From Africa to America : religion and adaptation among Ghanaian immigrants in New York /

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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 sk...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Biney, Moses O.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, ©2011.
Series:Religion, race, and ethnicity.
Subjects:
Presbyterian Church of Ghana in New York (New York, N.Y.)
Ghanaian Americans > New York (State) > New York > Religion.
RELIGION > Christianity > Presbyterian.
New York (N.Y.) > Religious life and customs.
New York (State) > New York.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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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