Vaughn W. M. Watson is an associate professor of English education at Michigan State University.Michelle G. Knight-Manuel is dean of Morgridge College of Education at the University of Denver.Patriann Smith is associate professor of literacy studies at the University of South Florida.

• ContentsForeword Awad Ibrahim  vii1.  Introduction  1Vaughn W. M. Watson, Michelle G. Knight-Manuel, and Patriann SmithPart I: Schooling and Classroom Perspectives and Contexts  Sandra Boateng and Vaughn W. M. Watson2.  Toward a Reckoning and Affirmation of Black African Immigrant Youth in U.S. P–12 Schools  21Omiunota Nelly Ukpokodu3.  Africanfuturism and Critical Mathematics Education: Envisioning a Liberatory Future for Sub-Saharan African Immigrants  43Oyemolade (Molade) Osibodu and Nyimasata Damba Danjo4.  African Lives Matter Too: Affirming African Heritage Students' Experience in the History Classroom  54Irteza Anwara Mohyuddin5.  A Narrative Inquiry Into Experiences of Black Women in Undergraduate STEM Disciplines in Ontario  68James Alan Oloo and Priscila Dias CorrêaPart II: Participatory and Communal Approaches to Learning and Civic EngagementMichelle G. Knight-Manuel and Dorothy Khamala6.  Always Remember What's Behind You So You Can Reach What's in Front of You: The Transnational Civic Engagement of a West African High School Student  87Patrick Keegan7.  An Affect-Centered Analysis of Congolese Immigrant Parent Perspectives on Past-Present-Future Learning in School and at Home  99Liv T. Dávila and Susan A. Ogwal8.  Imaging and Imagining Activism: Exploring Embodied and Digital Learning Through Filmmaking With African Immigrant Girls During the Pandemic  110Maryann J. Dreas-Shaikha, OreOluwa Badaki, and Jasmine L. Blanks Jones9.  Social Cohesion, Belonging, and Anti-Blackness: African Immigrant Youth's Civic Exploration in a Culturally Relevant-Sustaining, After-School Club  129Michelle G. Knight-Manuel, Natacha Robert, and Sibel Akin-SabuncuPart III: Literacies, Languages, and Learning: Toward Emerging Practices and ApproachesPatriann Smith10.  Unboxing Black Immigrant Youth's Heritage Resources  147David Bwire Wandera11.  Opening Space to Participate—One Nigerian Girl's Use of Visual Arts to Navigate School-Based Linguistic Discrimination  161Lakeya Afolalu12.  Theorizing Rightful Literary Presence and Participatory Curriculum Design With African Immigrant Youth  173Joel E. Berends, Vaughn W. M. Watson, and Dinamic Kubengana13.  Conclusion  191Vaughn W. M. Watson, Michelle G. Knight-Manuel, and Patriann SmithReferences  197Index  228About the Editors and Contributors  241

Vaughn W. M. Watson is an associate professor of English education at Michigan State University.Michelle G. Knight-Manuel is dean of Morgridge College of Education at the University of Denver.Patriann Smith is associate professor of literacy studies at the University of South Florida.

• ContentsForeword Awad Ibrahim  vii1.  Introduction  1Vaughn W. M. Watson, Michelle G. Knight-Manuel, and Patriann SmithPart I: Schooling and Classroom Perspectives and Contexts  Sandra Boateng and Vaughn W. M. Watson2.  Toward a Reckoning and Affirmation of Black African Immigrant Youth in U.S. P–12 Schools  21Omiunota Nelly Ukpokodu3.  Africanfuturism and Critical Mathematics Education: Envisioning a Liberatory Future for Sub-Saharan African Immigrants  43Oyemolade (Molade) Osibodu and Nyimasata Damba Danjo4.  African Lives Matter Too: Affirming African Heritage Students' Experience in the History Classroom  54Irteza Anwara Mohyuddin5.  A Narrative Inquiry Into Experiences of Black Women in Undergraduate STEM Disciplines in Ontario  68James Alan Oloo and Priscila Dias CorrêaPart II: Participatory and Communal Approaches to Learning and Civic EngagementMichelle G. Knight-Manuel and Dorothy Khamala6.  Always Remember What's Behind You So You Can Reach What's in Front of You: The Transnational Civic Engagement of a West African High School Student  87Patrick Keegan7.  An Affect-Centered Analysis of Congolese Immigrant Parent Perspectives on Past-Present-Future Learning in School and at Home  99Liv T. Dávila and Susan A. Ogwal8.  Imaging and Imagining Activism: Exploring Embodied and Digital Learning Through Filmmaking With African Immigrant Girls During the Pandemic  110Maryann J. Dreas-Shaikha, OreOluwa Badaki, and Jasmine L. Blanks Jones9.  Social Cohesion, Belonging, and Anti-Blackness: African Immigrant Youth's Civic Exploration in a Culturally Relevant-Sustaining, After-School Club  129Michelle G. Knight-Manuel, Natacha Robert, and Sibel Akin-SabuncuPart III: Literacies, Languages, and Learning: Toward Emerging Practices and ApproachesPatriann Smith10.  Unboxing Black Immigrant Youth's Heritage Resources  147David Bwire Wandera11.  Opening Space to Participate—One Nigerian Girl's Use of Visual Arts to Navigate School-Based Linguistic Discrimination  161Lakeya Afolalu12.  Theorizing Rightful Literary Presence and Participatory Curriculum Design With African Immigrant Youth  173Joel E. Berends, Vaughn W. M. Watson, and Dinamic Kubengana13.  Conclusion  191Vaughn W. M. Watson, Michelle G. Knight-Manuel, and Patriann SmithReferences  197Index  228About the Editors and Contributors  241