John A. Arthur is professor of sociology at University of Minnesota.

African Diaspora Identities: Negotiating Culture in Transnational Migration is a fascinating and groundbreaking discussion of contemporary African migration as one of the major challenges faced by postcolonial African states. Beyond the old and tired argument of grinding poverty and deprivation as major factors in African migration, Arthur links this phenomenon to other factors, including the new global economic system and the easy transferability of the educational credentials of many educated African immigrants that have spurred them to become important players in the global migration process. Indeed, the book not only explodes the myth of African immigrants as dependents of the welfare state, but as highly educated, highly motivated and hard working individuals determined to earn their rightful and respectful place in the United States and elsewhere while also using the benefits of their new environment to improve the socio-economic conditions of their less priveleged family members back home. This is an absolute must-read for any student of migration.

• Chapter 1: Constructing African Immigrant Identities in Transnational DomainsChapter 2: Situating Africa's Brain Drain Dilemma in Global MigrationsChapter 3: Transnational African Immigrant Lives and IdentitiesChapter 4: Rationalizing the Meanings of African MigrationsChapter 5: Gendering the Diaspora Identities of Second Generation African Immigrant GirlsChapter 6: African Immigrants and Native-Born Blacks: Discourses on Finding Common GroundChapter 7: Imagining the Future of African Immigrant Identities in Migration Studies

John A. Arthur is professor of sociology at University of Minnesota.

African Diaspora Identities: Negotiating Culture in Transnational Migration is a fascinating and groundbreaking discussion of contemporary African migration as one of the major challenges faced by postcolonial African states. Beyond the old and tired argument of grinding poverty and deprivation as major factors in African migration, Arthur links this phenomenon to other factors, including the new global economic system and the easy transferability of the educational credentials of many educated African immigrants that have spurred them to become important players in the global migration process. Indeed, the book not only explodes the myth of African immigrants as dependents of the welfare state, but as highly educated, highly motivated and hard working individuals determined to earn their rightful and respectful place in the United States and elsewhere while also using the benefits of their new environment to improve the socio-economic conditions of their less priveleged family members back home. This is an absolute must-read for any student of migration.

• Chapter 1: Constructing African Immigrant Identities in Transnational DomainsChapter 2: Situating Africa's Brain Drain Dilemma in Global MigrationsChapter 3: Transnational African Immigrant Lives and IdentitiesChapter 4: Rationalizing the Meanings of African MigrationsChapter 5: Gendering the Diaspora Identities of Second Generation African Immigrant GirlsChapter 6: African Immigrants and Native-Born Blacks: Discourses on Finding Common GroundChapter 7: Imagining the Future of African Immigrant Identities in Migration Studies

John A. Arthur is professor of sociology at University of Minnesota.

African Diaspora Identities: Negotiating Culture in Transnational Migration is a fascinating and groundbreaking discussion of contemporary African migration as one of the major challenges faced by postcolonial African states. Beyond the old and tired argument of grinding poverty and deprivation as major factors in African migration, Arthur links this phenomenon to other factors, including the new global economic system and the easy transferability of the educational credentials of many educated African immigrants that have spurred them to become important players in the global migration process. Indeed, the book not only explodes the myth of African immigrants as dependents of the welfare state, but as highly educated, highly motivated and hard working individuals determined to earn their rightful and respectful place in the United States and elsewhere while also using the benefits of their new environment to improve the socio-economic conditions of their less priveleged family members back home. This is an absolute must-read for any student of migration.

• Chapter 1: Constructing African Immigrant Identities in Transnational DomainsChapter 2: Situating Africa's Brain Drain Dilemma in Global MigrationsChapter 3: Transnational African Immigrant Lives and IdentitiesChapter 4: Rationalizing the Meanings of African MigrationsChapter 5: Gendering the Diaspora Identities of Second Generation African Immigrant GirlsChapter 6: African Immigrants and Native-Born Blacks: Discourses on Finding Common GroundChapter 7: Imagining the Future of African Immigrant Identities in Migration Studies