Identity, voice & community among new African immigrants to Kansas / a project of the Kansas African Studies Center with support of the Kansas Humanities Council.

Highlights the emergence in metropolitan Kansas of multiple and unique African communities--from Somalia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Sudan, Kenya, Zanzibar, and elsewhere. Looks at questions of identity (who are we in this new place?), voice (who speaks for us?), and community (how do we relat...

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Corporate Authors: University of Kansas. Kansas African Studies Center, Kansas Humanities Council
Other Authors: Janzen, John M., Crabtree, Mark, Rebeck, Gabriel
Language:English
Published: [Lawrence, Kansas] : Kansas African Studies Center, [2006]
Subjects:
Immigrants > Kansas > Social conditions.
Immigrants > Kansas > Cultural assimilation.
Refugees > Kansas > Social conditions.
Africans > Kansas > Social conditions.
Africans > Kansas > Ethnic identity.
Community life > Kansas.
Group identity.
United States > Emigration and immigration.
Africa > Emigration and immigration.
Documentary films.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (40 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Identity, voice and community among new African immigrants to Kansas.
Format: Video DVD
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Summary:
Highlights the emergence in metropolitan Kansas of multiple and unique African communities--from Somalia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Sudan, Kenya, Zanzibar, and elsewhere. Looks at questions of identity (who are we in this new place?), voice (who speaks for us?), and community (how do we relate to American at large and to other African immigrants? How do we keep alive our traditions?)
Note:Videorecording.
Call Number:F690.A24 I43 2006 VideoDVD
Credits:Edited by Mark Crabtree and Gabriel Rebeck. Project director, John M. Janzen.
System Details:DVD.
Participant or Performer:
Narrator, John M. Janzen.