Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Migration, Diaspora Spaces, and 'Canadianness'

1 A New African Diaspora

2 Erasing Linguistic Capital

3 Downward Mobility, Class Dislocation, and Labour Market Barriers

4 Reproducing Difference at Work

5 Gender, Families, and Transitions

6 Identity and Spaces of Belonging

7 Practices of Belonging: Building the African Community

Notes

Promotional Information

'In this clearly written, interesting book - the first to explore the unique experiences of Africans in Vancouver - Gillian Creese provides useful information on a diaspora population that has not yet received enough academic attention.' -- John Sorenson, Department of Sociology, Brock University 'Well researched and insightful, The New African Diaspora in Vancouver provides important information for students, researchers, and policymakers on the discrimination faced by immigrants from Africa in Canada. Gillian Creese makes a valuable contribution to this area of study by analyzing detailed field work and synthesizing scholarship on Diaspora, racism, and citizenship.' -- Vijay Agnew, Division of Social Science, York University

About the Author

Gillian Creese is the associate dean of Arts, Faculty & Equity, and professor in the Department of Sociology and the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice at the University of British Columbia.

Reviews

‘Creese provides the first substantial academic study of the immigration experience of Black sub-Saharan Africans living in the Greater Vancouver area.’ - Sanja Ivanov (Canadian Woman Studies, vol 30:01:2013)