From Africa to America : religion and adaptation among Ghanaian immigrants in New York / Moses O. Biney.

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Biney, Moses O

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9780814786413
0814786413
9780814789810
0814789811

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: From Africa to America.DDC classification:

285/.1089966707471 22

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BX9211.N5 P743 2011

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73.06

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Contents:

Coming to America : Ghanaians and U.S. immigration -- By the Hudson River : the Ghanaian presence in New York -- Remembering the homeland : Ghana and its people -- How shall we sing the Lord's song? PCGNY : an overseas mission -- The compound house : communal life and welfare -- Conflict and cohesion : gender and intergenerational relations -- Ebenezer : spirituality and identity -- Paddling on both sides : analysis and conclusion.

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Summary: Upon arrival in the United States, most African immigrants are immediately subsumed under the category "black." In the eyes of most Americans and more so to American legal and social systems African immigrants are indistinguishable from all others, such as those from the Caribbean whose skin color they share. Despite their growing presence in many cities and their active involvement in sectors of American economic, social, and cultural life, we know little about them. In From Africa to America, Moses O. Biney offers a rare full-scale look at an African immigrant congregation, The Presbyterian Church of Ghana in New York (PCGNY). Through personal stories, notes from participant observation, and interviews, Biney explores the complexities of the social, economic, and cultural adaptation of this group

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-204) and index.

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Upon arrival in the United States, most African immigrants are immediately subsumed under the category "black." In the eyes of most Americans and more so to American legal and social systems African immigrants are indistinguishable from all others, such as those from the Caribbean whose skin color they share. Despite their growing presence in many cities and their active involvement in sectors of American economic, social, and cultural life, we know little about them. In From Africa to America, Moses O. Biney offers a rare full-scale look at an African immigrant congregation, The Presbyterian Church of Ghana in New York (PCGNY). Through personal stories, notes from participant observation, and interviews, Biney explores the complexities of the social, economic, and cultural adaptation of this group

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