Voices of African Immigrants in Kentucky: Migration, Identity, and Transnationality

by Jack Wilson, Francis Musoni, Iddah Otieno, et al.

Following historical and theoretical overview of African immigration, the heart of this book is based on oral history interviews with forty-seven of the more than twenty-two thousand Africa-born immigrants in Kentucky. From a former ambassador from Gambia, a pharmacist from South Africa, a restaurant owner from Guinea, to a certified nursing assistant from the Democratic Republic of Congo -- every immigrant has a unique and complex story of their...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813178606
• ISBN13: 9780813178608
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.1"