The African Diaspora in Canada
Negotating Identity and Belonging

Includes essays that provide readings of how the social structures of Canada and of the respective countries of origin - including their ethnicity, ancestry, and lineage - interact to shape the identities, expectations, and aspirations of African Canadians.

With transnational migration reaching unprecedented levels in Canada, the need for new trajectories of intercultural understanding & minority-relevant policy has never been greater. Through an interdisciplinary approach, these essays provide readings of how the social structures of Canada & of the respective countries of origin - including their ethnicity, ancestry, & lineage - interact to shape the identities, expectations, & aspirations of African Canadians.

Part I -- Theorising and Historicising the \'African-Canadian\' Experience
Part II -- Location, the Politics of Knowledge Construction, and the Canadian Educational System
Part III -- The Socio-Economic Context and Contests of the African-Canadian Experience
Part IV -- Place, \'In-Between\' Spaces, and the Negotiation of Identities.