This book discusses the minority status of African immigrants in the New World by revisiting the concept of a 'new' African diaspora and its multiple implications for citizenship and immigration policy.

1. Introduction: Voluntarily Singing the Lord's Song... Part 1: Negotiating Citizenship and Cultural Identities 2. Nationalist Myth-Making, Cultural Identity and Nation Building: African Minorities in the U.S. and Latin America 3. African Immigrants' Experiences in Urban America: Religion and the Construction of Social Identity in St. Louis 4. Ethnography of Religion and Spirituality Among St. Louisan African Immigrants 5. 'Born in the USA': Dislocation, Disrupted Kinship Networks, and the Transformative Power of Music and Dance in African Immigrant Baby Naming Ceremonies 6. A Viagem da Minha Vida/The Voyage of My Life: Identity Formation and Resettlement among Angolan Women of Color in Toronto Part 2: African Refugees and Policy Implications 7. The Making of a Modern Diaspora: The Resettlement Process of the Somali Bantu Refugees in the United States 8. Voluntary Trans-Atlantic Migration: The Nigerians' Attitudes to the American Visa Lottery 9. Managing the Migration of Health-Care Workers toward the Transfer of Knowledge, Skill and Professionalism 10. African Immigrants' Families and the American Educational System. Conclusion: The New African Diaspora Waves: Shifting Diversity of American Culture