Scholars and the
Question of Exile 2. My South African American Story 3. Reflections on
Exile: The Case of Ethiopians 4. Understanding the relevance of Cultural
Competence Towards African Scholars in American Academy: Personal
Experiences 5. In Search of Knowledge in North America: Challenges and
Possibilities PART TWO: PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES 6. In Spite of the Odds: A
Nigerian Woman's Experience of Navigating the US Academy 7. Tenure,
Promotion, and Recognition: Challenges of Race, Ethnicity and Gender 8.
Going with the flow: The unplanned journey in a Predominantly White
Institution 9. Boundaries of Exclusion and Inclusion: Africans and the
Western Academy PART THREE: IDENTITY, HOPE, AND ASPIRATIONS 10.
Post-independence African Scholars and the Second Liberation Struggle 11.
On Scholarship and the Hyphenated African Identity 12. The Fallacy of Unity
Between Africans and the African Americans 13. African-born Scholars and
Accent Discrimination: The Last Acceptable Form of Prejudice