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Author Taylor, Steven J. L., 1958- author.

Title Exiles, entrepreneurs, and educators : African Americans in Ghana / Steven J.L. Taylor.

Publication Info. Albany : State University of New York Press, 2019.

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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 132 page)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents African American migration to Africa before 1966 -- From republic to regime -- From regime to republic -- Entrepreneurs and educators -- Organizations founded by African American expatriates -- Summary and outlook.
Summary After repeated coups and periods of military rule, Ghana is now one of Africa's longest enduring democratic republics. Exiles, Entrepreneurs and Educators compares the political proclivities of two generations of African Americans who moved to Ghana. Author Steven J.L. Taylor blends archival and ethnographic research, including interviews, to provide a unique perspective on these immigrants who chose to leave an economically developed country and settled in an impoverished developing country. The first generation consisted of voluntary exiles from the US who arrived from 1957 to 1966, during the regime of President Kwame Nkrumah, embracing both Nkrumah and his left-leaning political party. In contrast to the first, many in the second generation left the US to establish commercial enterprises in Ghana. Although they identified with the Democratic Party while living in the US, and were politically active, this second generation has for the most part avoided political activity in Ghana while identifying with the Ghanaian party that is modeled after the Republican Party in the US. Taylor helps to dispel some of the incorrect assumptions about African politics and provides readers with an insightful look at how developing nations can embark upon a path toward democratization.--Provided by publisher.
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Subject African Americans -- Ghana -- History.
African Americans.
Ghana.
History.
African Americans -- Relations with Africans.
African Americans -- Relations with Africans.
African Americans -- Political activity -- Ghana.
Political participation.
African American businesspeople -- Ghana.
African American businesspeople.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Taylor, Steven J.L., 1958- Exiles, entrepreneurs, and educators. Albany : State University of New York Press, 2019 9781438474717 (DLC) 2018033274 (OCoLC)1045645822
ISBN 9781438474724 (electronic book)
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