From Africa to America: religion and adaptation among Ghanaian immigrants in New York

Upon arrival in the United States, most African immigrants are immediately subsumed under the category "black." In the eyes of most Americans and more so to American legal and social systems African immigrants are indistinguishable from all others, such as those from the Caribbean whose sk...

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Contributors: Biney, Moses O. (Other)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: New York New York University Press 2011
In:Year: 2011
Series/Journal:Religion, race, and ethnicity series
Further subjects:B Ghanaian Americans - Religion - New York (State) - New York
B New York (State) ; New York
B Ghanaian Americans Religion New York (State) New York
B RELIGION ; Christianity ; Presbyterian
B Electronic books
B Presbyterian Church of Ghana in New York (New York, N.Y.)
B New York (N.Y.) - Religious Life And Customs
B Ghanaian Americans (New York (State)) (New York) Religion
B New York (N.Y.) Religious life and customs
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