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No longer sojourners: The complexities of racial, ethnic identity, gender, and generational outcomes for Sub-Saharan Africans in the USA

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Rivers, Natasha M.·2012·International Journal of Population Research
DOI 10.1155/2012/973745
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Through individual and group testimonies from newly arrived, 1.5 and second generation sub-Saharan Africans (For this study sub-Saharan African refers to the countries located under Northern African countries, for example, Egypt and Morocco and, includes South Africa. There are over 50 countries represented by this region; however, the most populous groups from this region in Africa in the USA are Nigerian, Ethiopian, Kenyan, Liberian, Ghanaian, Cape Verdean, South African, and Somalian.), the diversity and complexity linked to their migration and integration experiences in the USA reveal that there is a gendered and generational element to their self identity. These elements are compounded by perceptions of being African American in a racialized society and deciding whether or not to stay connected to Africa, a continent that needs their financial, political, and social resources accumulated in the USA These “new” African Americans expand the definition of blackness in the USA. Many have created a transnational relationship to Africa and the USA, which provides important implications for Africa’s potential “brain gain” as well as socioeconomic, infrastructural, and political development.

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  • Several studies have pointed out bicultural tendencies of Black immigrants as against the somewhat monocultural base of African Americans.

    “Several studies, including Joseph and Hunter (2011), Mwangi and English (2017), Rivers (2012), and Doucet (2005), among others, have pointed out the bicultural tendencies of Black immigrants as against the somewhat monocultural base of the African American.”

    From Conceptualizing the Differences in the Perception and Internalization of Racism Between Black African Immigrants and African Americans in the United States (2025) · cites this paper as Rivers (2012)

    In §6.1, “Identity Formation,” Rivers reports that some African immigrants identify as both African and American, supporting the claim about bicultural tendencies. But the same section says newly arriving immigrants often did not closely identify with American culture, and the paper does not establish that African Americans have a monocultural base. Page numbers are unavailable in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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Authors
Rivers, N. M.
Affiliations
University of Washington (US)
Corresponding author
Rivers, Natasha M.
ORCID
Rivers, Natasha M.
Venue
International Journal of Population Research
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2012-05-14
Volume
2012
Pages
1-14
ISSN
  • 2090-4029 (ISSN-L)
  • 2090-4037
DOI
10.1155/2012/973745
OpenAlex
W2041365199
Cited by
5
References
22
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2015: 1
FWCI
0.80
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
International Journal of Population Research (publishedVersion, cc-by)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Demography › Diaspora, migration, transnational identity
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration and Labor Dynamics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
Keywords
sub-Saharan African migrants, ethnic-racial identity, gender, transnationalism, African American identity, Blackness, brain gain, migration and integration, immigrant children, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Ghana, Cape Verde, South Africa, Somalia

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