UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION – Illinois African Community Resource Guide: 2014 3424 S. State Street, Suite 3C8-2 ▪ Chicago, IL 60616 ▪ (Tel.) 312-949-9980 ▪ (Fax) 312-949-9981 [email protected]▪ www.uniteafricans.org 1 AFRICAN COMMUNITY RESOURCE GUIDE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS 2 CONSULATES 7 DIPLOMATIC EMBASSIES 7 RELIGIOUS CONGREGATIONS 15 ART & CULTURE 20 EVENTS & CLUBS 22 RESTAURANTS 23 GROCERY SHOPS 26 ARTIFACTS 26 OTHER RETAIL Error! Bookmark not defined. HAIR BRAIDING SALONS 27 SHIPPING COMPANIES 35 TAXI COMPANIES 36 TRAVEL AGENCIES 36 HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS 37 OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 39 ACADEMICS 42 STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS 47 COMMUNITY MEDIA 48 FUNERAL HOMES 49 REFERENCES 51
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UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
1
AFRICAN COMMUNITY RESOURCE GUIDE
COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS 2
CONSULATES 7
DIPLOMATIC EMBASSIES 7
RELIGIOUS CONGREGATIONS 15
ART amp CULTURE 20
EVENTS amp CLUBS 22
RESTAURANTS 23
GROCERY SHOPS 26
ARTIFACTS 26
OTHER RETAIL Error Bookmark not defined
HAIR BRAIDING SALONS 27
SHIPPING COMPANIES 35
TAXI COMPANIES 36
TRAVEL AGENCIES 36
HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS 37
OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 39
ACADEMICS 42
STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS 47
COMMUNITY MEDIA 48
FUNERAL HOMES 49
REFERENCES 51
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
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COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS
Cameroonian Brothers Association (CABAC)
Contact Louis Guiamatsia (president)
POBox 408849
Chicago IL 60640
Ph (312)-880-7239
Email infocabacorg
URL wwwcabacorg
Caribbean Association of Midwest America
4850 N Broadway Street
PMB 40-8430
Chicago IL 60640
Tel (773) 907-4792
Fax (773) 907-4829
Email midwestcaribbeanyahoocom
URL wwwcaribeilanzcom
Congolese Community of Chicago (DRC)
co Willy Mantua Butshidi
2069 W Roosevelt
Wheaton IL 60187
Tel (888) 809-9956
Email infocongochicagoorg
URL wwwcongochicagoorg
Ethiopian Community Association of Chicago
1730 W Greenleaf
Rogers Park IL 60626
Ph (773) 508-0303
Fax (773) 508-0309
wwwecachicagoorg
Ghana National Council (11 Associations)
Contact John Henry Assabill
4554 N Broadway Suite 328
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 636-7013
wwwghananationalcouncilnet
ghananationalcouncilgmailcom
1 Asanteman Association
2 Brong-Ahafo Association
3 Ewe Association
4 Fanti Benevolent Society
5 Ga-Adangbe Community 6 Ghana Chicago Club
7 Ghana Northern Union
8 Haske Society
9 Kwahu United Association
10 Okuapeman Association
11 Okyeman Association
Guinean Community of Illinois Inc
Contact Mohamed NrsquoDaou
Ph (773) 239-4267
Email sndaouaolcom
Union Fraternelle des Ivorians DrsquoIllinois
Contact Mene J Doffou
3449 S Giles Ave
(312) 731-9039
Email ufiillinoisgmailcom
Organization of the Liberian Community
Contact Sedekie Sackor
Ph 773-541-0070
Email Liberianillinoisyahoocom
URL httpwwwolciorg
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
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Malian Community Association
Contact Mr Tibi
1759 W 95th
Chicago IL 60643
(312) 890-5921
fathitraorehotmailcom
Malawian Community
Contact Dalitso Sulamoyo
Email sulamoyoicaanetorg
Nigerian Community of Chicagoland
Contact David Olupitan
(773) 651-9098
Email infochicago-nigeriansorg
URL httpwwwchicago-nigerianorg
Somali Community of Metro Chicago
Contact Hussein Affey
Phone (312) 576-1074
Email husseinaffeygmailcom
Somali Community Ctr-Illinois
6355 N Broadway St Ste 17
Chicago IL 60660
Tel (773) 961-7511
South African Community Association
P O Box 409454
Chicago IL 60640
Contact Lorraine Makatu
Ph (847) 942-2904
Email dineogiftyahoocom
Sudanese Community Association
Contact Malual Mayol Awak
Ph (773) 727-5154
Email awamalualhotmailcom
URL wwwsudaneseofillinoisorg
The Association of Bennise of Illinois
Contact Bobby Dagnon
Ph (414) 232-6998
Email Bobbybtechsupportcom
Tanzanian Community Association-Midwest USA
Contact Eustace L Kaijage
20600 Promethian Way
Olympia Fields IL 60461
(708) 767-4841
wwwtanzaniamidwestusaorg
Togolese Community Association
Contact Kokou Aziki
(773) 841-1375
Email togoleseinchicagoyahoocom
Website wwwametocoorg
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
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Ugandan Community in Greater Chicago Inc
Contact John Bisegerwa
Ph (708) 539-3208
Email
PO BOX 25097
CHICAGO IL 60625
Tel 847-652-4510
URL httpucigcorg
Association of Zimbabweans in Chicago
Contact Coco Ndlovu
Ph (773) 220-2045
Email coco693yahoocom
OTHER COMMUNITY- BASED ORGANIZATIONS
Akugbe-Oretin Club of Chicago
210 E 69th
St
Chicago IL 60637
Contact Lucky Osifo (president)
Tel (312)720-6662
Email infoakugbeoretinchicagoorg
URL wwwakugbeoretinchicagoorg
African Women Association
2051 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
Contact Henriette Negri (President)
Ph (773) 220-6771
Email sarafinamimieyahoocom
African Womenrsquos Organization Inc (AWO)
8631 S Normal Ave
Chicago IL 60620
Contact Felicia Johnson (Program Director)
Ph (773) 224-2300
Fax (773) 224-0848
Email awo123sbcglobalnet
American Friends Services Committee Great Lakes Regional Office
637 S Dearborn Suite 3
Chicago IL 60605
Contact Person
Margaret Jackson
Ph (312) 427-2533
Fax (312) 427-4171
Email majacksonafscorg
Amnesty International Midwest Regional Office
One North LaSalle Street
Suite 875
Chicago IL 60602
phone (312) 427-2060
fax (312) 427-2589
Email aiusamwaiusaorg
URL wwwamnestyusaorg
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago
Refugee Resettlement Program
651 W Lake St Suite 500
Chicago IL 60661
Ph (312) 655-7856
Fax (312) 879-0208
URL httpwwwcatholiccharitiesnet
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
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Coalition of African Arab Asian European and Latino Immigrants of Illinois (CAAAELII)
4300 N Hermitage Ave
Chicago IL 60613
Contact Dale Asis
emaildasiscaaaeliiorg
Ph (773) 248-1019
Fax (312) 879-0208
URL wwwcaaaeliiorg
Global Alliance for Africa
703 West Monroe Street
Chicago IL 60661
Tel (312) 382-0607
Fax (312) 382-8850
Email administratorglobalallianeafricaorg
Website wwwglobalallianceafricaorg
Continental Africa Chamber of Commerce
Executive Director David Olupitan
2929 S Wabash Suite 203
Chicago IL 60616
Ph (312) 225-8400
Website wwwcontinentalaccorg
E-mail infocontinentalacc-tcorg
Edo North Association of Chicago
2324 Newport Drive
Naperville IL 60565
Contact Mr Goddy Tseumah (President)
(312) 339-5779
Email goddytseyahoocom
Email goddytsemsncom
Exodus World Service
PO Box 620
Itasca Illinois 60143-0620
Ph (630) 307-1400
Fax (630) 307-1430
Website httpe-w-sorg
Egbe Omo Yuroba of Greater Chicago
2401 E 97th
Street
Chicago IL 60617
Contact Abiola Popoola
(773) 641-2367
Email abiolapplyahoocom
Heartland Alliance for Human Needs amp Human Rights
208 S LaSalle St Suite 1818
Chicago IL 60604
Ph (312) 660-1300
Fax (312) 660-1500
Website wwwheartlandallianceorg
Ika National Association of Chicago
21823 Clyde Ave
Chicago Heights IL 60411
Contact Friday Dagholor
(312) 388-0012
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant amp Refugee Rights (ICIRR)
55 E Jackson Blvd Suite 2075
Chicago IL 60604
Ph (312) 332-7360
Fax (312) 332-7044
Website wwwicirrorg
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
Director HIVAIDS Research amp Policy Institute (HARPI)
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2046
aadefuyecsuedu
Akinmoladun Tunde PhD
Associate Professor Health sciences
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-3287
takincsuedu
Shaffdeen A Amuwo PhD MPH
Associate Dean
Clinical Associate Professor
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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Office of Urban Health and Diversity Program
University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health (MC 923)
1603 West Taylor Suite 1185
Chicago IL 60612-4394
(312) 996-1410
amuwouicedu
William Ebomoyi PhD
Professor Health Studies
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2527
eebomoyicsuedu
Veterinary Medicine
Ibulaimu Kakoma PhD
Associate Professor Pathobiology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Veterinary Medicine
3505 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Bd
2001 South Lincoln Ave
Urbana IL 61802
(217) 333-2449
[f] (217)244-7421
kakomaiuiucedu
Fine Arts
Samuel Akainyah
Instructor Humanities Fine Arts amp Theater
Kennedy King College
6301 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60621
(773) 602-5185
sakainyahcccedu
Education
Anghesom Atsbaha EdD
(Adult Education)
Assistant Professor Social Sciences
Director Truman-DePaul Adult Bridge Program
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4067
aatsbahacccedu
Bekisizwe Ndimande PhD
(Politics of curriculum Policies and practices in post-apartheid desegregated schools)
Assistant Professor Curriculum amp Instruction
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Education
315 Education Building
1310 S 6th St MC 708
Champaign IL 61820
(217) 244-5556
ndimandeillinoisedu
Dr Emma Theuri
County Extension Director
University of Illinois Extension
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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Will County Unit
100 Manhattan Rd
Joliet IL 60433
(815) 727-9296
emmatillinoisedu
wwwextensionuiuceduwill
Foreign Languages Linguistics
Dr Eyamba G Bokamba
Professor of Linguistics
Director Program in African Languages (PAL)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Linguistics
3154 Foreign Language Building
707 S Mathews Avenue MC-168
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-3051
bokambaillinoisedu
Dr Khadija Bounou
Loyola University Chicago
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (French)
Dame Hall Room 305
6525 N Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-2861
kbounoulucedu
Dr Evans Mwangi
Assistant Professor of English
Northwestern University
1897 Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60208
English Department
Office UH 326
(847) 491-3529 [Office]
Fax 847-467-1545
evan-mwanginorthwesternedu
Humanities
Literature Oral Traditions Poetry
Waiumll Hassan PhD
(Modern Arabic Anglophone and Francophone literatures)
Associate Professor Comparative and World Literature
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3072 Foreign Languages Building
MC-160
707 S Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 333-4987
whassanillinoisedu
Abdul-Rasheed NarsquoAllah PhD
Professor and Department Chair
Director Indigenous Africa and Diaspora Discourse Project (IADDP)
Western Illinois University
Department of African American Studies
Morgan Hall 232
1 University Circle
Macomb IL 61455-1390
(309) 298-1181
A-NaAllahwiuedu
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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45
Michel Nguessan PhD
Associate Professor
Library amp Information Science
Associate Editor-In-Chief of International Journal of Library Science
Governors State University
University Library
Office D2407
University Park IL 60466-0975
(708) 235-2143
mnguessangovstedu
wwwgovstedulibrarynguessan
Dr Patricia Ogedengbe
Librarian of Africana
University Library
Northwestern University
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300
(847) 491-2936
p-ogedengbenorthwesternedu
Mathematics
Aboubacar Sidy-Sow
Harold Washington College
30 E Lake St 730
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-3411
saboubacar-sidycccedu
Public Affairs
George O Assibey-Mensah PhD
Associate Professor
Public Finance and Policy Analysis
Indiana University Northwest
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
OFFICE Lindenwood Hall 108
3400 Broadway
Gary IN 46408-1197
(219) 980-7102
gassibeyiunedu
Fassil Demissie PhD
(Urban Planning)
Associate Professor
Public Policy Studies
DePaul University
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2352 N Clifton Ave Suite 1501
Chicago IL 60614
Phone (773) 325-7356
Fax (773) 325-4062
fdemissidepauledu
Religion
M Sani Umar PhD
Associate Professor of Religion
Director ndash Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
Northwestern University
Program of African Studies
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 467-0692
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m-umarnorthwesternedu
Social Sciences
History Misbahudeen Ahmed-Rufai
Assistant Professor
History and Social Sciences
Harold Washington College
30 East Lake St
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-5747
mahmed-rufaicccedu
Dr Theodora Ayot
North Park University
History Department
3225 West Foster Ave
Chicago IL 60625-4895
(773) 244-5744
tayotnorthparkedu
Ismael M Montana
Assistant Professor of History
Northern Illinois University
Department of History
DeKalb IL 60115-2893
(815) 753 8420
montananiuedu
ismaelmontanayahooca
Saidou Mohamed NrsquoDaou PhD
Professor of History
Chicago State University
William Science Building Room 315
9501 South King Drive
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2973
sndaouaolcom
Ogenga Otunnu PhD
(African History Immigration and Refugee Studies)
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of History
2320 N Kenmore Ave
Chicago IL 60614-3250
(773) 325-1555
ootunnudepauledu
Geography
Ezekiel Kalipeni PhD
(Medical Geography Population Studies Environmental Issues Health Care Africa)
Professor of Geography and African Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Geography
220 Davenport Hall MC-150
607 South Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-7708
kalipeniillinoisedu
Sociology
Abu Bakarr Bah PhD
Associate Professor
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Northern Illinois University
Department of Sociology
DeKalb IL 60115-2854
(815) 753-6427
(815) 753-0365
abahniuedu
Anthropology
Chapurukha M Kusimba
Curator of Anthropology
The Field Museum
1400 S Lake Shore Dr
Chicago IL 60605-2496
(312) 922-9410 [main]
ckusimbafieldmuseumorg
Political Science
Clement Eme Adibe PhD
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of Political Science
990 W Fullerton Suite 2200
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 325-1981
cadibedepauledu
Joseph K Hoereth
Associate Director
Institute of Policy and Civic Engagement (MC 097)
UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago)
1253 S Halsted Street Room 310
Chicago IL 60607
Ph (312) 355-0096
Fax (312) 355-0545
jhoerethuicedu
Edward Kasule PhD
Full-Time Instructor
Northeastern Illinois University
Department of Political Science
5500 N St Louis Ave CLS 2069
Chicago IL 60625
s-kasuleneiuedu
[2] Adjunct Faculty
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4739
skasulecccedu
STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS
African Student Organization
Illinois Institute of Technology
Jong Massaqoui (president)
3300 South Federal Street
Chicago IL 60616-3793
(312) 567-3000
asoiitedu
African Student Alliance
Loyola University Chicago
President Afia Ohemeng
Department of Student Diversity and Multicultural Affairs
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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1125 W Loyola Ave Mertz 200
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-3909
(773) 508-3895 [fax]
asaloyolaugmailcom
httpwwwfreewebscomlucafricanstudents
African Student Association
Northern Illinois University
Location Campus Life Building Suite 180
Phone (815) 753-0483
FAX (815) 753-0481
E-Mail studentassociationniuedu
wwwsaniuedu
Program of African Studies (PAS)
Northwestern University
Co-president Ama M Appenteng
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 491-7323
asanorthwesterngmailcom
wwwgroupsnorthwesterneduasa
International Student Services and Activities
Notre Dame University
100 Main Building
Notre Dame Indiana 46556 USA
Phone (574) 631-1138
Immigration Questions (574) 631-5243
Fax (574) 631-3162
E-mail issandedu
E-mail ndintlndedu
wwwissandedu
African Student Council
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
President Alpha Marwa
International student council
(618) 453-5264
wwwafscrsosiucedu
African and Caribbean Student Association
University of Chicago
Judith Kituku ndash President
kitukuuchicagoedu
Jennifer Kennedy ndash Advisor
jkennedyuchicagoedu
(773) 834-8252
African Student Council (ASC)
University of Illinois at Chicago
750 SHalsted Street (Student Center East Building Room 473)
Chicago IL 60607
President Adedrian Adeleke
asxuicgmailcom
COMMUNITY MEDIA
African Advocate
United African Organization
3424 S State St Suite 3C8-2
Chicago IL 60616
(312) 949-9980
(312) 949-9981
infouniteafricansorg
wwwuniteafricansorg
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AFRIQUE News Magazine
AFRIQUE Publishing Inc
6600 N Lincoln Ave Suite 240
Lincolnwood IL 60712
(773) 463 7200
OR
3525 W Peterson Ave Ste 200
Chicago Illinois 60659-3315 USA
(773) 250-7200
afriquepublishinggmailcom
httpwwwafriquenewsmagazinecom
African Spectrum
Spectrum Inc
481 W Boughton Rd 400
Bolingbrook IL 60440
(630) 771-9069
(630) 771-9074
(630) 771-1163
africanspectrumaolcom
Crsquoest la vie
Unity in Diversity
Azaka M Ajanaku
Producer Director
Francophone Television at Chicago Access Network TV 21 Every Sunday at 10pm
(312) 972-9252
Chicago Defender
4445 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Drive
Chicago IL 60653
(312) 225-2400
Fax (312) 225-9231
httpwwwchicagodefendercom
The Chicago Inquirer
Postal address The Chicago Inquirer
POBOX 17056 Chicago IL 60617
Tel 773-382-1638
Fax 773-221-4872
httpwwwchicagoinquirercom
Maudlyne Ihejirika (Reporter)
Chicago Sun-Times
350 N Orleans St
Chicago IL 60654
(312) 321-2825
mihejirikasuntimescom
Mashariki LEO
1449 E 72nd
Street
Chicago IL 60619
Postal Address PO BOX 19350
Chicago IL 60619
httpwwwmasharikileocom
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FUNERAL HOMES
Nelson Funeral Homes
5149 N Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 561-5147
820 W Talcott Rd Park Ridge IL 60068
(847) 823-5122
wwwnelsonfuneralscom
Leak and Sons Funeral Chapels
7838 S Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 846-6567
18400 S Pulaski Rd
Country Club hills IL 60478
(708) 206-0860
Golden Gate Funeral Home
2036 West 79th
Street
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 846-7900
wwwgolengate-funeralhomecom
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I Illinois-specific Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant Women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois Capehart Adrian S 2004 The Migration of Africans to the United States since 1960 Contexts Responses and Communities PhD Thesis Department of History University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago Illinois Encyclopedia of Chicago 2004 The Newberry Library wwwencyclopediachicagohistoryorg [Profiles of the African immigrant and refugee community are divided by nationality (eg Beninese Angolans
Congolese Kenyans etc)] Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6 Swanson Lorraine 2008 ldquoBrrrr Itrsquos Cold Refugees Prepare for their First Chicago Winterrdquo Chicago Journal October 22 II General Reference Overview Ethnography
Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
_____ (Bryce-Laporte Roy Simon) 1977 Visibility of the New Immigrants Society 1418-33 Chacko Elizabeth 2003 ldquoEthiopian Ethos and the Making of Ethnic Places in the Washington Metropolitan Areardquo Journal of Cultural Geography 20 Cunningham Jonathen and Sandra Svoboda 2006 ldquoThe New African-Americans Understanding a Wave of Immigration Battling Misperceptionsrdquo Metro Times November 1 Frazier Martin 2005 ldquoNew Dimensions ndash African immigrants in the USrdquo Peoplersquos Weekly World May 20
Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
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Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
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_____ 2007 Diaspora Dialogues Engagements Between Africa and its Diasporas at The New African Diaspora Assessing the Pains and Gains of Exile Binghamton University African ndash African-American Relations Racial ndash Ethnic Identity Black Diversity
Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
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DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
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Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
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Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
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COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS
Cameroonian Brothers Association (CABAC)
Contact Louis Guiamatsia (president)
POBox 408849
Chicago IL 60640
Ph (312)-880-7239
Email infocabacorg
URL wwwcabacorg
Caribbean Association of Midwest America
4850 N Broadway Street
PMB 40-8430
Chicago IL 60640
Tel (773) 907-4792
Fax (773) 907-4829
Email midwestcaribbeanyahoocom
URL wwwcaribeilanzcom
Congolese Community of Chicago (DRC)
co Willy Mantua Butshidi
2069 W Roosevelt
Wheaton IL 60187
Tel (888) 809-9956
Email infocongochicagoorg
URL wwwcongochicagoorg
Ethiopian Community Association of Chicago
1730 W Greenleaf
Rogers Park IL 60626
Ph (773) 508-0303
Fax (773) 508-0309
wwwecachicagoorg
Ghana National Council (11 Associations)
Contact John Henry Assabill
4554 N Broadway Suite 328
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 636-7013
wwwghananationalcouncilnet
ghananationalcouncilgmailcom
1 Asanteman Association
2 Brong-Ahafo Association
3 Ewe Association
4 Fanti Benevolent Society
5 Ga-Adangbe Community 6 Ghana Chicago Club
7 Ghana Northern Union
8 Haske Society
9 Kwahu United Association
10 Okuapeman Association
11 Okyeman Association
Guinean Community of Illinois Inc
Contact Mohamed NrsquoDaou
Ph (773) 239-4267
Email sndaouaolcom
Union Fraternelle des Ivorians DrsquoIllinois
Contact Mene J Doffou
3449 S Giles Ave
(312) 731-9039
Email ufiillinoisgmailcom
Organization of the Liberian Community
Contact Sedekie Sackor
Ph 773-541-0070
Email Liberianillinoisyahoocom
URL httpwwwolciorg
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3
Malian Community Association
Contact Mr Tibi
1759 W 95th
Chicago IL 60643
(312) 890-5921
fathitraorehotmailcom
Malawian Community
Contact Dalitso Sulamoyo
Email sulamoyoicaanetorg
Nigerian Community of Chicagoland
Contact David Olupitan
(773) 651-9098
Email infochicago-nigeriansorg
URL httpwwwchicago-nigerianorg
Somali Community of Metro Chicago
Contact Hussein Affey
Phone (312) 576-1074
Email husseinaffeygmailcom
Somali Community Ctr-Illinois
6355 N Broadway St Ste 17
Chicago IL 60660
Tel (773) 961-7511
South African Community Association
P O Box 409454
Chicago IL 60640
Contact Lorraine Makatu
Ph (847) 942-2904
Email dineogiftyahoocom
Sudanese Community Association
Contact Malual Mayol Awak
Ph (773) 727-5154
Email awamalualhotmailcom
URL wwwsudaneseofillinoisorg
The Association of Bennise of Illinois
Contact Bobby Dagnon
Ph (414) 232-6998
Email Bobbybtechsupportcom
Tanzanian Community Association-Midwest USA
Contact Eustace L Kaijage
20600 Promethian Way
Olympia Fields IL 60461
(708) 767-4841
wwwtanzaniamidwestusaorg
Togolese Community Association
Contact Kokou Aziki
(773) 841-1375
Email togoleseinchicagoyahoocom
Website wwwametocoorg
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4
Ugandan Community in Greater Chicago Inc
Contact John Bisegerwa
Ph (708) 539-3208
Email
PO BOX 25097
CHICAGO IL 60625
Tel 847-652-4510
URL httpucigcorg
Association of Zimbabweans in Chicago
Contact Coco Ndlovu
Ph (773) 220-2045
Email coco693yahoocom
OTHER COMMUNITY- BASED ORGANIZATIONS
Akugbe-Oretin Club of Chicago
210 E 69th
St
Chicago IL 60637
Contact Lucky Osifo (president)
Tel (312)720-6662
Email infoakugbeoretinchicagoorg
URL wwwakugbeoretinchicagoorg
African Women Association
2051 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
Contact Henriette Negri (President)
Ph (773) 220-6771
Email sarafinamimieyahoocom
African Womenrsquos Organization Inc (AWO)
8631 S Normal Ave
Chicago IL 60620
Contact Felicia Johnson (Program Director)
Ph (773) 224-2300
Fax (773) 224-0848
Email awo123sbcglobalnet
American Friends Services Committee Great Lakes Regional Office
637 S Dearborn Suite 3
Chicago IL 60605
Contact Person
Margaret Jackson
Ph (312) 427-2533
Fax (312) 427-4171
Email majacksonafscorg
Amnesty International Midwest Regional Office
One North LaSalle Street
Suite 875
Chicago IL 60602
phone (312) 427-2060
fax (312) 427-2589
Email aiusamwaiusaorg
URL wwwamnestyusaorg
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago
Refugee Resettlement Program
651 W Lake St Suite 500
Chicago IL 60661
Ph (312) 655-7856
Fax (312) 879-0208
URL httpwwwcatholiccharitiesnet
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5
Coalition of African Arab Asian European and Latino Immigrants of Illinois (CAAAELII)
4300 N Hermitage Ave
Chicago IL 60613
Contact Dale Asis
emaildasiscaaaeliiorg
Ph (773) 248-1019
Fax (312) 879-0208
URL wwwcaaaeliiorg
Global Alliance for Africa
703 West Monroe Street
Chicago IL 60661
Tel (312) 382-0607
Fax (312) 382-8850
Email administratorglobalallianeafricaorg
Website wwwglobalallianceafricaorg
Continental Africa Chamber of Commerce
Executive Director David Olupitan
2929 S Wabash Suite 203
Chicago IL 60616
Ph (312) 225-8400
Website wwwcontinentalaccorg
E-mail infocontinentalacc-tcorg
Edo North Association of Chicago
2324 Newport Drive
Naperville IL 60565
Contact Mr Goddy Tseumah (President)
(312) 339-5779
Email goddytseyahoocom
Email goddytsemsncom
Exodus World Service
PO Box 620
Itasca Illinois 60143-0620
Ph (630) 307-1400
Fax (630) 307-1430
Website httpe-w-sorg
Egbe Omo Yuroba of Greater Chicago
2401 E 97th
Street
Chicago IL 60617
Contact Abiola Popoola
(773) 641-2367
Email abiolapplyahoocom
Heartland Alliance for Human Needs amp Human Rights
208 S LaSalle St Suite 1818
Chicago IL 60604
Ph (312) 660-1300
Fax (312) 660-1500
Website wwwheartlandallianceorg
Ika National Association of Chicago
21823 Clyde Ave
Chicago Heights IL 60411
Contact Friday Dagholor
(312) 388-0012
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant amp Refugee Rights (ICIRR)
55 E Jackson Blvd Suite 2075
Chicago IL 60604
Ph (312) 332-7360
Fax (312) 332-7044
Website wwwicirrorg
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
Director HIVAIDS Research amp Policy Institute (HARPI)
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2046
aadefuyecsuedu
Akinmoladun Tunde PhD
Associate Professor Health sciences
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-3287
takincsuedu
Shaffdeen A Amuwo PhD MPH
Associate Dean
Clinical Associate Professor
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
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43
Office of Urban Health and Diversity Program
University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health (MC 923)
1603 West Taylor Suite 1185
Chicago IL 60612-4394
(312) 996-1410
amuwouicedu
William Ebomoyi PhD
Professor Health Studies
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2527
eebomoyicsuedu
Veterinary Medicine
Ibulaimu Kakoma PhD
Associate Professor Pathobiology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Veterinary Medicine
3505 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Bd
2001 South Lincoln Ave
Urbana IL 61802
(217) 333-2449
[f] (217)244-7421
kakomaiuiucedu
Fine Arts
Samuel Akainyah
Instructor Humanities Fine Arts amp Theater
Kennedy King College
6301 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60621
(773) 602-5185
sakainyahcccedu
Education
Anghesom Atsbaha EdD
(Adult Education)
Assistant Professor Social Sciences
Director Truman-DePaul Adult Bridge Program
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4067
aatsbahacccedu
Bekisizwe Ndimande PhD
(Politics of curriculum Policies and practices in post-apartheid desegregated schools)
Assistant Professor Curriculum amp Instruction
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Education
315 Education Building
1310 S 6th St MC 708
Champaign IL 61820
(217) 244-5556
ndimandeillinoisedu
Dr Emma Theuri
County Extension Director
University of Illinois Extension
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
44
Will County Unit
100 Manhattan Rd
Joliet IL 60433
(815) 727-9296
emmatillinoisedu
wwwextensionuiuceduwill
Foreign Languages Linguistics
Dr Eyamba G Bokamba
Professor of Linguistics
Director Program in African Languages (PAL)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Linguistics
3154 Foreign Language Building
707 S Mathews Avenue MC-168
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-3051
bokambaillinoisedu
Dr Khadija Bounou
Loyola University Chicago
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (French)
Dame Hall Room 305
6525 N Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-2861
kbounoulucedu
Dr Evans Mwangi
Assistant Professor of English
Northwestern University
1897 Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60208
English Department
Office UH 326
(847) 491-3529 [Office]
Fax 847-467-1545
evan-mwanginorthwesternedu
Humanities
Literature Oral Traditions Poetry
Waiumll Hassan PhD
(Modern Arabic Anglophone and Francophone literatures)
Associate Professor Comparative and World Literature
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3072 Foreign Languages Building
MC-160
707 S Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 333-4987
whassanillinoisedu
Abdul-Rasheed NarsquoAllah PhD
Professor and Department Chair
Director Indigenous Africa and Diaspora Discourse Project (IADDP)
Western Illinois University
Department of African American Studies
Morgan Hall 232
1 University Circle
Macomb IL 61455-1390
(309) 298-1181
A-NaAllahwiuedu
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
45
Michel Nguessan PhD
Associate Professor
Library amp Information Science
Associate Editor-In-Chief of International Journal of Library Science
Governors State University
University Library
Office D2407
University Park IL 60466-0975
(708) 235-2143
mnguessangovstedu
wwwgovstedulibrarynguessan
Dr Patricia Ogedengbe
Librarian of Africana
University Library
Northwestern University
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300
(847) 491-2936
p-ogedengbenorthwesternedu
Mathematics
Aboubacar Sidy-Sow
Harold Washington College
30 E Lake St 730
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-3411
saboubacar-sidycccedu
Public Affairs
George O Assibey-Mensah PhD
Associate Professor
Public Finance and Policy Analysis
Indiana University Northwest
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
OFFICE Lindenwood Hall 108
3400 Broadway
Gary IN 46408-1197
(219) 980-7102
gassibeyiunedu
Fassil Demissie PhD
(Urban Planning)
Associate Professor
Public Policy Studies
DePaul University
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2352 N Clifton Ave Suite 1501
Chicago IL 60614
Phone (773) 325-7356
Fax (773) 325-4062
fdemissidepauledu
Religion
M Sani Umar PhD
Associate Professor of Religion
Director ndash Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
Northwestern University
Program of African Studies
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 467-0692
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
46
m-umarnorthwesternedu
Social Sciences
History Misbahudeen Ahmed-Rufai
Assistant Professor
History and Social Sciences
Harold Washington College
30 East Lake St
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-5747
mahmed-rufaicccedu
Dr Theodora Ayot
North Park University
History Department
3225 West Foster Ave
Chicago IL 60625-4895
(773) 244-5744
tayotnorthparkedu
Ismael M Montana
Assistant Professor of History
Northern Illinois University
Department of History
DeKalb IL 60115-2893
(815) 753 8420
montananiuedu
ismaelmontanayahooca
Saidou Mohamed NrsquoDaou PhD
Professor of History
Chicago State University
William Science Building Room 315
9501 South King Drive
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2973
sndaouaolcom
Ogenga Otunnu PhD
(African History Immigration and Refugee Studies)
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of History
2320 N Kenmore Ave
Chicago IL 60614-3250
(773) 325-1555
ootunnudepauledu
Geography
Ezekiel Kalipeni PhD
(Medical Geography Population Studies Environmental Issues Health Care Africa)
Professor of Geography and African Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Geography
220 Davenport Hall MC-150
607 South Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-7708
kalipeniillinoisedu
Sociology
Abu Bakarr Bah PhD
Associate Professor
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
47
Northern Illinois University
Department of Sociology
DeKalb IL 60115-2854
(815) 753-6427
(815) 753-0365
abahniuedu
Anthropology
Chapurukha M Kusimba
Curator of Anthropology
The Field Museum
1400 S Lake Shore Dr
Chicago IL 60605-2496
(312) 922-9410 [main]
ckusimbafieldmuseumorg
Political Science
Clement Eme Adibe PhD
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of Political Science
990 W Fullerton Suite 2200
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 325-1981
cadibedepauledu
Joseph K Hoereth
Associate Director
Institute of Policy and Civic Engagement (MC 097)
UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago)
1253 S Halsted Street Room 310
Chicago IL 60607
Ph (312) 355-0096
Fax (312) 355-0545
jhoerethuicedu
Edward Kasule PhD
Full-Time Instructor
Northeastern Illinois University
Department of Political Science
5500 N St Louis Ave CLS 2069
Chicago IL 60625
s-kasuleneiuedu
[2] Adjunct Faculty
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4739
skasulecccedu
STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS
African Student Organization
Illinois Institute of Technology
Jong Massaqoui (president)
3300 South Federal Street
Chicago IL 60616-3793
(312) 567-3000
asoiitedu
African Student Alliance
Loyola University Chicago
President Afia Ohemeng
Department of Student Diversity and Multicultural Affairs
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3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
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1125 W Loyola Ave Mertz 200
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-3909
(773) 508-3895 [fax]
asaloyolaugmailcom
httpwwwfreewebscomlucafricanstudents
African Student Association
Northern Illinois University
Location Campus Life Building Suite 180
Phone (815) 753-0483
FAX (815) 753-0481
E-Mail studentassociationniuedu
wwwsaniuedu
Program of African Studies (PAS)
Northwestern University
Co-president Ama M Appenteng
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 491-7323
asanorthwesterngmailcom
wwwgroupsnorthwesterneduasa
International Student Services and Activities
Notre Dame University
100 Main Building
Notre Dame Indiana 46556 USA
Phone (574) 631-1138
Immigration Questions (574) 631-5243
Fax (574) 631-3162
E-mail issandedu
E-mail ndintlndedu
wwwissandedu
African Student Council
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
President Alpha Marwa
International student council
(618) 453-5264
wwwafscrsosiucedu
African and Caribbean Student Association
University of Chicago
Judith Kituku ndash President
kitukuuchicagoedu
Jennifer Kennedy ndash Advisor
jkennedyuchicagoedu
(773) 834-8252
African Student Council (ASC)
University of Illinois at Chicago
750 SHalsted Street (Student Center East Building Room 473)
Chicago IL 60607
President Adedrian Adeleke
asxuicgmailcom
COMMUNITY MEDIA
African Advocate
United African Organization
3424 S State St Suite 3C8-2
Chicago IL 60616
(312) 949-9980
(312) 949-9981
infouniteafricansorg
wwwuniteafricansorg
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
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AFRIQUE News Magazine
AFRIQUE Publishing Inc
6600 N Lincoln Ave Suite 240
Lincolnwood IL 60712
(773) 463 7200
OR
3525 W Peterson Ave Ste 200
Chicago Illinois 60659-3315 USA
(773) 250-7200
afriquepublishinggmailcom
httpwwwafriquenewsmagazinecom
African Spectrum
Spectrum Inc
481 W Boughton Rd 400
Bolingbrook IL 60440
(630) 771-9069
(630) 771-9074
(630) 771-1163
africanspectrumaolcom
Crsquoest la vie
Unity in Diversity
Azaka M Ajanaku
Producer Director
Francophone Television at Chicago Access Network TV 21 Every Sunday at 10pm
(312) 972-9252
Chicago Defender
4445 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Drive
Chicago IL 60653
(312) 225-2400
Fax (312) 225-9231
httpwwwchicagodefendercom
The Chicago Inquirer
Postal address The Chicago Inquirer
POBOX 17056 Chicago IL 60617
Tel 773-382-1638
Fax 773-221-4872
httpwwwchicagoinquirercom
Maudlyne Ihejirika (Reporter)
Chicago Sun-Times
350 N Orleans St
Chicago IL 60654
(312) 321-2825
mihejirikasuntimescom
Mashariki LEO
1449 E 72nd
Street
Chicago IL 60619
Postal Address PO BOX 19350
Chicago IL 60619
httpwwwmasharikileocom
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3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
50
FUNERAL HOMES
Nelson Funeral Homes
5149 N Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 561-5147
820 W Talcott Rd Park Ridge IL 60068
(847) 823-5122
wwwnelsonfuneralscom
Leak and Sons Funeral Chapels
7838 S Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 846-6567
18400 S Pulaski Rd
Country Club hills IL 60478
(708) 206-0860
Golden Gate Funeral Home
2036 West 79th
Street
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 846-7900
wwwgolengate-funeralhomecom
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REFERENCES Bibliography on lsquoNewrsquo African Migration to the United States
I Illinois-specific Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant Women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois Capehart Adrian S 2004 The Migration of Africans to the United States since 1960 Contexts Responses and Communities PhD Thesis Department of History University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago Illinois Encyclopedia of Chicago 2004 The Newberry Library wwwencyclopediachicagohistoryorg [Profiles of the African immigrant and refugee community are divided by nationality (eg Beninese Angolans
Congolese Kenyans etc)] Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6 Swanson Lorraine 2008 ldquoBrrrr Itrsquos Cold Refugees Prepare for their First Chicago Winterrdquo Chicago Journal October 22 II General Reference Overview Ethnography
Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
_____ (Bryce-Laporte Roy Simon) 1977 Visibility of the New Immigrants Society 1418-33 Chacko Elizabeth 2003 ldquoEthiopian Ethos and the Making of Ethnic Places in the Washington Metropolitan Areardquo Journal of Cultural Geography 20 Cunningham Jonathen and Sandra Svoboda 2006 ldquoThe New African-Americans Understanding a Wave of Immigration Battling Misperceptionsrdquo Metro Times November 1 Frazier Martin 2005 ldquoNew Dimensions ndash African immigrants in the USrdquo Peoplersquos Weekly World May 20
Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
52
Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
53
_____ 2007 Diaspora Dialogues Engagements Between Africa and its Diasporas at The New African Diaspora Assessing the Pains and Gains of Exile Binghamton University African ndash African-American Relations Racial ndash Ethnic Identity Black Diversity
Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
54
DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
55
Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
56
Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
3
Malian Community Association
Contact Mr Tibi
1759 W 95th
Chicago IL 60643
(312) 890-5921
fathitraorehotmailcom
Malawian Community
Contact Dalitso Sulamoyo
Email sulamoyoicaanetorg
Nigerian Community of Chicagoland
Contact David Olupitan
(773) 651-9098
Email infochicago-nigeriansorg
URL httpwwwchicago-nigerianorg
Somali Community of Metro Chicago
Contact Hussein Affey
Phone (312) 576-1074
Email husseinaffeygmailcom
Somali Community Ctr-Illinois
6355 N Broadway St Ste 17
Chicago IL 60660
Tel (773) 961-7511
South African Community Association
P O Box 409454
Chicago IL 60640
Contact Lorraine Makatu
Ph (847) 942-2904
Email dineogiftyahoocom
Sudanese Community Association
Contact Malual Mayol Awak
Ph (773) 727-5154
Email awamalualhotmailcom
URL wwwsudaneseofillinoisorg
The Association of Bennise of Illinois
Contact Bobby Dagnon
Ph (414) 232-6998
Email Bobbybtechsupportcom
Tanzanian Community Association-Midwest USA
Contact Eustace L Kaijage
20600 Promethian Way
Olympia Fields IL 60461
(708) 767-4841
wwwtanzaniamidwestusaorg
Togolese Community Association
Contact Kokou Aziki
(773) 841-1375
Email togoleseinchicagoyahoocom
Website wwwametocoorg
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
4
Ugandan Community in Greater Chicago Inc
Contact John Bisegerwa
Ph (708) 539-3208
Email
PO BOX 25097
CHICAGO IL 60625
Tel 847-652-4510
URL httpucigcorg
Association of Zimbabweans in Chicago
Contact Coco Ndlovu
Ph (773) 220-2045
Email coco693yahoocom
OTHER COMMUNITY- BASED ORGANIZATIONS
Akugbe-Oretin Club of Chicago
210 E 69th
St
Chicago IL 60637
Contact Lucky Osifo (president)
Tel (312)720-6662
Email infoakugbeoretinchicagoorg
URL wwwakugbeoretinchicagoorg
African Women Association
2051 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
Contact Henriette Negri (President)
Ph (773) 220-6771
Email sarafinamimieyahoocom
African Womenrsquos Organization Inc (AWO)
8631 S Normal Ave
Chicago IL 60620
Contact Felicia Johnson (Program Director)
Ph (773) 224-2300
Fax (773) 224-0848
Email awo123sbcglobalnet
American Friends Services Committee Great Lakes Regional Office
637 S Dearborn Suite 3
Chicago IL 60605
Contact Person
Margaret Jackson
Ph (312) 427-2533
Fax (312) 427-4171
Email majacksonafscorg
Amnesty International Midwest Regional Office
One North LaSalle Street
Suite 875
Chicago IL 60602
phone (312) 427-2060
fax (312) 427-2589
Email aiusamwaiusaorg
URL wwwamnestyusaorg
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago
Refugee Resettlement Program
651 W Lake St Suite 500
Chicago IL 60661
Ph (312) 655-7856
Fax (312) 879-0208
URL httpwwwcatholiccharitiesnet
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
5
Coalition of African Arab Asian European and Latino Immigrants of Illinois (CAAAELII)
4300 N Hermitage Ave
Chicago IL 60613
Contact Dale Asis
emaildasiscaaaeliiorg
Ph (773) 248-1019
Fax (312) 879-0208
URL wwwcaaaeliiorg
Global Alliance for Africa
703 West Monroe Street
Chicago IL 60661
Tel (312) 382-0607
Fax (312) 382-8850
Email administratorglobalallianeafricaorg
Website wwwglobalallianceafricaorg
Continental Africa Chamber of Commerce
Executive Director David Olupitan
2929 S Wabash Suite 203
Chicago IL 60616
Ph (312) 225-8400
Website wwwcontinentalaccorg
E-mail infocontinentalacc-tcorg
Edo North Association of Chicago
2324 Newport Drive
Naperville IL 60565
Contact Mr Goddy Tseumah (President)
(312) 339-5779
Email goddytseyahoocom
Email goddytsemsncom
Exodus World Service
PO Box 620
Itasca Illinois 60143-0620
Ph (630) 307-1400
Fax (630) 307-1430
Website httpe-w-sorg
Egbe Omo Yuroba of Greater Chicago
2401 E 97th
Street
Chicago IL 60617
Contact Abiola Popoola
(773) 641-2367
Email abiolapplyahoocom
Heartland Alliance for Human Needs amp Human Rights
208 S LaSalle St Suite 1818
Chicago IL 60604
Ph (312) 660-1300
Fax (312) 660-1500
Website wwwheartlandallianceorg
Ika National Association of Chicago
21823 Clyde Ave
Chicago Heights IL 60411
Contact Friday Dagholor
(312) 388-0012
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant amp Refugee Rights (ICIRR)
55 E Jackson Blvd Suite 2075
Chicago IL 60604
Ph (312) 332-7360
Fax (312) 332-7044
Website wwwicirrorg
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
Director HIVAIDS Research amp Policy Institute (HARPI)
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2046
aadefuyecsuedu
Akinmoladun Tunde PhD
Associate Professor Health sciences
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-3287
takincsuedu
Shaffdeen A Amuwo PhD MPH
Associate Dean
Clinical Associate Professor
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
43
Office of Urban Health and Diversity Program
University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health (MC 923)
1603 West Taylor Suite 1185
Chicago IL 60612-4394
(312) 996-1410
amuwouicedu
William Ebomoyi PhD
Professor Health Studies
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2527
eebomoyicsuedu
Veterinary Medicine
Ibulaimu Kakoma PhD
Associate Professor Pathobiology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Veterinary Medicine
3505 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Bd
2001 South Lincoln Ave
Urbana IL 61802
(217) 333-2449
[f] (217)244-7421
kakomaiuiucedu
Fine Arts
Samuel Akainyah
Instructor Humanities Fine Arts amp Theater
Kennedy King College
6301 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60621
(773) 602-5185
sakainyahcccedu
Education
Anghesom Atsbaha EdD
(Adult Education)
Assistant Professor Social Sciences
Director Truman-DePaul Adult Bridge Program
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4067
aatsbahacccedu
Bekisizwe Ndimande PhD
(Politics of curriculum Policies and practices in post-apartheid desegregated schools)
Assistant Professor Curriculum amp Instruction
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Education
315 Education Building
1310 S 6th St MC 708
Champaign IL 61820
(217) 244-5556
ndimandeillinoisedu
Dr Emma Theuri
County Extension Director
University of Illinois Extension
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
44
Will County Unit
100 Manhattan Rd
Joliet IL 60433
(815) 727-9296
emmatillinoisedu
wwwextensionuiuceduwill
Foreign Languages Linguistics
Dr Eyamba G Bokamba
Professor of Linguistics
Director Program in African Languages (PAL)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Linguistics
3154 Foreign Language Building
707 S Mathews Avenue MC-168
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-3051
bokambaillinoisedu
Dr Khadija Bounou
Loyola University Chicago
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (French)
Dame Hall Room 305
6525 N Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-2861
kbounoulucedu
Dr Evans Mwangi
Assistant Professor of English
Northwestern University
1897 Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60208
English Department
Office UH 326
(847) 491-3529 [Office]
Fax 847-467-1545
evan-mwanginorthwesternedu
Humanities
Literature Oral Traditions Poetry
Waiumll Hassan PhD
(Modern Arabic Anglophone and Francophone literatures)
Associate Professor Comparative and World Literature
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3072 Foreign Languages Building
MC-160
707 S Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 333-4987
whassanillinoisedu
Abdul-Rasheed NarsquoAllah PhD
Professor and Department Chair
Director Indigenous Africa and Diaspora Discourse Project (IADDP)
Western Illinois University
Department of African American Studies
Morgan Hall 232
1 University Circle
Macomb IL 61455-1390
(309) 298-1181
A-NaAllahwiuedu
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
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Michel Nguessan PhD
Associate Professor
Library amp Information Science
Associate Editor-In-Chief of International Journal of Library Science
Governors State University
University Library
Office D2407
University Park IL 60466-0975
(708) 235-2143
mnguessangovstedu
wwwgovstedulibrarynguessan
Dr Patricia Ogedengbe
Librarian of Africana
University Library
Northwestern University
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300
(847) 491-2936
p-ogedengbenorthwesternedu
Mathematics
Aboubacar Sidy-Sow
Harold Washington College
30 E Lake St 730
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-3411
saboubacar-sidycccedu
Public Affairs
George O Assibey-Mensah PhD
Associate Professor
Public Finance and Policy Analysis
Indiana University Northwest
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
OFFICE Lindenwood Hall 108
3400 Broadway
Gary IN 46408-1197
(219) 980-7102
gassibeyiunedu
Fassil Demissie PhD
(Urban Planning)
Associate Professor
Public Policy Studies
DePaul University
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2352 N Clifton Ave Suite 1501
Chicago IL 60614
Phone (773) 325-7356
Fax (773) 325-4062
fdemissidepauledu
Religion
M Sani Umar PhD
Associate Professor of Religion
Director ndash Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
Northwestern University
Program of African Studies
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 467-0692
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
46
m-umarnorthwesternedu
Social Sciences
History Misbahudeen Ahmed-Rufai
Assistant Professor
History and Social Sciences
Harold Washington College
30 East Lake St
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-5747
mahmed-rufaicccedu
Dr Theodora Ayot
North Park University
History Department
3225 West Foster Ave
Chicago IL 60625-4895
(773) 244-5744
tayotnorthparkedu
Ismael M Montana
Assistant Professor of History
Northern Illinois University
Department of History
DeKalb IL 60115-2893
(815) 753 8420
montananiuedu
ismaelmontanayahooca
Saidou Mohamed NrsquoDaou PhD
Professor of History
Chicago State University
William Science Building Room 315
9501 South King Drive
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2973
sndaouaolcom
Ogenga Otunnu PhD
(African History Immigration and Refugee Studies)
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of History
2320 N Kenmore Ave
Chicago IL 60614-3250
(773) 325-1555
ootunnudepauledu
Geography
Ezekiel Kalipeni PhD
(Medical Geography Population Studies Environmental Issues Health Care Africa)
Professor of Geography and African Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Geography
220 Davenport Hall MC-150
607 South Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-7708
kalipeniillinoisedu
Sociology
Abu Bakarr Bah PhD
Associate Professor
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
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Northern Illinois University
Department of Sociology
DeKalb IL 60115-2854
(815) 753-6427
(815) 753-0365
abahniuedu
Anthropology
Chapurukha M Kusimba
Curator of Anthropology
The Field Museum
1400 S Lake Shore Dr
Chicago IL 60605-2496
(312) 922-9410 [main]
ckusimbafieldmuseumorg
Political Science
Clement Eme Adibe PhD
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of Political Science
990 W Fullerton Suite 2200
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 325-1981
cadibedepauledu
Joseph K Hoereth
Associate Director
Institute of Policy and Civic Engagement (MC 097)
UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago)
1253 S Halsted Street Room 310
Chicago IL 60607
Ph (312) 355-0096
Fax (312) 355-0545
jhoerethuicedu
Edward Kasule PhD
Full-Time Instructor
Northeastern Illinois University
Department of Political Science
5500 N St Louis Ave CLS 2069
Chicago IL 60625
s-kasuleneiuedu
[2] Adjunct Faculty
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4739
skasulecccedu
STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS
African Student Organization
Illinois Institute of Technology
Jong Massaqoui (president)
3300 South Federal Street
Chicago IL 60616-3793
(312) 567-3000
asoiitedu
African Student Alliance
Loyola University Chicago
President Afia Ohemeng
Department of Student Diversity and Multicultural Affairs
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-3909
(773) 508-3895 [fax]
asaloyolaugmailcom
httpwwwfreewebscomlucafricanstudents
African Student Association
Northern Illinois University
Location Campus Life Building Suite 180
Phone (815) 753-0483
FAX (815) 753-0481
E-Mail studentassociationniuedu
wwwsaniuedu
Program of African Studies (PAS)
Northwestern University
Co-president Ama M Appenteng
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 491-7323
asanorthwesterngmailcom
wwwgroupsnorthwesterneduasa
International Student Services and Activities
Notre Dame University
100 Main Building
Notre Dame Indiana 46556 USA
Phone (574) 631-1138
Immigration Questions (574) 631-5243
Fax (574) 631-3162
E-mail issandedu
E-mail ndintlndedu
wwwissandedu
African Student Council
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
President Alpha Marwa
International student council
(618) 453-5264
wwwafscrsosiucedu
African and Caribbean Student Association
University of Chicago
Judith Kituku ndash President
kitukuuchicagoedu
Jennifer Kennedy ndash Advisor
jkennedyuchicagoedu
(773) 834-8252
African Student Council (ASC)
University of Illinois at Chicago
750 SHalsted Street (Student Center East Building Room 473)
Chicago IL 60607
President Adedrian Adeleke
asxuicgmailcom
COMMUNITY MEDIA
African Advocate
United African Organization
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Chicago IL 60616
(312) 949-9980
(312) 949-9981
infouniteafricansorg
wwwuniteafricansorg
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
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AFRIQUE Publishing Inc
6600 N Lincoln Ave Suite 240
Lincolnwood IL 60712
(773) 463 7200
OR
3525 W Peterson Ave Ste 200
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(773) 250-7200
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httpwwwafriquenewsmagazinecom
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Bolingbrook IL 60440
(630) 771-9069
(630) 771-9074
(630) 771-1163
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Crsquoest la vie
Unity in Diversity
Azaka M Ajanaku
Producer Director
Francophone Television at Chicago Access Network TV 21 Every Sunday at 10pm
(312) 972-9252
Chicago Defender
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Fax (312) 225-9231
httpwwwchicagodefendercom
The Chicago Inquirer
Postal address The Chicago Inquirer
POBOX 17056 Chicago IL 60617
Tel 773-382-1638
Fax 773-221-4872
httpwwwchicagoinquirercom
Maudlyne Ihejirika (Reporter)
Chicago Sun-Times
350 N Orleans St
Chicago IL 60654
(312) 321-2825
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Mashariki LEO
1449 E 72nd
Street
Chicago IL 60619
Postal Address PO BOX 19350
Chicago IL 60619
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3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
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Nelson Funeral Homes
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Chicago IL 60640
(773) 561-5147
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(847) 823-5122
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Chicago IL 60619
(773) 846-6567
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Country Club hills IL 60478
(708) 206-0860
Golden Gate Funeral Home
2036 West 79th
Street
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 846-7900
wwwgolengate-funeralhomecom
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51
REFERENCES Bibliography on lsquoNewrsquo African Migration to the United States
I Illinois-specific Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant Women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois Capehart Adrian S 2004 The Migration of Africans to the United States since 1960 Contexts Responses and Communities PhD Thesis Department of History University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago Illinois Encyclopedia of Chicago 2004 The Newberry Library wwwencyclopediachicagohistoryorg [Profiles of the African immigrant and refugee community are divided by nationality (eg Beninese Angolans
Congolese Kenyans etc)] Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6 Swanson Lorraine 2008 ldquoBrrrr Itrsquos Cold Refugees Prepare for their First Chicago Winterrdquo Chicago Journal October 22 II General Reference Overview Ethnography
Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
_____ (Bryce-Laporte Roy Simon) 1977 Visibility of the New Immigrants Society 1418-33 Chacko Elizabeth 2003 ldquoEthiopian Ethos and the Making of Ethnic Places in the Washington Metropolitan Areardquo Journal of Cultural Geography 20 Cunningham Jonathen and Sandra Svoboda 2006 ldquoThe New African-Americans Understanding a Wave of Immigration Battling Misperceptionsrdquo Metro Times November 1 Frazier Martin 2005 ldquoNew Dimensions ndash African immigrants in the USrdquo Peoplersquos Weekly World May 20
Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
52
Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
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infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
53
_____ 2007 Diaspora Dialogues Engagements Between Africa and its Diasporas at The New African Diaspora Assessing the Pains and Gains of Exile Binghamton University African ndash African-American Relations Racial ndash Ethnic Identity Black Diversity
Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
54
DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
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3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
55
Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
56
Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
4
Ugandan Community in Greater Chicago Inc
Contact John Bisegerwa
Ph (708) 539-3208
Email
PO BOX 25097
CHICAGO IL 60625
Tel 847-652-4510
URL httpucigcorg
Association of Zimbabweans in Chicago
Contact Coco Ndlovu
Ph (773) 220-2045
Email coco693yahoocom
OTHER COMMUNITY- BASED ORGANIZATIONS
Akugbe-Oretin Club of Chicago
210 E 69th
St
Chicago IL 60637
Contact Lucky Osifo (president)
Tel (312)720-6662
Email infoakugbeoretinchicagoorg
URL wwwakugbeoretinchicagoorg
African Women Association
2051 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
Contact Henriette Negri (President)
Ph (773) 220-6771
Email sarafinamimieyahoocom
African Womenrsquos Organization Inc (AWO)
8631 S Normal Ave
Chicago IL 60620
Contact Felicia Johnson (Program Director)
Ph (773) 224-2300
Fax (773) 224-0848
Email awo123sbcglobalnet
American Friends Services Committee Great Lakes Regional Office
637 S Dearborn Suite 3
Chicago IL 60605
Contact Person
Margaret Jackson
Ph (312) 427-2533
Fax (312) 427-4171
Email majacksonafscorg
Amnesty International Midwest Regional Office
One North LaSalle Street
Suite 875
Chicago IL 60602
phone (312) 427-2060
fax (312) 427-2589
Email aiusamwaiusaorg
URL wwwamnestyusaorg
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago
Refugee Resettlement Program
651 W Lake St Suite 500
Chicago IL 60661
Ph (312) 655-7856
Fax (312) 879-0208
URL httpwwwcatholiccharitiesnet
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
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5
Coalition of African Arab Asian European and Latino Immigrants of Illinois (CAAAELII)
4300 N Hermitage Ave
Chicago IL 60613
Contact Dale Asis
emaildasiscaaaeliiorg
Ph (773) 248-1019
Fax (312) 879-0208
URL wwwcaaaeliiorg
Global Alliance for Africa
703 West Monroe Street
Chicago IL 60661
Tel (312) 382-0607
Fax (312) 382-8850
Email administratorglobalallianeafricaorg
Website wwwglobalallianceafricaorg
Continental Africa Chamber of Commerce
Executive Director David Olupitan
2929 S Wabash Suite 203
Chicago IL 60616
Ph (312) 225-8400
Website wwwcontinentalaccorg
E-mail infocontinentalacc-tcorg
Edo North Association of Chicago
2324 Newport Drive
Naperville IL 60565
Contact Mr Goddy Tseumah (President)
(312) 339-5779
Email goddytseyahoocom
Email goddytsemsncom
Exodus World Service
PO Box 620
Itasca Illinois 60143-0620
Ph (630) 307-1400
Fax (630) 307-1430
Website httpe-w-sorg
Egbe Omo Yuroba of Greater Chicago
2401 E 97th
Street
Chicago IL 60617
Contact Abiola Popoola
(773) 641-2367
Email abiolapplyahoocom
Heartland Alliance for Human Needs amp Human Rights
208 S LaSalle St Suite 1818
Chicago IL 60604
Ph (312) 660-1300
Fax (312) 660-1500
Website wwwheartlandallianceorg
Ika National Association of Chicago
21823 Clyde Ave
Chicago Heights IL 60411
Contact Friday Dagholor
(312) 388-0012
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55 E Jackson Blvd Suite 2075
Chicago IL 60604
Ph (312) 332-7360
Fax (312) 332-7044
Website wwwicirrorg
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Director HIVAIDS Research amp Policy Institute (HARPI)
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2046
aadefuyecsuedu
Akinmoladun Tunde PhD
Associate Professor Health sciences
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-3287
takincsuedu
Shaffdeen A Amuwo PhD MPH
Associate Dean
Clinical Associate Professor
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Office of Urban Health and Diversity Program
University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health (MC 923)
1603 West Taylor Suite 1185
Chicago IL 60612-4394
(312) 996-1410
amuwouicedu
William Ebomoyi PhD
Professor Health Studies
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2527
eebomoyicsuedu
Veterinary Medicine
Ibulaimu Kakoma PhD
Associate Professor Pathobiology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Veterinary Medicine
3505 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Bd
2001 South Lincoln Ave
Urbana IL 61802
(217) 333-2449
[f] (217)244-7421
kakomaiuiucedu
Fine Arts
Samuel Akainyah
Instructor Humanities Fine Arts amp Theater
Kennedy King College
6301 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60621
(773) 602-5185
sakainyahcccedu
Education
Anghesom Atsbaha EdD
(Adult Education)
Assistant Professor Social Sciences
Director Truman-DePaul Adult Bridge Program
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4067
aatsbahacccedu
Bekisizwe Ndimande PhD
(Politics of curriculum Policies and practices in post-apartheid desegregated schools)
Assistant Professor Curriculum amp Instruction
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Education
315 Education Building
1310 S 6th St MC 708
Champaign IL 61820
(217) 244-5556
ndimandeillinoisedu
Dr Emma Theuri
County Extension Director
University of Illinois Extension
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Will County Unit
100 Manhattan Rd
Joliet IL 60433
(815) 727-9296
emmatillinoisedu
wwwextensionuiuceduwill
Foreign Languages Linguistics
Dr Eyamba G Bokamba
Professor of Linguistics
Director Program in African Languages (PAL)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Linguistics
3154 Foreign Language Building
707 S Mathews Avenue MC-168
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-3051
bokambaillinoisedu
Dr Khadija Bounou
Loyola University Chicago
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (French)
Dame Hall Room 305
6525 N Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-2861
kbounoulucedu
Dr Evans Mwangi
Assistant Professor of English
Northwestern University
1897 Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60208
English Department
Office UH 326
(847) 491-3529 [Office]
Fax 847-467-1545
evan-mwanginorthwesternedu
Humanities
Literature Oral Traditions Poetry
Waiumll Hassan PhD
(Modern Arabic Anglophone and Francophone literatures)
Associate Professor Comparative and World Literature
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3072 Foreign Languages Building
MC-160
707 S Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 333-4987
whassanillinoisedu
Abdul-Rasheed NarsquoAllah PhD
Professor and Department Chair
Director Indigenous Africa and Diaspora Discourse Project (IADDP)
Western Illinois University
Department of African American Studies
Morgan Hall 232
1 University Circle
Macomb IL 61455-1390
(309) 298-1181
A-NaAllahwiuedu
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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Michel Nguessan PhD
Associate Professor
Library amp Information Science
Associate Editor-In-Chief of International Journal of Library Science
Governors State University
University Library
Office D2407
University Park IL 60466-0975
(708) 235-2143
mnguessangovstedu
wwwgovstedulibrarynguessan
Dr Patricia Ogedengbe
Librarian of Africana
University Library
Northwestern University
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300
(847) 491-2936
p-ogedengbenorthwesternedu
Mathematics
Aboubacar Sidy-Sow
Harold Washington College
30 E Lake St 730
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-3411
saboubacar-sidycccedu
Public Affairs
George O Assibey-Mensah PhD
Associate Professor
Public Finance and Policy Analysis
Indiana University Northwest
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
OFFICE Lindenwood Hall 108
3400 Broadway
Gary IN 46408-1197
(219) 980-7102
gassibeyiunedu
Fassil Demissie PhD
(Urban Planning)
Associate Professor
Public Policy Studies
DePaul University
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2352 N Clifton Ave Suite 1501
Chicago IL 60614
Phone (773) 325-7356
Fax (773) 325-4062
fdemissidepauledu
Religion
M Sani Umar PhD
Associate Professor of Religion
Director ndash Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
Northwestern University
Program of African Studies
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 467-0692
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m-umarnorthwesternedu
Social Sciences
History Misbahudeen Ahmed-Rufai
Assistant Professor
History and Social Sciences
Harold Washington College
30 East Lake St
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-5747
mahmed-rufaicccedu
Dr Theodora Ayot
North Park University
History Department
3225 West Foster Ave
Chicago IL 60625-4895
(773) 244-5744
tayotnorthparkedu
Ismael M Montana
Assistant Professor of History
Northern Illinois University
Department of History
DeKalb IL 60115-2893
(815) 753 8420
montananiuedu
ismaelmontanayahooca
Saidou Mohamed NrsquoDaou PhD
Professor of History
Chicago State University
William Science Building Room 315
9501 South King Drive
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2973
sndaouaolcom
Ogenga Otunnu PhD
(African History Immigration and Refugee Studies)
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of History
2320 N Kenmore Ave
Chicago IL 60614-3250
(773) 325-1555
ootunnudepauledu
Geography
Ezekiel Kalipeni PhD
(Medical Geography Population Studies Environmental Issues Health Care Africa)
Professor of Geography and African Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Geography
220 Davenport Hall MC-150
607 South Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-7708
kalipeniillinoisedu
Sociology
Abu Bakarr Bah PhD
Associate Professor
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Department of Sociology
DeKalb IL 60115-2854
(815) 753-6427
(815) 753-0365
abahniuedu
Anthropology
Chapurukha M Kusimba
Curator of Anthropology
The Field Museum
1400 S Lake Shore Dr
Chicago IL 60605-2496
(312) 922-9410 [main]
ckusimbafieldmuseumorg
Political Science
Clement Eme Adibe PhD
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of Political Science
990 W Fullerton Suite 2200
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 325-1981
cadibedepauledu
Joseph K Hoereth
Associate Director
Institute of Policy and Civic Engagement (MC 097)
UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago)
1253 S Halsted Street Room 310
Chicago IL 60607
Ph (312) 355-0096
Fax (312) 355-0545
jhoerethuicedu
Edward Kasule PhD
Full-Time Instructor
Northeastern Illinois University
Department of Political Science
5500 N St Louis Ave CLS 2069
Chicago IL 60625
s-kasuleneiuedu
[2] Adjunct Faculty
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4739
skasulecccedu
STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS
African Student Organization
Illinois Institute of Technology
Jong Massaqoui (president)
3300 South Federal Street
Chicago IL 60616-3793
(312) 567-3000
asoiitedu
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Loyola University Chicago
President Afia Ohemeng
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Phone (815) 753-0483
FAX (815) 753-0481
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wwwsaniuedu
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Northwestern University
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Evanston IL 60208
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wwwgroupsnorthwesterneduasa
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Notre Dame University
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Phone (574) 631-1138
Immigration Questions (574) 631-5243
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E-mail ndintlndedu
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President Alpha Marwa
International student council
(618) 453-5264
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Judith Kituku ndash President
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(773) 834-8252
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University of Illinois at Chicago
750 SHalsted Street (Student Center East Building Room 473)
Chicago IL 60607
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(312) 949-9981
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wwwuniteafricansorg
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Crsquoest la vie
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Francophone Television at Chicago Access Network TV 21 Every Sunday at 10pm
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Chicago IL 60619
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Street
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Congolese Kenyans etc)] Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6 Swanson Lorraine 2008 ldquoBrrrr Itrsquos Cold Refugees Prepare for their First Chicago Winterrdquo Chicago Journal October 22 II General Reference Overview Ethnography
Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
_____ (Bryce-Laporte Roy Simon) 1977 Visibility of the New Immigrants Society 1418-33 Chacko Elizabeth 2003 ldquoEthiopian Ethos and the Making of Ethnic Places in the Washington Metropolitan Areardquo Journal of Cultural Geography 20 Cunningham Jonathen and Sandra Svoboda 2006 ldquoThe New African-Americans Understanding a Wave of Immigration Battling Misperceptionsrdquo Metro Times November 1 Frazier Martin 2005 ldquoNew Dimensions ndash African immigrants in the USrdquo Peoplersquos Weekly World May 20
Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
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52
Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
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53
_____ 2007 Diaspora Dialogues Engagements Between Africa and its Diasporas at The New African Diaspora Assessing the Pains and Gains of Exile Binghamton University African ndash African-American Relations Racial ndash Ethnic Identity Black Diversity
Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
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54
DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
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55
Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
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Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
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Coalition of African Arab Asian European and Latino Immigrants of Illinois (CAAAELII)
4300 N Hermitage Ave
Chicago IL 60613
Contact Dale Asis
emaildasiscaaaeliiorg
Ph (773) 248-1019
Fax (312) 879-0208
URL wwwcaaaeliiorg
Global Alliance for Africa
703 West Monroe Street
Chicago IL 60661
Tel (312) 382-0607
Fax (312) 382-8850
Email administratorglobalallianeafricaorg
Website wwwglobalallianceafricaorg
Continental Africa Chamber of Commerce
Executive Director David Olupitan
2929 S Wabash Suite 203
Chicago IL 60616
Ph (312) 225-8400
Website wwwcontinentalaccorg
E-mail infocontinentalacc-tcorg
Edo North Association of Chicago
2324 Newport Drive
Naperville IL 60565
Contact Mr Goddy Tseumah (President)
(312) 339-5779
Email goddytseyahoocom
Email goddytsemsncom
Exodus World Service
PO Box 620
Itasca Illinois 60143-0620
Ph (630) 307-1400
Fax (630) 307-1430
Website httpe-w-sorg
Egbe Omo Yuroba of Greater Chicago
2401 E 97th
Street
Chicago IL 60617
Contact Abiola Popoola
(773) 641-2367
Email abiolapplyahoocom
Heartland Alliance for Human Needs amp Human Rights
208 S LaSalle St Suite 1818
Chicago IL 60604
Ph (312) 660-1300
Fax (312) 660-1500
Website wwwheartlandallianceorg
Ika National Association of Chicago
21823 Clyde Ave
Chicago Heights IL 60411
Contact Friday Dagholor
(312) 388-0012
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55 E Jackson Blvd Suite 2075
Chicago IL 60604
Ph (312) 332-7360
Fax (312) 332-7044
Website wwwicirrorg
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Director HIVAIDS Research amp Policy Institute (HARPI)
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2046
aadefuyecsuedu
Akinmoladun Tunde PhD
Associate Professor Health sciences
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-3287
takincsuedu
Shaffdeen A Amuwo PhD MPH
Associate Dean
Clinical Associate Professor
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Office of Urban Health and Diversity Program
University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health (MC 923)
1603 West Taylor Suite 1185
Chicago IL 60612-4394
(312) 996-1410
amuwouicedu
William Ebomoyi PhD
Professor Health Studies
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2527
eebomoyicsuedu
Veterinary Medicine
Ibulaimu Kakoma PhD
Associate Professor Pathobiology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Veterinary Medicine
3505 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Bd
2001 South Lincoln Ave
Urbana IL 61802
(217) 333-2449
[f] (217)244-7421
kakomaiuiucedu
Fine Arts
Samuel Akainyah
Instructor Humanities Fine Arts amp Theater
Kennedy King College
6301 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60621
(773) 602-5185
sakainyahcccedu
Education
Anghesom Atsbaha EdD
(Adult Education)
Assistant Professor Social Sciences
Director Truman-DePaul Adult Bridge Program
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4067
aatsbahacccedu
Bekisizwe Ndimande PhD
(Politics of curriculum Policies and practices in post-apartheid desegregated schools)
Assistant Professor Curriculum amp Instruction
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Education
315 Education Building
1310 S 6th St MC 708
Champaign IL 61820
(217) 244-5556
ndimandeillinoisedu
Dr Emma Theuri
County Extension Director
University of Illinois Extension
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Will County Unit
100 Manhattan Rd
Joliet IL 60433
(815) 727-9296
emmatillinoisedu
wwwextensionuiuceduwill
Foreign Languages Linguistics
Dr Eyamba G Bokamba
Professor of Linguistics
Director Program in African Languages (PAL)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Linguistics
3154 Foreign Language Building
707 S Mathews Avenue MC-168
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-3051
bokambaillinoisedu
Dr Khadija Bounou
Loyola University Chicago
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (French)
Dame Hall Room 305
6525 N Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-2861
kbounoulucedu
Dr Evans Mwangi
Assistant Professor of English
Northwestern University
1897 Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60208
English Department
Office UH 326
(847) 491-3529 [Office]
Fax 847-467-1545
evan-mwanginorthwesternedu
Humanities
Literature Oral Traditions Poetry
Waiumll Hassan PhD
(Modern Arabic Anglophone and Francophone literatures)
Associate Professor Comparative and World Literature
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3072 Foreign Languages Building
MC-160
707 S Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 333-4987
whassanillinoisedu
Abdul-Rasheed NarsquoAllah PhD
Professor and Department Chair
Director Indigenous Africa and Diaspora Discourse Project (IADDP)
Western Illinois University
Department of African American Studies
Morgan Hall 232
1 University Circle
Macomb IL 61455-1390
(309) 298-1181
A-NaAllahwiuedu
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45
Michel Nguessan PhD
Associate Professor
Library amp Information Science
Associate Editor-In-Chief of International Journal of Library Science
Governors State University
University Library
Office D2407
University Park IL 60466-0975
(708) 235-2143
mnguessangovstedu
wwwgovstedulibrarynguessan
Dr Patricia Ogedengbe
Librarian of Africana
University Library
Northwestern University
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300
(847) 491-2936
p-ogedengbenorthwesternedu
Mathematics
Aboubacar Sidy-Sow
Harold Washington College
30 E Lake St 730
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-3411
saboubacar-sidycccedu
Public Affairs
George O Assibey-Mensah PhD
Associate Professor
Public Finance and Policy Analysis
Indiana University Northwest
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
OFFICE Lindenwood Hall 108
3400 Broadway
Gary IN 46408-1197
(219) 980-7102
gassibeyiunedu
Fassil Demissie PhD
(Urban Planning)
Associate Professor
Public Policy Studies
DePaul University
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2352 N Clifton Ave Suite 1501
Chicago IL 60614
Phone (773) 325-7356
Fax (773) 325-4062
fdemissidepauledu
Religion
M Sani Umar PhD
Associate Professor of Religion
Director ndash Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
Northwestern University
Program of African Studies
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 467-0692
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46
m-umarnorthwesternedu
Social Sciences
History Misbahudeen Ahmed-Rufai
Assistant Professor
History and Social Sciences
Harold Washington College
30 East Lake St
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-5747
mahmed-rufaicccedu
Dr Theodora Ayot
North Park University
History Department
3225 West Foster Ave
Chicago IL 60625-4895
(773) 244-5744
tayotnorthparkedu
Ismael M Montana
Assistant Professor of History
Northern Illinois University
Department of History
DeKalb IL 60115-2893
(815) 753 8420
montananiuedu
ismaelmontanayahooca
Saidou Mohamed NrsquoDaou PhD
Professor of History
Chicago State University
William Science Building Room 315
9501 South King Drive
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2973
sndaouaolcom
Ogenga Otunnu PhD
(African History Immigration and Refugee Studies)
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of History
2320 N Kenmore Ave
Chicago IL 60614-3250
(773) 325-1555
ootunnudepauledu
Geography
Ezekiel Kalipeni PhD
(Medical Geography Population Studies Environmental Issues Health Care Africa)
Professor of Geography and African Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Geography
220 Davenport Hall MC-150
607 South Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-7708
kalipeniillinoisedu
Sociology
Abu Bakarr Bah PhD
Associate Professor
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Northern Illinois University
Department of Sociology
DeKalb IL 60115-2854
(815) 753-6427
(815) 753-0365
abahniuedu
Anthropology
Chapurukha M Kusimba
Curator of Anthropology
The Field Museum
1400 S Lake Shore Dr
Chicago IL 60605-2496
(312) 922-9410 [main]
ckusimbafieldmuseumorg
Political Science
Clement Eme Adibe PhD
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of Political Science
990 W Fullerton Suite 2200
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 325-1981
cadibedepauledu
Joseph K Hoereth
Associate Director
Institute of Policy and Civic Engagement (MC 097)
UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago)
1253 S Halsted Street Room 310
Chicago IL 60607
Ph (312) 355-0096
Fax (312) 355-0545
jhoerethuicedu
Edward Kasule PhD
Full-Time Instructor
Northeastern Illinois University
Department of Political Science
5500 N St Louis Ave CLS 2069
Chicago IL 60625
s-kasuleneiuedu
[2] Adjunct Faculty
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4739
skasulecccedu
STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS
African Student Organization
Illinois Institute of Technology
Jong Massaqoui (president)
3300 South Federal Street
Chicago IL 60616-3793
(312) 567-3000
asoiitedu
African Student Alliance
Loyola University Chicago
President Afia Ohemeng
Department of Student Diversity and Multicultural Affairs
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Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-3909
(773) 508-3895 [fax]
asaloyolaugmailcom
httpwwwfreewebscomlucafricanstudents
African Student Association
Northern Illinois University
Location Campus Life Building Suite 180
Phone (815) 753-0483
FAX (815) 753-0481
E-Mail studentassociationniuedu
wwwsaniuedu
Program of African Studies (PAS)
Northwestern University
Co-president Ama M Appenteng
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 491-7323
asanorthwesterngmailcom
wwwgroupsnorthwesterneduasa
International Student Services and Activities
Notre Dame University
100 Main Building
Notre Dame Indiana 46556 USA
Phone (574) 631-1138
Immigration Questions (574) 631-5243
Fax (574) 631-3162
E-mail issandedu
E-mail ndintlndedu
wwwissandedu
African Student Council
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
President Alpha Marwa
International student council
(618) 453-5264
wwwafscrsosiucedu
African and Caribbean Student Association
University of Chicago
Judith Kituku ndash President
kitukuuchicagoedu
Jennifer Kennedy ndash Advisor
jkennedyuchicagoedu
(773) 834-8252
African Student Council (ASC)
University of Illinois at Chicago
750 SHalsted Street (Student Center East Building Room 473)
Chicago IL 60607
President Adedrian Adeleke
asxuicgmailcom
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African Advocate
United African Organization
3424 S State St Suite 3C8-2
Chicago IL 60616
(312) 949-9980
(312) 949-9981
infouniteafricansorg
wwwuniteafricansorg
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AFRIQUE Publishing Inc
6600 N Lincoln Ave Suite 240
Lincolnwood IL 60712
(773) 463 7200
OR
3525 W Peterson Ave Ste 200
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(773) 250-7200
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httpwwwafriquenewsmagazinecom
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Bolingbrook IL 60440
(630) 771-9069
(630) 771-9074
(630) 771-1163
africanspectrumaolcom
Crsquoest la vie
Unity in Diversity
Azaka M Ajanaku
Producer Director
Francophone Television at Chicago Access Network TV 21 Every Sunday at 10pm
(312) 972-9252
Chicago Defender
4445 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Drive
Chicago IL 60653
(312) 225-2400
Fax (312) 225-9231
httpwwwchicagodefendercom
The Chicago Inquirer
Postal address The Chicago Inquirer
POBOX 17056 Chicago IL 60617
Tel 773-382-1638
Fax 773-221-4872
httpwwwchicagoinquirercom
Maudlyne Ihejirika (Reporter)
Chicago Sun-Times
350 N Orleans St
Chicago IL 60654
(312) 321-2825
mihejirikasuntimescom
Mashariki LEO
1449 E 72nd
Street
Chicago IL 60619
Postal Address PO BOX 19350
Chicago IL 60619
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(847) 823-5122
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Chicago IL 60619
(773) 846-6567
18400 S Pulaski Rd
Country Club hills IL 60478
(708) 206-0860
Golden Gate Funeral Home
2036 West 79th
Street
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 846-7900
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Congolese Kenyans etc)] Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6 Swanson Lorraine 2008 ldquoBrrrr Itrsquos Cold Refugees Prepare for their First Chicago Winterrdquo Chicago Journal October 22 II General Reference Overview Ethnography
Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
_____ (Bryce-Laporte Roy Simon) 1977 Visibility of the New Immigrants Society 1418-33 Chacko Elizabeth 2003 ldquoEthiopian Ethos and the Making of Ethnic Places in the Washington Metropolitan Areardquo Journal of Cultural Geography 20 Cunningham Jonathen and Sandra Svoboda 2006 ldquoThe New African-Americans Understanding a Wave of Immigration Battling Misperceptionsrdquo Metro Times November 1 Frazier Martin 2005 ldquoNew Dimensions ndash African immigrants in the USrdquo Peoplersquos Weekly World May 20
Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
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52
Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
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53
_____ 2007 Diaspora Dialogues Engagements Between Africa and its Diasporas at The New African Diaspora Assessing the Pains and Gains of Exile Binghamton University African ndash African-American Relations Racial ndash Ethnic Identity Black Diversity
Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
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54
DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
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infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
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Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
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Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
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Director HIVAIDS Research amp Policy Institute (HARPI)
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2046
aadefuyecsuedu
Akinmoladun Tunde PhD
Associate Professor Health sciences
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-3287
takincsuedu
Shaffdeen A Amuwo PhD MPH
Associate Dean
Clinical Associate Professor
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University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health (MC 923)
1603 West Taylor Suite 1185
Chicago IL 60612-4394
(312) 996-1410
amuwouicedu
William Ebomoyi PhD
Professor Health Studies
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2527
eebomoyicsuedu
Veterinary Medicine
Ibulaimu Kakoma PhD
Associate Professor Pathobiology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Veterinary Medicine
3505 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Bd
2001 South Lincoln Ave
Urbana IL 61802
(217) 333-2449
[f] (217)244-7421
kakomaiuiucedu
Fine Arts
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Instructor Humanities Fine Arts amp Theater
Kennedy King College
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(773) 602-5185
sakainyahcccedu
Education
Anghesom Atsbaha EdD
(Adult Education)
Assistant Professor Social Sciences
Director Truman-DePaul Adult Bridge Program
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4067
aatsbahacccedu
Bekisizwe Ndimande PhD
(Politics of curriculum Policies and practices in post-apartheid desegregated schools)
Assistant Professor Curriculum amp Instruction
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Education
315 Education Building
1310 S 6th St MC 708
Champaign IL 61820
(217) 244-5556
ndimandeillinoisedu
Dr Emma Theuri
County Extension Director
University of Illinois Extension
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100 Manhattan Rd
Joliet IL 60433
(815) 727-9296
emmatillinoisedu
wwwextensionuiuceduwill
Foreign Languages Linguistics
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Professor of Linguistics
Director Program in African Languages (PAL)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Linguistics
3154 Foreign Language Building
707 S Mathews Avenue MC-168
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-3051
bokambaillinoisedu
Dr Khadija Bounou
Loyola University Chicago
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (French)
Dame Hall Room 305
6525 N Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-2861
kbounoulucedu
Dr Evans Mwangi
Assistant Professor of English
Northwestern University
1897 Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60208
English Department
Office UH 326
(847) 491-3529 [Office]
Fax 847-467-1545
evan-mwanginorthwesternedu
Humanities
Literature Oral Traditions Poetry
Waiumll Hassan PhD
(Modern Arabic Anglophone and Francophone literatures)
Associate Professor Comparative and World Literature
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3072 Foreign Languages Building
MC-160
707 S Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 333-4987
whassanillinoisedu
Abdul-Rasheed NarsquoAllah PhD
Professor and Department Chair
Director Indigenous Africa and Diaspora Discourse Project (IADDP)
Western Illinois University
Department of African American Studies
Morgan Hall 232
1 University Circle
Macomb IL 61455-1390
(309) 298-1181
A-NaAllahwiuedu
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Associate Professor
Library amp Information Science
Associate Editor-In-Chief of International Journal of Library Science
Governors State University
University Library
Office D2407
University Park IL 60466-0975
(708) 235-2143
mnguessangovstedu
wwwgovstedulibrarynguessan
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Librarian of Africana
University Library
Northwestern University
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300
(847) 491-2936
p-ogedengbenorthwesternedu
Mathematics
Aboubacar Sidy-Sow
Harold Washington College
30 E Lake St 730
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-3411
saboubacar-sidycccedu
Public Affairs
George O Assibey-Mensah PhD
Associate Professor
Public Finance and Policy Analysis
Indiana University Northwest
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
OFFICE Lindenwood Hall 108
3400 Broadway
Gary IN 46408-1197
(219) 980-7102
gassibeyiunedu
Fassil Demissie PhD
(Urban Planning)
Associate Professor
Public Policy Studies
DePaul University
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2352 N Clifton Ave Suite 1501
Chicago IL 60614
Phone (773) 325-7356
Fax (773) 325-4062
fdemissidepauledu
Religion
M Sani Umar PhD
Associate Professor of Religion
Director ndash Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
Northwestern University
Program of African Studies
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 467-0692
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m-umarnorthwesternedu
Social Sciences
History Misbahudeen Ahmed-Rufai
Assistant Professor
History and Social Sciences
Harold Washington College
30 East Lake St
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-5747
mahmed-rufaicccedu
Dr Theodora Ayot
North Park University
History Department
3225 West Foster Ave
Chicago IL 60625-4895
(773) 244-5744
tayotnorthparkedu
Ismael M Montana
Assistant Professor of History
Northern Illinois University
Department of History
DeKalb IL 60115-2893
(815) 753 8420
montananiuedu
ismaelmontanayahooca
Saidou Mohamed NrsquoDaou PhD
Professor of History
Chicago State University
William Science Building Room 315
9501 South King Drive
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2973
sndaouaolcom
Ogenga Otunnu PhD
(African History Immigration and Refugee Studies)
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of History
2320 N Kenmore Ave
Chicago IL 60614-3250
(773) 325-1555
ootunnudepauledu
Geography
Ezekiel Kalipeni PhD
(Medical Geography Population Studies Environmental Issues Health Care Africa)
Professor of Geography and African Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Geography
220 Davenport Hall MC-150
607 South Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-7708
kalipeniillinoisedu
Sociology
Abu Bakarr Bah PhD
Associate Professor
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Department of Sociology
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(815) 753-6427
(815) 753-0365
abahniuedu
Anthropology
Chapurukha M Kusimba
Curator of Anthropology
The Field Museum
1400 S Lake Shore Dr
Chicago IL 60605-2496
(312) 922-9410 [main]
ckusimbafieldmuseumorg
Political Science
Clement Eme Adibe PhD
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of Political Science
990 W Fullerton Suite 2200
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 325-1981
cadibedepauledu
Joseph K Hoereth
Associate Director
Institute of Policy and Civic Engagement (MC 097)
UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago)
1253 S Halsted Street Room 310
Chicago IL 60607
Ph (312) 355-0096
Fax (312) 355-0545
jhoerethuicedu
Edward Kasule PhD
Full-Time Instructor
Northeastern Illinois University
Department of Political Science
5500 N St Louis Ave CLS 2069
Chicago IL 60625
s-kasuleneiuedu
[2] Adjunct Faculty
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4739
skasulecccedu
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Jong Massaqoui (president)
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wwwsaniuedu
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wwwgroupsnorthwesterneduasa
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Immigration Questions (574) 631-5243
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(618) 453-5264
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(773) 834-8252
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University of Illinois at Chicago
750 SHalsted Street (Student Center East Building Room 473)
Chicago IL 60607
President Adedrian Adeleke
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Chicago IL 60619
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Chicago IL 60619
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Street
Chicago IL 60620
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Congolese Kenyans etc)] Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6 Swanson Lorraine 2008 ldquoBrrrr Itrsquos Cold Refugees Prepare for their First Chicago Winterrdquo Chicago Journal October 22 II General Reference Overview Ethnography
Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
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Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
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Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
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Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
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DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
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Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
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Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
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Director HIVAIDS Research amp Policy Institute (HARPI)
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2046
aadefuyecsuedu
Akinmoladun Tunde PhD
Associate Professor Health sciences
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-3287
takincsuedu
Shaffdeen A Amuwo PhD MPH
Associate Dean
Clinical Associate Professor
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University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health (MC 923)
1603 West Taylor Suite 1185
Chicago IL 60612-4394
(312) 996-1410
amuwouicedu
William Ebomoyi PhD
Professor Health Studies
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2527
eebomoyicsuedu
Veterinary Medicine
Ibulaimu Kakoma PhD
Associate Professor Pathobiology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Veterinary Medicine
3505 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Bd
2001 South Lincoln Ave
Urbana IL 61802
(217) 333-2449
[f] (217)244-7421
kakomaiuiucedu
Fine Arts
Samuel Akainyah
Instructor Humanities Fine Arts amp Theater
Kennedy King College
6301 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60621
(773) 602-5185
sakainyahcccedu
Education
Anghesom Atsbaha EdD
(Adult Education)
Assistant Professor Social Sciences
Director Truman-DePaul Adult Bridge Program
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4067
aatsbahacccedu
Bekisizwe Ndimande PhD
(Politics of curriculum Policies and practices in post-apartheid desegregated schools)
Assistant Professor Curriculum amp Instruction
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Education
315 Education Building
1310 S 6th St MC 708
Champaign IL 61820
(217) 244-5556
ndimandeillinoisedu
Dr Emma Theuri
County Extension Director
University of Illinois Extension
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100 Manhattan Rd
Joliet IL 60433
(815) 727-9296
emmatillinoisedu
wwwextensionuiuceduwill
Foreign Languages Linguistics
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Professor of Linguistics
Director Program in African Languages (PAL)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Linguistics
3154 Foreign Language Building
707 S Mathews Avenue MC-168
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-3051
bokambaillinoisedu
Dr Khadija Bounou
Loyola University Chicago
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (French)
Dame Hall Room 305
6525 N Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-2861
kbounoulucedu
Dr Evans Mwangi
Assistant Professor of English
Northwestern University
1897 Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60208
English Department
Office UH 326
(847) 491-3529 [Office]
Fax 847-467-1545
evan-mwanginorthwesternedu
Humanities
Literature Oral Traditions Poetry
Waiumll Hassan PhD
(Modern Arabic Anglophone and Francophone literatures)
Associate Professor Comparative and World Literature
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3072 Foreign Languages Building
MC-160
707 S Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 333-4987
whassanillinoisedu
Abdul-Rasheed NarsquoAllah PhD
Professor and Department Chair
Director Indigenous Africa and Diaspora Discourse Project (IADDP)
Western Illinois University
Department of African American Studies
Morgan Hall 232
1 University Circle
Macomb IL 61455-1390
(309) 298-1181
A-NaAllahwiuedu
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Associate Professor
Library amp Information Science
Associate Editor-In-Chief of International Journal of Library Science
Governors State University
University Library
Office D2407
University Park IL 60466-0975
(708) 235-2143
mnguessangovstedu
wwwgovstedulibrarynguessan
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Librarian of Africana
University Library
Northwestern University
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300
(847) 491-2936
p-ogedengbenorthwesternedu
Mathematics
Aboubacar Sidy-Sow
Harold Washington College
30 E Lake St 730
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-3411
saboubacar-sidycccedu
Public Affairs
George O Assibey-Mensah PhD
Associate Professor
Public Finance and Policy Analysis
Indiana University Northwest
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
OFFICE Lindenwood Hall 108
3400 Broadway
Gary IN 46408-1197
(219) 980-7102
gassibeyiunedu
Fassil Demissie PhD
(Urban Planning)
Associate Professor
Public Policy Studies
DePaul University
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2352 N Clifton Ave Suite 1501
Chicago IL 60614
Phone (773) 325-7356
Fax (773) 325-4062
fdemissidepauledu
Religion
M Sani Umar PhD
Associate Professor of Religion
Director ndash Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
Northwestern University
Program of African Studies
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 467-0692
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m-umarnorthwesternedu
Social Sciences
History Misbahudeen Ahmed-Rufai
Assistant Professor
History and Social Sciences
Harold Washington College
30 East Lake St
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-5747
mahmed-rufaicccedu
Dr Theodora Ayot
North Park University
History Department
3225 West Foster Ave
Chicago IL 60625-4895
(773) 244-5744
tayotnorthparkedu
Ismael M Montana
Assistant Professor of History
Northern Illinois University
Department of History
DeKalb IL 60115-2893
(815) 753 8420
montananiuedu
ismaelmontanayahooca
Saidou Mohamed NrsquoDaou PhD
Professor of History
Chicago State University
William Science Building Room 315
9501 South King Drive
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2973
sndaouaolcom
Ogenga Otunnu PhD
(African History Immigration and Refugee Studies)
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of History
2320 N Kenmore Ave
Chicago IL 60614-3250
(773) 325-1555
ootunnudepauledu
Geography
Ezekiel Kalipeni PhD
(Medical Geography Population Studies Environmental Issues Health Care Africa)
Professor of Geography and African Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Geography
220 Davenport Hall MC-150
607 South Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-7708
kalipeniillinoisedu
Sociology
Abu Bakarr Bah PhD
Associate Professor
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Department of Sociology
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(815) 753-6427
(815) 753-0365
abahniuedu
Anthropology
Chapurukha M Kusimba
Curator of Anthropology
The Field Museum
1400 S Lake Shore Dr
Chicago IL 60605-2496
(312) 922-9410 [main]
ckusimbafieldmuseumorg
Political Science
Clement Eme Adibe PhD
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of Political Science
990 W Fullerton Suite 2200
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 325-1981
cadibedepauledu
Joseph K Hoereth
Associate Director
Institute of Policy and Civic Engagement (MC 097)
UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago)
1253 S Halsted Street Room 310
Chicago IL 60607
Ph (312) 355-0096
Fax (312) 355-0545
jhoerethuicedu
Edward Kasule PhD
Full-Time Instructor
Northeastern Illinois University
Department of Political Science
5500 N St Louis Ave CLS 2069
Chicago IL 60625
s-kasuleneiuedu
[2] Adjunct Faculty
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4739
skasulecccedu
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Jong Massaqoui (president)
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Phone (815) 753-0483
FAX (815) 753-0481
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wwwsaniuedu
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wwwgroupsnorthwesterneduasa
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Immigration Questions (574) 631-5243
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E-mail issandedu
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President Alpha Marwa
International student council
(618) 453-5264
wwwafscrsosiucedu
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Judith Kituku ndash President
kitukuuchicagoedu
Jennifer Kennedy ndash Advisor
jkennedyuchicagoedu
(773) 834-8252
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University of Illinois at Chicago
750 SHalsted Street (Student Center East Building Room 473)
Chicago IL 60607
President Adedrian Adeleke
asxuicgmailcom
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Lincolnwood IL 60712
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OR
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Bolingbrook IL 60440
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(630) 771-9074
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Producer Director
Francophone Television at Chicago Access Network TV 21 Every Sunday at 10pm
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Fax (312) 225-9231
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Fax 773-221-4872
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1449 E 72nd
Street
Chicago IL 60619
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Chicago IL 60619
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(708) 206-0860
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Street
Chicago IL 60620
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Congolese Kenyans etc)] Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6 Swanson Lorraine 2008 ldquoBrrrr Itrsquos Cold Refugees Prepare for their First Chicago Winterrdquo Chicago Journal October 22 II General Reference Overview Ethnography
Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
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Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
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Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
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Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
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DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
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Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
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Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
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Embassy of the Republic of Benin
2124 Kalorama Rd NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 232-6656
Fax (202) 265-1996
Consular section
Consulate Fax (202) 232-2611
infobeninembassyus
httpwwwbeninembassyus
Embassy of the Republic of Botswana
1531-1533 New Hampshire Ave NW
Washington DC 20036
Ph (202) 244-4990
Fax (202) 244-4164
httpwwwbotswanaembassyorg
Embassy of Burkina Faso
2340 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 332-5577
Fax (202) 667-1882
E-mail contactburkina-usaorg
wwwburkina-usaorg
Embassy of the Republic of Burundi
2233 Wisconsin Ave NW Suite 408
Washington DC 20007
Ph (202) 342-2574
Fax (202) 342-2578
E-mail burundiembassyerolscom
URL httpwwwburundiembassydc-usaorgindexhtml
Embassy of the Republic of Cameroon
3400 International Drive NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 286-0984
Fax (202) 387-3826
Mail mailcameroonembassyusaorg
wwwcameroonembassyusaorg
Embassy of the Republic of Cape Verde
3415 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington DC 20007
Ph (202) 965-6820
Fax (202) 965-1207
wwwvirtualcapeverdenet
httpconscvbostonorghome
Embassy of Central African Republic
1618 22nd St NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 483-7800
Fax (202) 332-9893
Embassy of the Republic of Chad
2401 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202)652-1312
Fax (202)758-0431
Email infochadembassyus
httpembassyofchadinfoindexphpen
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3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
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Embassy of the Union of Comoros
420 E 50th
St
New York NY 10022
Ph (212) 972-8010
Fax (212) 983-4712
Email Comorosunint
Embassy of the Democratic Republic of Congo
1726 M St NW Suite 601
Washington DC 20036
Ph (202) 234-7690
Fax (202) 234-2609
Email ambassadeambadcusaorg
Embassy of the Republic of the Congo
1720 16th Street NW
Washington DC 20009
Ph (202) 726-5500
Fax (202) 726-1860
Email infoambacongo-usorg
httpwwwambacongo-usorgHomeaspx
Embassy of the Republic of Cote DrsquoIvoire
2424 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 797-0300
Fax (202) 462-9444
Email infoambacotedivoireusaorg
Embassy of the Republic of Djibouti
1156 15th
St NW Suite 515
Washington DC 20005
Ph (202) 331-0270
(202) 331-0265
Fax (202) 331 -0302
Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt
3521 International Ct NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 895-5400
Fax (202) 244-4319
(202) 244-5131
E-mail Embassyegyptembassynet
Consular Section
TEL (202)966-6342
FAX (202) 244-4319
EmailConsulateegyptembassynet
URL httpwwwegyptembassynet
Embassy of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea
2020 16th
St NW
Washington DC 20009
Ph (202) 518-5700
(202)-296-4174
Fax (202) 518-5252
(202)296-4195
Email infoequatorialguineacom
Embassy of the State of Eritrea
1708 New Hampshire Ave NW
Washington DC 20009
Ph (202) 319-1991
Fax (202) 319-1304
For West Coast Consular Services Please Call (202) 384-1201
URL httpwwwembassyeritreaorg
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3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
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Embassy of Ethiopia
3506 International Drive NW
Washington DC 20008
(202) 364-1200
Consulate General of Ethiopia
3460 Wilshire Boulevard
Suite 308
Los Angeles CA 90010
(213) 365-6651
Email ethiopiaethiopianembassyorg
URL wwwethiopianembassyorg
Embassy of Gabon
2034 20th
St NW Suite 200
Washington DC 20009
Ph (202) 797-1000
Fax (202) 332-0668
Email infogabonembassyusaorg
URL httpgabonembassyusaorg
Consulate(s) are in
New York
18 E 41st St 9th Floor
New York NY 10017
(212) 686-9720
Embassy of the Gambia
2233 Wisconsin Avenue NW
Suite 240 Georgetown Plaza
Washington DC 20007
Ph (202) 785-1379 1399 1425
Fax (202) 785-1430
Email infogambiaembassyus
URL httpwwwgambiaembassyus
Embassy of Ghana
3512 International Dr NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 686-4520 to 4526
Fax (202) 686-4527
Email infoghanaembassyorg
URL httpwwwghanaembassyorg
Embassy of the Republic of Guinea
2112 Leroy Pl NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 986-4300
Fax (202) 986-4800
URL httpguineaembassyusacom
Embassy of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau
15929 Yukon Lane
Rockville MD 20855
Ph (301) 947-3958
Fax (301) 947-3958
Diplomatic Mission of Guinea-Bissau
918 16th Street NW (Mezzanine Suite)
Washington DC 20006
Tel (202)872 4222
Fax (202)872 4226
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
11
Embassy of the Republic of Kenya
2249 R St NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 387-6101
Fax (202) 462-3829
URL httpwwwkenyaembassycom
Kenya Consulate in New York
866 Un Plaza Suite 4016
New York NY 10017 USA
Tel (212) 421 4741
Fax (212) 486 1985
Embassy of the Kingdom of Lesotho
2511 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 797-5533
Fax (202) 234-6815
lesothoembassyverizonnet
wwwlesothoemb-usagov
Embassy of the Republic of Liberia
5201 16th
St NW
Washington DC 20011
Ph (202) 723-0437
Fax (202) 723-0436
URL wwwliberianembassyusorg
Embassy of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
2600 Virginia Ave NW Suite 705
Washington DC 20037
Ph (202) 944-9601
Fax (202) 944-9606
Mission of Libya to The United Nations
309 East 48th Street
New York
+1 212 752 5775
+1 212 593 4787
Email infoembassyoflibyadcorg
URL httpwwwlibyausaembassycom
Embassy of the Republic of Madagascar
2374 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington DC 20008 USA
Tel 202-265-5525
Fax 202-265-3034
E-mail malagasyembassy verizonnet
web site wwwmadagascar-embassyorg
Honorary Consulate Solana Beach CA
Hon Consul Monique Rodriguez
1318 Santa Luisa Drive
Solana Beach CA 92075 USA
Tel 858-792-6999
Fax 858-792-5280
email info madagascar-consulateorg
United Nations New York
HE Ambassador Zina Andrianarivelo
Permanent Representative to the United Nations
820 Second Avenue Suite 800
New York NY 10017 USA
Tel 212-986-9491
Fax 212-599-5021
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Honorary Consulate Philadelphia PA
123 South Broad Street
Philadelphia PA 19109 USA
Tel 215-893-3067
Embassy of the Republic of Malawi
2408 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 721-0270
Fax (202) 721-0288
Email malawidcaolcom
wwwmalawiembassy-dcorg
Embassy of the Republic of Mali
2130 R St NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 332-2249
Fax (202) 332-6603
Email infomaliembassyus
httpwwwmaliembassyus
Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
2129 Leroy Pl NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 232-5700
Fax (202) 319-2623
infomauritaniaembassyus
Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco
1601 21st ST NW
Washington DC 20009
Ph (202) 462-7979
Fax (202) 265-0161
URL httpwwwembassyofmoroccous
Embassy of the Republic of Mozambique
1525 New Hampshire
Washington DC 20036
Ph (202) 293-7146
Fax (202) 835-0245
embamocaolcom
Website httpwwwembamoc-usaorg
Consular Services
Phone (202) 293-7146 ext 230
E-mail mozambvisaaolcom
Embassy of Namibia
1605 New Hampshire Avenue NW
Washington DC 20009
tel (202) 986-0540
fax (202) 986-0443
Email infonamibianembassyusaorg
Website httpnamibianembassyusaorg
Embassy of the Republic of Niger
2204 R St NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 483-4224 to 4227
Fax (202) 483-3169
E-mail communicationembassyofnigerorg
Website httpembassyofnigerorg
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3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
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Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
3519 International Ct NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 986-8400
Fax (202) 362-6541
Fax (202) 775-1385
Email infonigeriaembassyusaorg
httpwwwnigeriaembassyusaorg
Embassy of the Republic of Rwanda
1714 New Hampshire Ave NW
Washington DC 20009
Ph (202) 232-2882
Fax (202) 232-4544
Email inforwandaembassyorg
httpwwwrwandaembassyorg
Embassy of Sao Tome and Principe
1211 Connecticut Ave NW Suite 300
Washington DC 20036
Ph (202) 775-2075
Fax (202) 775-2077
Consulate of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome amp Principe
512 Means Street Suite 305 Atlanta Georgia 30318
Tel 404-221-0203
Fax 404-221-1006
Permanent Mission to the UN
Tel 212-317-0533
Fax 212-935-7348
Embassy of the Republic of Senegal
2031 Florida Avenue NW
Washington DC 20009
Ph (202) 234-0540
Fax (202) 629-2961
Email contactambasenegal-usorg
URL httpwwwambasenegal-usorgindexphp
Embassy of the Republic of Seychelles
800 2nd
Ave Suite 400C
New York NY 10017
Ph (212) 687 9766
Fax (212) 972 1786
Seychellesunint
Embassy of Sierra Leone
1701 19th
St NW
Washington DC 20009
Ph (202) 939-9261
Fax (202) 483-1793
Email infoembassyofsierraleonenet
Website httpwwwembassyofsierraleonenet
Embassy of the Republic of South Africa
3051 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington DC
Ph (202) 232-4400
Ph 202-413-1953
Fax (202)265-1607
Emailinfosaembassyorg
Website wwwsaembassyorg
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
14
Consulate General of South Africa
200 S Michigan Ave 600
Chicago IL 60604
Tel (312) 939-7929
Fax (312) 939-2588
Annex (for visas passports immigration matters)
4301 Connecticut Ave NW Suite 220
Washington DC 20008
Tel (202) 232-4400
Fax(202) 244-9417
E-mail consularwadircogovza
Embassy of the Republic of the South Sudan
1233 20th Street NW Suite 602
Washington DC 20036
Tel (202) 293-7940
Fax (202) 293-7941
URL httpwwwgossmissionorg
Embassy of the Republic of the Sudan
2210 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 338-8565
Fax (202) 667-2406
infosudanembassyorg
httpwwwsudanembassyorg
Embassy of the United Republic of Tanzania
1232 22nd St NW Washington DC 20037
Ph (202) 939-6125 or (202) 884-1080
Fax (202) 797-7408
httpdigitalsquaredcomtzesite1
Embassy of the Republic of Togo
2208 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 234-4212
Fax (202) 232-3190
Email infotogoembassyus
Web httpwwwtogoembassyus
Embassy of Tunisia
1515 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington DC 20005
Ph (202) 862-1850
Fax (202) 862-1585
Email infotunconsusaorg
URL httpwwwtunconsusaorg
Embassy of the Republic of Uganda
5911 16th
St NW
Washington DC 20011
Ph (202) 726-7100
Fax (202) 726-1727
httpwwwugandaembassycom
Embassy of the Republic of Zambia
2419 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 265-9717
Fax (202) 332-0826
httpwwwzambiaembassyorg
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
15
Embassy of Republic of Zimbabwe
1608 New Hampshire Ave NW
Washington DC 20009
Ph (202) 332-7100
Fax (202) 483-9326
info33zimbabwe-embassyus
httpwwwzimbabwe-embassyus
RELIGIOUS CONGREGATIONS
Christian
ACME Vision International Ministries
4554 North Broadway Avenue Suite 250
Chicago Illinois 60640
(773) 970-4844
URL httpacmevisiowebscom
African Community United Methodist Church
Pastor Amos Oladipo
4754 N Leavitt St (Berry UMC building)
Chicago IL 60625
Office (773) 784-3370
Pastorrsquos cell (773) 6 -9799
URL wwwafricancommunityumcorg
The Apostolic Church International
4554 North Broadway Avenue
Chicago Illinois 60640
(773) 865-2239
Berhane Wongel Ethiopian Evangelical Church (Amharic)
Pastor Guenetu Yigzaw
Office 611 South Blvd
Evanston IL 60202
Worship 6200 N Artesian Ave
Chicago IL 60659
(773) 338-6400
wwwbwecorg
Believing in Jesus Christ (Kirundi Kinyarwanda Swahili)
4750 N Sheridan Rd Suite 341
Chicago IL 60640
Contact Claire Mukundente
(773) 297-6308
Ethiopian Orthodox Church of Medhane-Amen
9801 S Commercial Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 768-6078
Bethel Presbyterian Church of Ghana Chicago
(In the small sanctuary of Tabernacle Baptist Church)
4130 S Indiana
Chicago IL 60653
Contact Paul Asiama
(773) 224-3868
Chicago Ghanaian Seventh Day Adventist Church
Pastor Peter K Omane
5258 S Christiana Ave
Chicago IL 60632
(312) 282-2459 [pastor]
(773) 476-1044
URL wwwghanaian25adventistchurchconnectorg
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
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Christrsquos Oasis
A Multi-Cultural Non-Denominational Charismatic Church
Senior Pastor Dr Isaac Paintsil
Sunday service
4141 N Marine Dr Chicago IL 60613
Mid-Week service (Wednesday)
850 W Montrose Chicago IL 60613
(708) 458-7505
Western Suburb
Jamie McGee School Auditorium
179 Commonwealth Dr
Bolingbrook IL 60440
Chicago
3101 North Parkside Avenue Chicago IL
Southern Suburb
500 Holiday Plaza Drive Matteson IL 60443
Oasis Center
6855 W 65th
St Bed ford Park
IL 60638
Tel (708) 458-7505
Fax (708) 458-7505
Email ipaintsilchristoasisorg
Website wwwchristoasisorg
Ghanaian Community Church
5500 S Woodlawn Ave (Augustana Lutheran
Church bldg)
Chicago IL 60637
Contact Fr Canon Robert Koomson
(708) 268-7024
Ghanaian Presbyterian Church of Chicago
1936 S Michigan Ave
Chicago IL 60616
(773) 567-0685
wwwghanaprescom
Jesus House Chicago (Redeemed Christian Church of God)
4332 N Kedzie
Pastor PI
Chicago IL 60618
Tel (773) 866-9461
Fax (773) 866-9483
Website wwwjesushouseorg
Midwest Christian Montessori Academy
151 E Briarcliff Rd
Bolingbrook IL 60440
(630) 783-8644
Website wwwmcmacademyorg
Redemption Hour (House of Worship)
Romeoville Rec Center
900 W Romeo Rd
Romeoville IL 60446
Pastor Henry O Amegatcher
(312) 622-3157
Bible Baptist Church
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-5618
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
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Calvary Apostolic Church
16 Baker Cir
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-0430
Church of God
1801 Maple Rd
Joliet IL 60432
(815) 774-9254
Community Christian Church
174 Highpoint Dr
Romeoville IL
(815) 524-3122
First Baptist Church
730 N Independence Blvd
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-5565
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
25 Alexander Cir
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-4354
High Road Bible Church
380 High Rd
Lockport IL
(815) 838-6018
Jehovahrsquos WitnessRomeoville Assembly Hall
800 N Schmidt Rd
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-9700
Lighthouse Baptist Church
3 E Romeo Rd
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-3909
Love Fellowship Baptist Church
730 N Independence Blvd
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-8420
St Andrew the Apostle Roma
505 Kingston Dr
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-4165
United Presbyterian Church
2 Belmont Dr
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-4874
Schekina Christian Center (French English)
Pastor Joe Kamanda
723 W Howard St
Evanston IL 60202
Tel (847) 328-4335
Email infoschekinagloryorg
URL wwwschekinagloryorg
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
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St Paulrsquos by the Lake (Anglican)
7100 N Ashland Blvd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 764-6514
URL wwwstpaulsbylakeorg
St Sabina Church
1210 W 78th
St
Chicago IL 60620
Ph (773) 483-4300
Fax (773) 483-7583
Website wwwsaintsabinaorg
St Stephenrsquos African Methodist Episcopal Church
Rev Albert Tyson
2000 W Washington Blvd
Chicago IL 60612
Email adtysonIIIaolcom
Sudanese Community Church (Arabic English)
520 E Roosevelt Rd (Wheaton Evangelical Free Church bldg)
Wheaton IL 60187
Contact Wilson Lual
(630) 415-9843
Elder John Elmakal
(630) 261-5160
Tel (630) 668-6490 ext 100
Fax (630) 668-9088
Website wwwwefcorg
Trinity United Church of Christ - Africa Ministry
400 W 95th Street
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 962-5650
E-mail infotrinityChicagoorg
Website wwwtuccorg
Unity Christian Church
4751 N Sheridan
Chicago IL 60640
Contact Albert Kouame
(773) 656-1166
(708) 649-3958
Email salo817yahoocom
Mount Zion Anglician Church
4554 North Broadway Avenue
Chicago Illinois 60640
Joyous Victory Ministries
4554 N Broadway Avenue Suite 220
Chicago Illinois 60640
New Community Church
616 Lake St
Evanston IL 60201
Phone (630) 910-1844
httpnccchicagoorg
Ghanaian Presbyterian Church of Chicago
1936 S Michigan Ave
Chicago IL 60616
Pastor James Acquaah
Phone (773) 567-0685
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
Director HIVAIDS Research amp Policy Institute (HARPI)
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2046
aadefuyecsuedu
Akinmoladun Tunde PhD
Associate Professor Health sciences
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-3287
takincsuedu
Shaffdeen A Amuwo PhD MPH
Associate Dean
Clinical Associate Professor
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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Office of Urban Health and Diversity Program
University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health (MC 923)
1603 West Taylor Suite 1185
Chicago IL 60612-4394
(312) 996-1410
amuwouicedu
William Ebomoyi PhD
Professor Health Studies
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2527
eebomoyicsuedu
Veterinary Medicine
Ibulaimu Kakoma PhD
Associate Professor Pathobiology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Veterinary Medicine
3505 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Bd
2001 South Lincoln Ave
Urbana IL 61802
(217) 333-2449
[f] (217)244-7421
kakomaiuiucedu
Fine Arts
Samuel Akainyah
Instructor Humanities Fine Arts amp Theater
Kennedy King College
6301 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60621
(773) 602-5185
sakainyahcccedu
Education
Anghesom Atsbaha EdD
(Adult Education)
Assistant Professor Social Sciences
Director Truman-DePaul Adult Bridge Program
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4067
aatsbahacccedu
Bekisizwe Ndimande PhD
(Politics of curriculum Policies and practices in post-apartheid desegregated schools)
Assistant Professor Curriculum amp Instruction
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Education
315 Education Building
1310 S 6th St MC 708
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(217) 244-5556
ndimandeillinoisedu
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County Extension Director
University of Illinois Extension
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Joliet IL 60433
(815) 727-9296
emmatillinoisedu
wwwextensionuiuceduwill
Foreign Languages Linguistics
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Professor of Linguistics
Director Program in African Languages (PAL)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Linguistics
3154 Foreign Language Building
707 S Mathews Avenue MC-168
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-3051
bokambaillinoisedu
Dr Khadija Bounou
Loyola University Chicago
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (French)
Dame Hall Room 305
6525 N Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-2861
kbounoulucedu
Dr Evans Mwangi
Assistant Professor of English
Northwestern University
1897 Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60208
English Department
Office UH 326
(847) 491-3529 [Office]
Fax 847-467-1545
evan-mwanginorthwesternedu
Humanities
Literature Oral Traditions Poetry
Waiumll Hassan PhD
(Modern Arabic Anglophone and Francophone literatures)
Associate Professor Comparative and World Literature
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3072 Foreign Languages Building
MC-160
707 S Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 333-4987
whassanillinoisedu
Abdul-Rasheed NarsquoAllah PhD
Professor and Department Chair
Director Indigenous Africa and Diaspora Discourse Project (IADDP)
Western Illinois University
Department of African American Studies
Morgan Hall 232
1 University Circle
Macomb IL 61455-1390
(309) 298-1181
A-NaAllahwiuedu
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Associate Professor
Library amp Information Science
Associate Editor-In-Chief of International Journal of Library Science
Governors State University
University Library
Office D2407
University Park IL 60466-0975
(708) 235-2143
mnguessangovstedu
wwwgovstedulibrarynguessan
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Librarian of Africana
University Library
Northwestern University
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300
(847) 491-2936
p-ogedengbenorthwesternedu
Mathematics
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Harold Washington College
30 E Lake St 730
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-3411
saboubacar-sidycccedu
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George O Assibey-Mensah PhD
Associate Professor
Public Finance and Policy Analysis
Indiana University Northwest
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
OFFICE Lindenwood Hall 108
3400 Broadway
Gary IN 46408-1197
(219) 980-7102
gassibeyiunedu
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(Urban Planning)
Associate Professor
Public Policy Studies
DePaul University
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2352 N Clifton Ave Suite 1501
Chicago IL 60614
Phone (773) 325-7356
Fax (773) 325-4062
fdemissidepauledu
Religion
M Sani Umar PhD
Associate Professor of Religion
Director ndash Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
Northwestern University
Program of African Studies
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 467-0692
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m-umarnorthwesternedu
Social Sciences
History Misbahudeen Ahmed-Rufai
Assistant Professor
History and Social Sciences
Harold Washington College
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Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-5747
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North Park University
History Department
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Chicago IL 60625-4895
(773) 244-5744
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Ismael M Montana
Assistant Professor of History
Northern Illinois University
Department of History
DeKalb IL 60115-2893
(815) 753 8420
montananiuedu
ismaelmontanayahooca
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Professor of History
Chicago State University
William Science Building Room 315
9501 South King Drive
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2973
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(African History Immigration and Refugee Studies)
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of History
2320 N Kenmore Ave
Chicago IL 60614-3250
(773) 325-1555
ootunnudepauledu
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Ezekiel Kalipeni PhD
(Medical Geography Population Studies Environmental Issues Health Care Africa)
Professor of Geography and African Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Geography
220 Davenport Hall MC-150
607 South Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-7708
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Abu Bakarr Bah PhD
Associate Professor
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Department of Sociology
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(815) 753-0365
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Anthropology
Chapurukha M Kusimba
Curator of Anthropology
The Field Museum
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Chicago IL 60605-2496
(312) 922-9410 [main]
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Clement Eme Adibe PhD
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of Political Science
990 W Fullerton Suite 2200
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 325-1981
cadibedepauledu
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Associate Director
Institute of Policy and Civic Engagement (MC 097)
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Fax (312) 355-0545
jhoerethuicedu
Edward Kasule PhD
Full-Time Instructor
Northeastern Illinois University
Department of Political Science
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[2] Adjunct Faculty
Harry S Truman College
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Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4739
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Jong Massaqoui (president)
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Congolese Kenyans etc)] Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6 Swanson Lorraine 2008 ldquoBrrrr Itrsquos Cold Refugees Prepare for their First Chicago Winterrdquo Chicago Journal October 22 II General Reference Overview Ethnography
Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
_____ (Bryce-Laporte Roy Simon) 1977 Visibility of the New Immigrants Society 1418-33 Chacko Elizabeth 2003 ldquoEthiopian Ethos and the Making of Ethnic Places in the Washington Metropolitan Areardquo Journal of Cultural Geography 20 Cunningham Jonathen and Sandra Svoboda 2006 ldquoThe New African-Americans Understanding a Wave of Immigration Battling Misperceptionsrdquo Metro Times November 1 Frazier Martin 2005 ldquoNew Dimensions ndash African immigrants in the USrdquo Peoplersquos Weekly World May 20
Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
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52
Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
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53
_____ 2007 Diaspora Dialogues Engagements Between Africa and its Diasporas at The New African Diaspora Assessing the Pains and Gains of Exile Binghamton University African ndash African-American Relations Racial ndash Ethnic Identity Black Diversity
Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
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54
DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
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Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
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Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
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Embassy of the Union of Comoros
420 E 50th
St
New York NY 10022
Ph (212) 972-8010
Fax (212) 983-4712
Email Comorosunint
Embassy of the Democratic Republic of Congo
1726 M St NW Suite 601
Washington DC 20036
Ph (202) 234-7690
Fax (202) 234-2609
Email ambassadeambadcusaorg
Embassy of the Republic of the Congo
1720 16th Street NW
Washington DC 20009
Ph (202) 726-5500
Fax (202) 726-1860
Email infoambacongo-usorg
httpwwwambacongo-usorgHomeaspx
Embassy of the Republic of Cote DrsquoIvoire
2424 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 797-0300
Fax (202) 462-9444
Email infoambacotedivoireusaorg
Embassy of the Republic of Djibouti
1156 15th
St NW Suite 515
Washington DC 20005
Ph (202) 331-0270
(202) 331-0265
Fax (202) 331 -0302
Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt
3521 International Ct NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 895-5400
Fax (202) 244-4319
(202) 244-5131
E-mail Embassyegyptembassynet
Consular Section
TEL (202)966-6342
FAX (202) 244-4319
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Embassy of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea
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St NW
Washington DC 20009
Ph (202) 518-5700
(202)-296-4174
Fax (202) 518-5252
(202)296-4195
Email infoequatorialguineacom
Embassy of the State of Eritrea
1708 New Hampshire Ave NW
Washington DC 20009
Ph (202) 319-1991
Fax (202) 319-1304
For West Coast Consular Services Please Call (202) 384-1201
URL httpwwwembassyeritreaorg
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Embassy of Ethiopia
3506 International Drive NW
Washington DC 20008
(202) 364-1200
Consulate General of Ethiopia
3460 Wilshire Boulevard
Suite 308
Los Angeles CA 90010
(213) 365-6651
Email ethiopiaethiopianembassyorg
URL wwwethiopianembassyorg
Embassy of Gabon
2034 20th
St NW Suite 200
Washington DC 20009
Ph (202) 797-1000
Fax (202) 332-0668
Email infogabonembassyusaorg
URL httpgabonembassyusaorg
Consulate(s) are in
New York
18 E 41st St 9th Floor
New York NY 10017
(212) 686-9720
Embassy of the Gambia
2233 Wisconsin Avenue NW
Suite 240 Georgetown Plaza
Washington DC 20007
Ph (202) 785-1379 1399 1425
Fax (202) 785-1430
Email infogambiaembassyus
URL httpwwwgambiaembassyus
Embassy of Ghana
3512 International Dr NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 686-4520 to 4526
Fax (202) 686-4527
Email infoghanaembassyorg
URL httpwwwghanaembassyorg
Embassy of the Republic of Guinea
2112 Leroy Pl NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 986-4300
Fax (202) 986-4800
URL httpguineaembassyusacom
Embassy of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau
15929 Yukon Lane
Rockville MD 20855
Ph (301) 947-3958
Fax (301) 947-3958
Diplomatic Mission of Guinea-Bissau
918 16th Street NW (Mezzanine Suite)
Washington DC 20006
Tel (202)872 4222
Fax (202)872 4226
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Embassy of the Republic of Kenya
2249 R St NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 387-6101
Fax (202) 462-3829
URL httpwwwkenyaembassycom
Kenya Consulate in New York
866 Un Plaza Suite 4016
New York NY 10017 USA
Tel (212) 421 4741
Fax (212) 486 1985
Embassy of the Kingdom of Lesotho
2511 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 797-5533
Fax (202) 234-6815
lesothoembassyverizonnet
wwwlesothoemb-usagov
Embassy of the Republic of Liberia
5201 16th
St NW
Washington DC 20011
Ph (202) 723-0437
Fax (202) 723-0436
URL wwwliberianembassyusorg
Embassy of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
2600 Virginia Ave NW Suite 705
Washington DC 20037
Ph (202) 944-9601
Fax (202) 944-9606
Mission of Libya to The United Nations
309 East 48th Street
New York
+1 212 752 5775
+1 212 593 4787
Email infoembassyoflibyadcorg
URL httpwwwlibyausaembassycom
Embassy of the Republic of Madagascar
2374 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington DC 20008 USA
Tel 202-265-5525
Fax 202-265-3034
E-mail malagasyembassy verizonnet
web site wwwmadagascar-embassyorg
Honorary Consulate Solana Beach CA
Hon Consul Monique Rodriguez
1318 Santa Luisa Drive
Solana Beach CA 92075 USA
Tel 858-792-6999
Fax 858-792-5280
email info madagascar-consulateorg
United Nations New York
HE Ambassador Zina Andrianarivelo
Permanent Representative to the United Nations
820 Second Avenue Suite 800
New York NY 10017 USA
Tel 212-986-9491
Fax 212-599-5021
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Honorary Consulate Philadelphia PA
123 South Broad Street
Philadelphia PA 19109 USA
Tel 215-893-3067
Embassy of the Republic of Malawi
2408 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 721-0270
Fax (202) 721-0288
Email malawidcaolcom
wwwmalawiembassy-dcorg
Embassy of the Republic of Mali
2130 R St NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 332-2249
Fax (202) 332-6603
Email infomaliembassyus
httpwwwmaliembassyus
Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
2129 Leroy Pl NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 232-5700
Fax (202) 319-2623
infomauritaniaembassyus
Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco
1601 21st ST NW
Washington DC 20009
Ph (202) 462-7979
Fax (202) 265-0161
URL httpwwwembassyofmoroccous
Embassy of the Republic of Mozambique
1525 New Hampshire
Washington DC 20036
Ph (202) 293-7146
Fax (202) 835-0245
embamocaolcom
Website httpwwwembamoc-usaorg
Consular Services
Phone (202) 293-7146 ext 230
E-mail mozambvisaaolcom
Embassy of Namibia
1605 New Hampshire Avenue NW
Washington DC 20009
tel (202) 986-0540
fax (202) 986-0443
Email infonamibianembassyusaorg
Website httpnamibianembassyusaorg
Embassy of the Republic of Niger
2204 R St NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 483-4224 to 4227
Fax (202) 483-3169
E-mail communicationembassyofnigerorg
Website httpembassyofnigerorg
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Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
3519 International Ct NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 986-8400
Fax (202) 362-6541
Fax (202) 775-1385
Email infonigeriaembassyusaorg
httpwwwnigeriaembassyusaorg
Embassy of the Republic of Rwanda
1714 New Hampshire Ave NW
Washington DC 20009
Ph (202) 232-2882
Fax (202) 232-4544
Email inforwandaembassyorg
httpwwwrwandaembassyorg
Embassy of Sao Tome and Principe
1211 Connecticut Ave NW Suite 300
Washington DC 20036
Ph (202) 775-2075
Fax (202) 775-2077
Consulate of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome amp Principe
512 Means Street Suite 305 Atlanta Georgia 30318
Tel 404-221-0203
Fax 404-221-1006
Permanent Mission to the UN
Tel 212-317-0533
Fax 212-935-7348
Embassy of the Republic of Senegal
2031 Florida Avenue NW
Washington DC 20009
Ph (202) 234-0540
Fax (202) 629-2961
Email contactambasenegal-usorg
URL httpwwwambasenegal-usorgindexphp
Embassy of the Republic of Seychelles
800 2nd
Ave Suite 400C
New York NY 10017
Ph (212) 687 9766
Fax (212) 972 1786
Seychellesunint
Embassy of Sierra Leone
1701 19th
St NW
Washington DC 20009
Ph (202) 939-9261
Fax (202) 483-1793
Email infoembassyofsierraleonenet
Website httpwwwembassyofsierraleonenet
Embassy of the Republic of South Africa
3051 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington DC
Ph (202) 232-4400
Ph 202-413-1953
Fax (202)265-1607
Emailinfosaembassyorg
Website wwwsaembassyorg
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Consulate General of South Africa
200 S Michigan Ave 600
Chicago IL 60604
Tel (312) 939-7929
Fax (312) 939-2588
Annex (for visas passports immigration matters)
4301 Connecticut Ave NW Suite 220
Washington DC 20008
Tel (202) 232-4400
Fax(202) 244-9417
E-mail consularwadircogovza
Embassy of the Republic of the South Sudan
1233 20th Street NW Suite 602
Washington DC 20036
Tel (202) 293-7940
Fax (202) 293-7941
URL httpwwwgossmissionorg
Embassy of the Republic of the Sudan
2210 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 338-8565
Fax (202) 667-2406
infosudanembassyorg
httpwwwsudanembassyorg
Embassy of the United Republic of Tanzania
1232 22nd St NW Washington DC 20037
Ph (202) 939-6125 or (202) 884-1080
Fax (202) 797-7408
httpdigitalsquaredcomtzesite1
Embassy of the Republic of Togo
2208 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 234-4212
Fax (202) 232-3190
Email infotogoembassyus
Web httpwwwtogoembassyus
Embassy of Tunisia
1515 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington DC 20005
Ph (202) 862-1850
Fax (202) 862-1585
Email infotunconsusaorg
URL httpwwwtunconsusaorg
Embassy of the Republic of Uganda
5911 16th
St NW
Washington DC 20011
Ph (202) 726-7100
Fax (202) 726-1727
httpwwwugandaembassycom
Embassy of the Republic of Zambia
2419 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 265-9717
Fax (202) 332-0826
httpwwwzambiaembassyorg
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Embassy of Republic of Zimbabwe
1608 New Hampshire Ave NW
Washington DC 20009
Ph (202) 332-7100
Fax (202) 483-9326
info33zimbabwe-embassyus
httpwwwzimbabwe-embassyus
RELIGIOUS CONGREGATIONS
Christian
ACME Vision International Ministries
4554 North Broadway Avenue Suite 250
Chicago Illinois 60640
(773) 970-4844
URL httpacmevisiowebscom
African Community United Methodist Church
Pastor Amos Oladipo
4754 N Leavitt St (Berry UMC building)
Chicago IL 60625
Office (773) 784-3370
Pastorrsquos cell (773) 6 -9799
URL wwwafricancommunityumcorg
The Apostolic Church International
4554 North Broadway Avenue
Chicago Illinois 60640
(773) 865-2239
Berhane Wongel Ethiopian Evangelical Church (Amharic)
Pastor Guenetu Yigzaw
Office 611 South Blvd
Evanston IL 60202
Worship 6200 N Artesian Ave
Chicago IL 60659
(773) 338-6400
wwwbwecorg
Believing in Jesus Christ (Kirundi Kinyarwanda Swahili)
4750 N Sheridan Rd Suite 341
Chicago IL 60640
Contact Claire Mukundente
(773) 297-6308
Ethiopian Orthodox Church of Medhane-Amen
9801 S Commercial Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 768-6078
Bethel Presbyterian Church of Ghana Chicago
(In the small sanctuary of Tabernacle Baptist Church)
4130 S Indiana
Chicago IL 60653
Contact Paul Asiama
(773) 224-3868
Chicago Ghanaian Seventh Day Adventist Church
Pastor Peter K Omane
5258 S Christiana Ave
Chicago IL 60632
(312) 282-2459 [pastor]
(773) 476-1044
URL wwwghanaian25adventistchurchconnectorg
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Christrsquos Oasis
A Multi-Cultural Non-Denominational Charismatic Church
Senior Pastor Dr Isaac Paintsil
Sunday service
4141 N Marine Dr Chicago IL 60613
Mid-Week service (Wednesday)
850 W Montrose Chicago IL 60613
(708) 458-7505
Western Suburb
Jamie McGee School Auditorium
179 Commonwealth Dr
Bolingbrook IL 60440
Chicago
3101 North Parkside Avenue Chicago IL
Southern Suburb
500 Holiday Plaza Drive Matteson IL 60443
Oasis Center
6855 W 65th
St Bed ford Park
IL 60638
Tel (708) 458-7505
Fax (708) 458-7505
Email ipaintsilchristoasisorg
Website wwwchristoasisorg
Ghanaian Community Church
5500 S Woodlawn Ave (Augustana Lutheran
Church bldg)
Chicago IL 60637
Contact Fr Canon Robert Koomson
(708) 268-7024
Ghanaian Presbyterian Church of Chicago
1936 S Michigan Ave
Chicago IL 60616
(773) 567-0685
wwwghanaprescom
Jesus House Chicago (Redeemed Christian Church of God)
4332 N Kedzie
Pastor PI
Chicago IL 60618
Tel (773) 866-9461
Fax (773) 866-9483
Website wwwjesushouseorg
Midwest Christian Montessori Academy
151 E Briarcliff Rd
Bolingbrook IL 60440
(630) 783-8644
Website wwwmcmacademyorg
Redemption Hour (House of Worship)
Romeoville Rec Center
900 W Romeo Rd
Romeoville IL 60446
Pastor Henry O Amegatcher
(312) 622-3157
Bible Baptist Church
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-5618
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Calvary Apostolic Church
16 Baker Cir
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-0430
Church of God
1801 Maple Rd
Joliet IL 60432
(815) 774-9254
Community Christian Church
174 Highpoint Dr
Romeoville IL
(815) 524-3122
First Baptist Church
730 N Independence Blvd
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-5565
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
25 Alexander Cir
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-4354
High Road Bible Church
380 High Rd
Lockport IL
(815) 838-6018
Jehovahrsquos WitnessRomeoville Assembly Hall
800 N Schmidt Rd
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-9700
Lighthouse Baptist Church
3 E Romeo Rd
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-3909
Love Fellowship Baptist Church
730 N Independence Blvd
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-8420
St Andrew the Apostle Roma
505 Kingston Dr
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-4165
United Presbyterian Church
2 Belmont Dr
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-4874
Schekina Christian Center (French English)
Pastor Joe Kamanda
723 W Howard St
Evanston IL 60202
Tel (847) 328-4335
Email infoschekinagloryorg
URL wwwschekinagloryorg
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St Paulrsquos by the Lake (Anglican)
7100 N Ashland Blvd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 764-6514
URL wwwstpaulsbylakeorg
St Sabina Church
1210 W 78th
St
Chicago IL 60620
Ph (773) 483-4300
Fax (773) 483-7583
Website wwwsaintsabinaorg
St Stephenrsquos African Methodist Episcopal Church
Rev Albert Tyson
2000 W Washington Blvd
Chicago IL 60612
Email adtysonIIIaolcom
Sudanese Community Church (Arabic English)
520 E Roosevelt Rd (Wheaton Evangelical Free Church bldg)
Wheaton IL 60187
Contact Wilson Lual
(630) 415-9843
Elder John Elmakal
(630) 261-5160
Tel (630) 668-6490 ext 100
Fax (630) 668-9088
Website wwwwefcorg
Trinity United Church of Christ - Africa Ministry
400 W 95th Street
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 962-5650
E-mail infotrinityChicagoorg
Website wwwtuccorg
Unity Christian Church
4751 N Sheridan
Chicago IL 60640
Contact Albert Kouame
(773) 656-1166
(708) 649-3958
Email salo817yahoocom
Mount Zion Anglician Church
4554 North Broadway Avenue
Chicago Illinois 60640
Joyous Victory Ministries
4554 N Broadway Avenue Suite 220
Chicago Illinois 60640
New Community Church
616 Lake St
Evanston IL 60201
Phone (630) 910-1844
httpnccchicagoorg
Ghanaian Presbyterian Church of Chicago
1936 S Michigan Ave
Chicago IL 60616
Pastor James Acquaah
Phone (773) 567-0685
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Director HIVAIDS Research amp Policy Institute (HARPI)
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2046
aadefuyecsuedu
Akinmoladun Tunde PhD
Associate Professor Health sciences
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-3287
takincsuedu
Shaffdeen A Amuwo PhD MPH
Associate Dean
Clinical Associate Professor
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Office of Urban Health and Diversity Program
University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health (MC 923)
1603 West Taylor Suite 1185
Chicago IL 60612-4394
(312) 996-1410
amuwouicedu
William Ebomoyi PhD
Professor Health Studies
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2527
eebomoyicsuedu
Veterinary Medicine
Ibulaimu Kakoma PhD
Associate Professor Pathobiology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Veterinary Medicine
3505 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Bd
2001 South Lincoln Ave
Urbana IL 61802
(217) 333-2449
[f] (217)244-7421
kakomaiuiucedu
Fine Arts
Samuel Akainyah
Instructor Humanities Fine Arts amp Theater
Kennedy King College
6301 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60621
(773) 602-5185
sakainyahcccedu
Education
Anghesom Atsbaha EdD
(Adult Education)
Assistant Professor Social Sciences
Director Truman-DePaul Adult Bridge Program
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4067
aatsbahacccedu
Bekisizwe Ndimande PhD
(Politics of curriculum Policies and practices in post-apartheid desegregated schools)
Assistant Professor Curriculum amp Instruction
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Education
315 Education Building
1310 S 6th St MC 708
Champaign IL 61820
(217) 244-5556
ndimandeillinoisedu
Dr Emma Theuri
County Extension Director
University of Illinois Extension
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Will County Unit
100 Manhattan Rd
Joliet IL 60433
(815) 727-9296
emmatillinoisedu
wwwextensionuiuceduwill
Foreign Languages Linguistics
Dr Eyamba G Bokamba
Professor of Linguistics
Director Program in African Languages (PAL)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Linguistics
3154 Foreign Language Building
707 S Mathews Avenue MC-168
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-3051
bokambaillinoisedu
Dr Khadija Bounou
Loyola University Chicago
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (French)
Dame Hall Room 305
6525 N Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-2861
kbounoulucedu
Dr Evans Mwangi
Assistant Professor of English
Northwestern University
1897 Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60208
English Department
Office UH 326
(847) 491-3529 [Office]
Fax 847-467-1545
evan-mwanginorthwesternedu
Humanities
Literature Oral Traditions Poetry
Waiumll Hassan PhD
(Modern Arabic Anglophone and Francophone literatures)
Associate Professor Comparative and World Literature
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3072 Foreign Languages Building
MC-160
707 S Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 333-4987
whassanillinoisedu
Abdul-Rasheed NarsquoAllah PhD
Professor and Department Chair
Director Indigenous Africa and Diaspora Discourse Project (IADDP)
Western Illinois University
Department of African American Studies
Morgan Hall 232
1 University Circle
Macomb IL 61455-1390
(309) 298-1181
A-NaAllahwiuedu
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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45
Michel Nguessan PhD
Associate Professor
Library amp Information Science
Associate Editor-In-Chief of International Journal of Library Science
Governors State University
University Library
Office D2407
University Park IL 60466-0975
(708) 235-2143
mnguessangovstedu
wwwgovstedulibrarynguessan
Dr Patricia Ogedengbe
Librarian of Africana
University Library
Northwestern University
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300
(847) 491-2936
p-ogedengbenorthwesternedu
Mathematics
Aboubacar Sidy-Sow
Harold Washington College
30 E Lake St 730
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-3411
saboubacar-sidycccedu
Public Affairs
George O Assibey-Mensah PhD
Associate Professor
Public Finance and Policy Analysis
Indiana University Northwest
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
OFFICE Lindenwood Hall 108
3400 Broadway
Gary IN 46408-1197
(219) 980-7102
gassibeyiunedu
Fassil Demissie PhD
(Urban Planning)
Associate Professor
Public Policy Studies
DePaul University
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2352 N Clifton Ave Suite 1501
Chicago IL 60614
Phone (773) 325-7356
Fax (773) 325-4062
fdemissidepauledu
Religion
M Sani Umar PhD
Associate Professor of Religion
Director ndash Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
Northwestern University
Program of African Studies
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 467-0692
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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46
m-umarnorthwesternedu
Social Sciences
History Misbahudeen Ahmed-Rufai
Assistant Professor
History and Social Sciences
Harold Washington College
30 East Lake St
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-5747
mahmed-rufaicccedu
Dr Theodora Ayot
North Park University
History Department
3225 West Foster Ave
Chicago IL 60625-4895
(773) 244-5744
tayotnorthparkedu
Ismael M Montana
Assistant Professor of History
Northern Illinois University
Department of History
DeKalb IL 60115-2893
(815) 753 8420
montananiuedu
ismaelmontanayahooca
Saidou Mohamed NrsquoDaou PhD
Professor of History
Chicago State University
William Science Building Room 315
9501 South King Drive
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2973
sndaouaolcom
Ogenga Otunnu PhD
(African History Immigration and Refugee Studies)
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of History
2320 N Kenmore Ave
Chicago IL 60614-3250
(773) 325-1555
ootunnudepauledu
Geography
Ezekiel Kalipeni PhD
(Medical Geography Population Studies Environmental Issues Health Care Africa)
Professor of Geography and African Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Geography
220 Davenport Hall MC-150
607 South Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-7708
kalipeniillinoisedu
Sociology
Abu Bakarr Bah PhD
Associate Professor
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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47
Northern Illinois University
Department of Sociology
DeKalb IL 60115-2854
(815) 753-6427
(815) 753-0365
abahniuedu
Anthropology
Chapurukha M Kusimba
Curator of Anthropology
The Field Museum
1400 S Lake Shore Dr
Chicago IL 60605-2496
(312) 922-9410 [main]
ckusimbafieldmuseumorg
Political Science
Clement Eme Adibe PhD
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of Political Science
990 W Fullerton Suite 2200
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 325-1981
cadibedepauledu
Joseph K Hoereth
Associate Director
Institute of Policy and Civic Engagement (MC 097)
UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago)
1253 S Halsted Street Room 310
Chicago IL 60607
Ph (312) 355-0096
Fax (312) 355-0545
jhoerethuicedu
Edward Kasule PhD
Full-Time Instructor
Northeastern Illinois University
Department of Political Science
5500 N St Louis Ave CLS 2069
Chicago IL 60625
s-kasuleneiuedu
[2] Adjunct Faculty
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4739
skasulecccedu
STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS
African Student Organization
Illinois Institute of Technology
Jong Massaqoui (president)
3300 South Federal Street
Chicago IL 60616-3793
(312) 567-3000
asoiitedu
African Student Alliance
Loyola University Chicago
President Afia Ohemeng
Department of Student Diversity and Multicultural Affairs
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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1125 W Loyola Ave Mertz 200
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-3909
(773) 508-3895 [fax]
asaloyolaugmailcom
httpwwwfreewebscomlucafricanstudents
African Student Association
Northern Illinois University
Location Campus Life Building Suite 180
Phone (815) 753-0483
FAX (815) 753-0481
E-Mail studentassociationniuedu
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Congolese Kenyans etc)] Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6 Swanson Lorraine 2008 ldquoBrrrr Itrsquos Cold Refugees Prepare for their First Chicago Winterrdquo Chicago Journal October 22 II General Reference Overview Ethnography
Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
_____ (Bryce-Laporte Roy Simon) 1977 Visibility of the New Immigrants Society 1418-33 Chacko Elizabeth 2003 ldquoEthiopian Ethos and the Making of Ethnic Places in the Washington Metropolitan Areardquo Journal of Cultural Geography 20 Cunningham Jonathen and Sandra Svoboda 2006 ldquoThe New African-Americans Understanding a Wave of Immigration Battling Misperceptionsrdquo Metro Times November 1 Frazier Martin 2005 ldquoNew Dimensions ndash African immigrants in the USrdquo Peoplersquos Weekly World May 20
Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
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52
Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
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53
_____ 2007 Diaspora Dialogues Engagements Between Africa and its Diasporas at The New African Diaspora Assessing the Pains and Gains of Exile Binghamton University African ndash African-American Relations Racial ndash Ethnic Identity Black Diversity
Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
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DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
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Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
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Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
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Embassy of Ethiopia
3506 International Drive NW
Washington DC 20008
(202) 364-1200
Consulate General of Ethiopia
3460 Wilshire Boulevard
Suite 308
Los Angeles CA 90010
(213) 365-6651
Email ethiopiaethiopianembassyorg
URL wwwethiopianembassyorg
Embassy of Gabon
2034 20th
St NW Suite 200
Washington DC 20009
Ph (202) 797-1000
Fax (202) 332-0668
Email infogabonembassyusaorg
URL httpgabonembassyusaorg
Consulate(s) are in
New York
18 E 41st St 9th Floor
New York NY 10017
(212) 686-9720
Embassy of the Gambia
2233 Wisconsin Avenue NW
Suite 240 Georgetown Plaza
Washington DC 20007
Ph (202) 785-1379 1399 1425
Fax (202) 785-1430
Email infogambiaembassyus
URL httpwwwgambiaembassyus
Embassy of Ghana
3512 International Dr NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 686-4520 to 4526
Fax (202) 686-4527
Email infoghanaembassyorg
URL httpwwwghanaembassyorg
Embassy of the Republic of Guinea
2112 Leroy Pl NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 986-4300
Fax (202) 986-4800
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Embassy of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau
15929 Yukon Lane
Rockville MD 20855
Ph (301) 947-3958
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Diplomatic Mission of Guinea-Bissau
918 16th Street NW (Mezzanine Suite)
Washington DC 20006
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Fax (202)872 4226
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2249 R St NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 387-6101
Fax (202) 462-3829
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Kenya Consulate in New York
866 Un Plaza Suite 4016
New York NY 10017 USA
Tel (212) 421 4741
Fax (212) 486 1985
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Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 797-5533
Fax (202) 234-6815
lesothoembassyverizonnet
wwwlesothoemb-usagov
Embassy of the Republic of Liberia
5201 16th
St NW
Washington DC 20011
Ph (202) 723-0437
Fax (202) 723-0436
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Embassy of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
2600 Virginia Ave NW Suite 705
Washington DC 20037
Ph (202) 944-9601
Fax (202) 944-9606
Mission of Libya to The United Nations
309 East 48th Street
New York
+1 212 752 5775
+1 212 593 4787
Email infoembassyoflibyadcorg
URL httpwwwlibyausaembassycom
Embassy of the Republic of Madagascar
2374 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington DC 20008 USA
Tel 202-265-5525
Fax 202-265-3034
E-mail malagasyembassy verizonnet
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Honorary Consulate Solana Beach CA
Hon Consul Monique Rodriguez
1318 Santa Luisa Drive
Solana Beach CA 92075 USA
Tel 858-792-6999
Fax 858-792-5280
email info madagascar-consulateorg
United Nations New York
HE Ambassador Zina Andrianarivelo
Permanent Representative to the United Nations
820 Second Avenue Suite 800
New York NY 10017 USA
Tel 212-986-9491
Fax 212-599-5021
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Honorary Consulate Philadelphia PA
123 South Broad Street
Philadelphia PA 19109 USA
Tel 215-893-3067
Embassy of the Republic of Malawi
2408 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 721-0270
Fax (202) 721-0288
Email malawidcaolcom
wwwmalawiembassy-dcorg
Embassy of the Republic of Mali
2130 R St NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 332-2249
Fax (202) 332-6603
Email infomaliembassyus
httpwwwmaliembassyus
Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
2129 Leroy Pl NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 232-5700
Fax (202) 319-2623
infomauritaniaembassyus
Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco
1601 21st ST NW
Washington DC 20009
Ph (202) 462-7979
Fax (202) 265-0161
URL httpwwwembassyofmoroccous
Embassy of the Republic of Mozambique
1525 New Hampshire
Washington DC 20036
Ph (202) 293-7146
Fax (202) 835-0245
embamocaolcom
Website httpwwwembamoc-usaorg
Consular Services
Phone (202) 293-7146 ext 230
E-mail mozambvisaaolcom
Embassy of Namibia
1605 New Hampshire Avenue NW
Washington DC 20009
tel (202) 986-0540
fax (202) 986-0443
Email infonamibianembassyusaorg
Website httpnamibianembassyusaorg
Embassy of the Republic of Niger
2204 R St NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 483-4224 to 4227
Fax (202) 483-3169
E-mail communicationembassyofnigerorg
Website httpembassyofnigerorg
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Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
3519 International Ct NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 986-8400
Fax (202) 362-6541
Fax (202) 775-1385
Email infonigeriaembassyusaorg
httpwwwnigeriaembassyusaorg
Embassy of the Republic of Rwanda
1714 New Hampshire Ave NW
Washington DC 20009
Ph (202) 232-2882
Fax (202) 232-4544
Email inforwandaembassyorg
httpwwwrwandaembassyorg
Embassy of Sao Tome and Principe
1211 Connecticut Ave NW Suite 300
Washington DC 20036
Ph (202) 775-2075
Fax (202) 775-2077
Consulate of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome amp Principe
512 Means Street Suite 305 Atlanta Georgia 30318
Tel 404-221-0203
Fax 404-221-1006
Permanent Mission to the UN
Tel 212-317-0533
Fax 212-935-7348
Embassy of the Republic of Senegal
2031 Florida Avenue NW
Washington DC 20009
Ph (202) 234-0540
Fax (202) 629-2961
Email contactambasenegal-usorg
URL httpwwwambasenegal-usorgindexphp
Embassy of the Republic of Seychelles
800 2nd
Ave Suite 400C
New York NY 10017
Ph (212) 687 9766
Fax (212) 972 1786
Seychellesunint
Embassy of Sierra Leone
1701 19th
St NW
Washington DC 20009
Ph (202) 939-9261
Fax (202) 483-1793
Email infoembassyofsierraleonenet
Website httpwwwembassyofsierraleonenet
Embassy of the Republic of South Africa
3051 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington DC
Ph (202) 232-4400
Ph 202-413-1953
Fax (202)265-1607
Emailinfosaembassyorg
Website wwwsaembassyorg
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Consulate General of South Africa
200 S Michigan Ave 600
Chicago IL 60604
Tel (312) 939-7929
Fax (312) 939-2588
Annex (for visas passports immigration matters)
4301 Connecticut Ave NW Suite 220
Washington DC 20008
Tel (202) 232-4400
Fax(202) 244-9417
E-mail consularwadircogovza
Embassy of the Republic of the South Sudan
1233 20th Street NW Suite 602
Washington DC 20036
Tel (202) 293-7940
Fax (202) 293-7941
URL httpwwwgossmissionorg
Embassy of the Republic of the Sudan
2210 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 338-8565
Fax (202) 667-2406
infosudanembassyorg
httpwwwsudanembassyorg
Embassy of the United Republic of Tanzania
1232 22nd St NW Washington DC 20037
Ph (202) 939-6125 or (202) 884-1080
Fax (202) 797-7408
httpdigitalsquaredcomtzesite1
Embassy of the Republic of Togo
2208 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 234-4212
Fax (202) 232-3190
Email infotogoembassyus
Web httpwwwtogoembassyus
Embassy of Tunisia
1515 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington DC 20005
Ph (202) 862-1850
Fax (202) 862-1585
Email infotunconsusaorg
URL httpwwwtunconsusaorg
Embassy of the Republic of Uganda
5911 16th
St NW
Washington DC 20011
Ph (202) 726-7100
Fax (202) 726-1727
httpwwwugandaembassycom
Embassy of the Republic of Zambia
2419 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 265-9717
Fax (202) 332-0826
httpwwwzambiaembassyorg
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Embassy of Republic of Zimbabwe
1608 New Hampshire Ave NW
Washington DC 20009
Ph (202) 332-7100
Fax (202) 483-9326
info33zimbabwe-embassyus
httpwwwzimbabwe-embassyus
RELIGIOUS CONGREGATIONS
Christian
ACME Vision International Ministries
4554 North Broadway Avenue Suite 250
Chicago Illinois 60640
(773) 970-4844
URL httpacmevisiowebscom
African Community United Methodist Church
Pastor Amos Oladipo
4754 N Leavitt St (Berry UMC building)
Chicago IL 60625
Office (773) 784-3370
Pastorrsquos cell (773) 6 -9799
URL wwwafricancommunityumcorg
The Apostolic Church International
4554 North Broadway Avenue
Chicago Illinois 60640
(773) 865-2239
Berhane Wongel Ethiopian Evangelical Church (Amharic)
Pastor Guenetu Yigzaw
Office 611 South Blvd
Evanston IL 60202
Worship 6200 N Artesian Ave
Chicago IL 60659
(773) 338-6400
wwwbwecorg
Believing in Jesus Christ (Kirundi Kinyarwanda Swahili)
4750 N Sheridan Rd Suite 341
Chicago IL 60640
Contact Claire Mukundente
(773) 297-6308
Ethiopian Orthodox Church of Medhane-Amen
9801 S Commercial Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 768-6078
Bethel Presbyterian Church of Ghana Chicago
(In the small sanctuary of Tabernacle Baptist Church)
4130 S Indiana
Chicago IL 60653
Contact Paul Asiama
(773) 224-3868
Chicago Ghanaian Seventh Day Adventist Church
Pastor Peter K Omane
5258 S Christiana Ave
Chicago IL 60632
(312) 282-2459 [pastor]
(773) 476-1044
URL wwwghanaian25adventistchurchconnectorg
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16
Christrsquos Oasis
A Multi-Cultural Non-Denominational Charismatic Church
Senior Pastor Dr Isaac Paintsil
Sunday service
4141 N Marine Dr Chicago IL 60613
Mid-Week service (Wednesday)
850 W Montrose Chicago IL 60613
(708) 458-7505
Western Suburb
Jamie McGee School Auditorium
179 Commonwealth Dr
Bolingbrook IL 60440
Chicago
3101 North Parkside Avenue Chicago IL
Southern Suburb
500 Holiday Plaza Drive Matteson IL 60443
Oasis Center
6855 W 65th
St Bed ford Park
IL 60638
Tel (708) 458-7505
Fax (708) 458-7505
Email ipaintsilchristoasisorg
Website wwwchristoasisorg
Ghanaian Community Church
5500 S Woodlawn Ave (Augustana Lutheran
Church bldg)
Chicago IL 60637
Contact Fr Canon Robert Koomson
(708) 268-7024
Ghanaian Presbyterian Church of Chicago
1936 S Michigan Ave
Chicago IL 60616
(773) 567-0685
wwwghanaprescom
Jesus House Chicago (Redeemed Christian Church of God)
4332 N Kedzie
Pastor PI
Chicago IL 60618
Tel (773) 866-9461
Fax (773) 866-9483
Website wwwjesushouseorg
Midwest Christian Montessori Academy
151 E Briarcliff Rd
Bolingbrook IL 60440
(630) 783-8644
Website wwwmcmacademyorg
Redemption Hour (House of Worship)
Romeoville Rec Center
900 W Romeo Rd
Romeoville IL 60446
Pastor Henry O Amegatcher
(312) 622-3157
Bible Baptist Church
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-5618
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17
Calvary Apostolic Church
16 Baker Cir
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-0430
Church of God
1801 Maple Rd
Joliet IL 60432
(815) 774-9254
Community Christian Church
174 Highpoint Dr
Romeoville IL
(815) 524-3122
First Baptist Church
730 N Independence Blvd
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-5565
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
25 Alexander Cir
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-4354
High Road Bible Church
380 High Rd
Lockport IL
(815) 838-6018
Jehovahrsquos WitnessRomeoville Assembly Hall
800 N Schmidt Rd
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-9700
Lighthouse Baptist Church
3 E Romeo Rd
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-3909
Love Fellowship Baptist Church
730 N Independence Blvd
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-8420
St Andrew the Apostle Roma
505 Kingston Dr
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-4165
United Presbyterian Church
2 Belmont Dr
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-4874
Schekina Christian Center (French English)
Pastor Joe Kamanda
723 W Howard St
Evanston IL 60202
Tel (847) 328-4335
Email infoschekinagloryorg
URL wwwschekinagloryorg
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
18
St Paulrsquos by the Lake (Anglican)
7100 N Ashland Blvd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 764-6514
URL wwwstpaulsbylakeorg
St Sabina Church
1210 W 78th
St
Chicago IL 60620
Ph (773) 483-4300
Fax (773) 483-7583
Website wwwsaintsabinaorg
St Stephenrsquos African Methodist Episcopal Church
Rev Albert Tyson
2000 W Washington Blvd
Chicago IL 60612
Email adtysonIIIaolcom
Sudanese Community Church (Arabic English)
520 E Roosevelt Rd (Wheaton Evangelical Free Church bldg)
Wheaton IL 60187
Contact Wilson Lual
(630) 415-9843
Elder John Elmakal
(630) 261-5160
Tel (630) 668-6490 ext 100
Fax (630) 668-9088
Website wwwwefcorg
Trinity United Church of Christ - Africa Ministry
400 W 95th Street
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 962-5650
E-mail infotrinityChicagoorg
Website wwwtuccorg
Unity Christian Church
4751 N Sheridan
Chicago IL 60640
Contact Albert Kouame
(773) 656-1166
(708) 649-3958
Email salo817yahoocom
Mount Zion Anglician Church
4554 North Broadway Avenue
Chicago Illinois 60640
Joyous Victory Ministries
4554 N Broadway Avenue Suite 220
Chicago Illinois 60640
New Community Church
616 Lake St
Evanston IL 60201
Phone (630) 910-1844
httpnccchicagoorg
Ghanaian Presbyterian Church of Chicago
1936 S Michigan Ave
Chicago IL 60616
Pastor James Acquaah
Phone (773) 567-0685
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
Director HIVAIDS Research amp Policy Institute (HARPI)
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2046
aadefuyecsuedu
Akinmoladun Tunde PhD
Associate Professor Health sciences
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-3287
takincsuedu
Shaffdeen A Amuwo PhD MPH
Associate Dean
Clinical Associate Professor
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
43
Office of Urban Health and Diversity Program
University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health (MC 923)
1603 West Taylor Suite 1185
Chicago IL 60612-4394
(312) 996-1410
amuwouicedu
William Ebomoyi PhD
Professor Health Studies
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2527
eebomoyicsuedu
Veterinary Medicine
Ibulaimu Kakoma PhD
Associate Professor Pathobiology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Veterinary Medicine
3505 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Bd
2001 South Lincoln Ave
Urbana IL 61802
(217) 333-2449
[f] (217)244-7421
kakomaiuiucedu
Fine Arts
Samuel Akainyah
Instructor Humanities Fine Arts amp Theater
Kennedy King College
6301 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60621
(773) 602-5185
sakainyahcccedu
Education
Anghesom Atsbaha EdD
(Adult Education)
Assistant Professor Social Sciences
Director Truman-DePaul Adult Bridge Program
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4067
aatsbahacccedu
Bekisizwe Ndimande PhD
(Politics of curriculum Policies and practices in post-apartheid desegregated schools)
Assistant Professor Curriculum amp Instruction
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Education
315 Education Building
1310 S 6th St MC 708
Champaign IL 61820
(217) 244-5556
ndimandeillinoisedu
Dr Emma Theuri
County Extension Director
University of Illinois Extension
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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44
Will County Unit
100 Manhattan Rd
Joliet IL 60433
(815) 727-9296
emmatillinoisedu
wwwextensionuiuceduwill
Foreign Languages Linguistics
Dr Eyamba G Bokamba
Professor of Linguistics
Director Program in African Languages (PAL)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Linguistics
3154 Foreign Language Building
707 S Mathews Avenue MC-168
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-3051
bokambaillinoisedu
Dr Khadija Bounou
Loyola University Chicago
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (French)
Dame Hall Room 305
6525 N Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-2861
kbounoulucedu
Dr Evans Mwangi
Assistant Professor of English
Northwestern University
1897 Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60208
English Department
Office UH 326
(847) 491-3529 [Office]
Fax 847-467-1545
evan-mwanginorthwesternedu
Humanities
Literature Oral Traditions Poetry
Waiumll Hassan PhD
(Modern Arabic Anglophone and Francophone literatures)
Associate Professor Comparative and World Literature
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3072 Foreign Languages Building
MC-160
707 S Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 333-4987
whassanillinoisedu
Abdul-Rasheed NarsquoAllah PhD
Professor and Department Chair
Director Indigenous Africa and Diaspora Discourse Project (IADDP)
Western Illinois University
Department of African American Studies
Morgan Hall 232
1 University Circle
Macomb IL 61455-1390
(309) 298-1181
A-NaAllahwiuedu
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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45
Michel Nguessan PhD
Associate Professor
Library amp Information Science
Associate Editor-In-Chief of International Journal of Library Science
Governors State University
University Library
Office D2407
University Park IL 60466-0975
(708) 235-2143
mnguessangovstedu
wwwgovstedulibrarynguessan
Dr Patricia Ogedengbe
Librarian of Africana
University Library
Northwestern University
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300
(847) 491-2936
p-ogedengbenorthwesternedu
Mathematics
Aboubacar Sidy-Sow
Harold Washington College
30 E Lake St 730
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-3411
saboubacar-sidycccedu
Public Affairs
George O Assibey-Mensah PhD
Associate Professor
Public Finance and Policy Analysis
Indiana University Northwest
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
OFFICE Lindenwood Hall 108
3400 Broadway
Gary IN 46408-1197
(219) 980-7102
gassibeyiunedu
Fassil Demissie PhD
(Urban Planning)
Associate Professor
Public Policy Studies
DePaul University
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2352 N Clifton Ave Suite 1501
Chicago IL 60614
Phone (773) 325-7356
Fax (773) 325-4062
fdemissidepauledu
Religion
M Sani Umar PhD
Associate Professor of Religion
Director ndash Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
Northwestern University
Program of African Studies
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 467-0692
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
46
m-umarnorthwesternedu
Social Sciences
History Misbahudeen Ahmed-Rufai
Assistant Professor
History and Social Sciences
Harold Washington College
30 East Lake St
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-5747
mahmed-rufaicccedu
Dr Theodora Ayot
North Park University
History Department
3225 West Foster Ave
Chicago IL 60625-4895
(773) 244-5744
tayotnorthparkedu
Ismael M Montana
Assistant Professor of History
Northern Illinois University
Department of History
DeKalb IL 60115-2893
(815) 753 8420
montananiuedu
ismaelmontanayahooca
Saidou Mohamed NrsquoDaou PhD
Professor of History
Chicago State University
William Science Building Room 315
9501 South King Drive
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2973
sndaouaolcom
Ogenga Otunnu PhD
(African History Immigration and Refugee Studies)
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of History
2320 N Kenmore Ave
Chicago IL 60614-3250
(773) 325-1555
ootunnudepauledu
Geography
Ezekiel Kalipeni PhD
(Medical Geography Population Studies Environmental Issues Health Care Africa)
Professor of Geography and African Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Geography
220 Davenport Hall MC-150
607 South Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-7708
kalipeniillinoisedu
Sociology
Abu Bakarr Bah PhD
Associate Professor
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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47
Northern Illinois University
Department of Sociology
DeKalb IL 60115-2854
(815) 753-6427
(815) 753-0365
abahniuedu
Anthropology
Chapurukha M Kusimba
Curator of Anthropology
The Field Museum
1400 S Lake Shore Dr
Chicago IL 60605-2496
(312) 922-9410 [main]
ckusimbafieldmuseumorg
Political Science
Clement Eme Adibe PhD
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of Political Science
990 W Fullerton Suite 2200
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 325-1981
cadibedepauledu
Joseph K Hoereth
Associate Director
Institute of Policy and Civic Engagement (MC 097)
UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago)
1253 S Halsted Street Room 310
Chicago IL 60607
Ph (312) 355-0096
Fax (312) 355-0545
jhoerethuicedu
Edward Kasule PhD
Full-Time Instructor
Northeastern Illinois University
Department of Political Science
5500 N St Louis Ave CLS 2069
Chicago IL 60625
s-kasuleneiuedu
[2] Adjunct Faculty
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4739
skasulecccedu
STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS
African Student Organization
Illinois Institute of Technology
Jong Massaqoui (president)
3300 South Federal Street
Chicago IL 60616-3793
(312) 567-3000
asoiitedu
African Student Alliance
Loyola University Chicago
President Afia Ohemeng
Department of Student Diversity and Multicultural Affairs
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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48
1125 W Loyola Ave Mertz 200
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-3909
(773) 508-3895 [fax]
asaloyolaugmailcom
httpwwwfreewebscomlucafricanstudents
African Student Association
Northern Illinois University
Location Campus Life Building Suite 180
Phone (815) 753-0483
FAX (815) 753-0481
E-Mail studentassociationniuedu
wwwsaniuedu
Program of African Studies (PAS)
Northwestern University
Co-president Ama M Appenteng
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 491-7323
asanorthwesterngmailcom
wwwgroupsnorthwesterneduasa
International Student Services and Activities
Notre Dame University
100 Main Building
Notre Dame Indiana 46556 USA
Phone (574) 631-1138
Immigration Questions (574) 631-5243
Fax (574) 631-3162
E-mail issandedu
E-mail ndintlndedu
wwwissandedu
African Student Council
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
President Alpha Marwa
International student council
(618) 453-5264
wwwafscrsosiucedu
African and Caribbean Student Association
University of Chicago
Judith Kituku ndash President
kitukuuchicagoedu
Jennifer Kennedy ndash Advisor
jkennedyuchicagoedu
(773) 834-8252
African Student Council (ASC)
University of Illinois at Chicago
750 SHalsted Street (Student Center East Building Room 473)
Chicago IL 60607
President Adedrian Adeleke
asxuicgmailcom
COMMUNITY MEDIA
African Advocate
United African Organization
3424 S State St Suite 3C8-2
Chicago IL 60616
(312) 949-9980
(312) 949-9981
infouniteafricansorg
wwwuniteafricansorg
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
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49
AFRIQUE News Magazine
AFRIQUE Publishing Inc
6600 N Lincoln Ave Suite 240
Lincolnwood IL 60712
(773) 463 7200
OR
3525 W Peterson Ave Ste 200
Chicago Illinois 60659-3315 USA
(773) 250-7200
afriquepublishinggmailcom
httpwwwafriquenewsmagazinecom
African Spectrum
Spectrum Inc
481 W Boughton Rd 400
Bolingbrook IL 60440
(630) 771-9069
(630) 771-9074
(630) 771-1163
africanspectrumaolcom
Crsquoest la vie
Unity in Diversity
Azaka M Ajanaku
Producer Director
Francophone Television at Chicago Access Network TV 21 Every Sunday at 10pm
(312) 972-9252
Chicago Defender
4445 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Drive
Chicago IL 60653
(312) 225-2400
Fax (312) 225-9231
httpwwwchicagodefendercom
The Chicago Inquirer
Postal address The Chicago Inquirer
POBOX 17056 Chicago IL 60617
Tel 773-382-1638
Fax 773-221-4872
httpwwwchicagoinquirercom
Maudlyne Ihejirika (Reporter)
Chicago Sun-Times
350 N Orleans St
Chicago IL 60654
(312) 321-2825
mihejirikasuntimescom
Mashariki LEO
1449 E 72nd
Street
Chicago IL 60619
Postal Address PO BOX 19350
Chicago IL 60619
httpwwwmasharikileocom
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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50
FUNERAL HOMES
Nelson Funeral Homes
5149 N Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 561-5147
820 W Talcott Rd Park Ridge IL 60068
(847) 823-5122
wwwnelsonfuneralscom
Leak and Sons Funeral Chapels
7838 S Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 846-6567
18400 S Pulaski Rd
Country Club hills IL 60478
(708) 206-0860
Golden Gate Funeral Home
2036 West 79th
Street
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 846-7900
wwwgolengate-funeralhomecom
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51
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I Illinois-specific Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant Women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois Capehart Adrian S 2004 The Migration of Africans to the United States since 1960 Contexts Responses and Communities PhD Thesis Department of History University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago Illinois Encyclopedia of Chicago 2004 The Newberry Library wwwencyclopediachicagohistoryorg [Profiles of the African immigrant and refugee community are divided by nationality (eg Beninese Angolans
Congolese Kenyans etc)] Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6 Swanson Lorraine 2008 ldquoBrrrr Itrsquos Cold Refugees Prepare for their First Chicago Winterrdquo Chicago Journal October 22 II General Reference Overview Ethnography
Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
_____ (Bryce-Laporte Roy Simon) 1977 Visibility of the New Immigrants Society 1418-33 Chacko Elizabeth 2003 ldquoEthiopian Ethos and the Making of Ethnic Places in the Washington Metropolitan Areardquo Journal of Cultural Geography 20 Cunningham Jonathen and Sandra Svoboda 2006 ldquoThe New African-Americans Understanding a Wave of Immigration Battling Misperceptionsrdquo Metro Times November 1 Frazier Martin 2005 ldquoNew Dimensions ndash African immigrants in the USrdquo Peoplersquos Weekly World May 20
Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
52
Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
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53
_____ 2007 Diaspora Dialogues Engagements Between Africa and its Diasporas at The New African Diaspora Assessing the Pains and Gains of Exile Binghamton University African ndash African-American Relations Racial ndash Ethnic Identity Black Diversity
Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
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DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
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Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
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Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
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Embassy of the Republic of Kenya
2249 R St NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 387-6101
Fax (202) 462-3829
URL httpwwwkenyaembassycom
Kenya Consulate in New York
866 Un Plaza Suite 4016
New York NY 10017 USA
Tel (212) 421 4741
Fax (212) 486 1985
Embassy of the Kingdom of Lesotho
2511 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 797-5533
Fax (202) 234-6815
lesothoembassyverizonnet
wwwlesothoemb-usagov
Embassy of the Republic of Liberia
5201 16th
St NW
Washington DC 20011
Ph (202) 723-0437
Fax (202) 723-0436
URL wwwliberianembassyusorg
Embassy of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
2600 Virginia Ave NW Suite 705
Washington DC 20037
Ph (202) 944-9601
Fax (202) 944-9606
Mission of Libya to The United Nations
309 East 48th Street
New York
+1 212 752 5775
+1 212 593 4787
Email infoembassyoflibyadcorg
URL httpwwwlibyausaembassycom
Embassy of the Republic of Madagascar
2374 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington DC 20008 USA
Tel 202-265-5525
Fax 202-265-3034
E-mail malagasyembassy verizonnet
web site wwwmadagascar-embassyorg
Honorary Consulate Solana Beach CA
Hon Consul Monique Rodriguez
1318 Santa Luisa Drive
Solana Beach CA 92075 USA
Tel 858-792-6999
Fax 858-792-5280
email info madagascar-consulateorg
United Nations New York
HE Ambassador Zina Andrianarivelo
Permanent Representative to the United Nations
820 Second Avenue Suite 800
New York NY 10017 USA
Tel 212-986-9491
Fax 212-599-5021
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12
Honorary Consulate Philadelphia PA
123 South Broad Street
Philadelphia PA 19109 USA
Tel 215-893-3067
Embassy of the Republic of Malawi
2408 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 721-0270
Fax (202) 721-0288
Email malawidcaolcom
wwwmalawiembassy-dcorg
Embassy of the Republic of Mali
2130 R St NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 332-2249
Fax (202) 332-6603
Email infomaliembassyus
httpwwwmaliembassyus
Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
2129 Leroy Pl NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 232-5700
Fax (202) 319-2623
infomauritaniaembassyus
Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco
1601 21st ST NW
Washington DC 20009
Ph (202) 462-7979
Fax (202) 265-0161
URL httpwwwembassyofmoroccous
Embassy of the Republic of Mozambique
1525 New Hampshire
Washington DC 20036
Ph (202) 293-7146
Fax (202) 835-0245
embamocaolcom
Website httpwwwembamoc-usaorg
Consular Services
Phone (202) 293-7146 ext 230
E-mail mozambvisaaolcom
Embassy of Namibia
1605 New Hampshire Avenue NW
Washington DC 20009
tel (202) 986-0540
fax (202) 986-0443
Email infonamibianembassyusaorg
Website httpnamibianembassyusaorg
Embassy of the Republic of Niger
2204 R St NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 483-4224 to 4227
Fax (202) 483-3169
E-mail communicationembassyofnigerorg
Website httpembassyofnigerorg
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3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
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13
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
3519 International Ct NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 986-8400
Fax (202) 362-6541
Fax (202) 775-1385
Email infonigeriaembassyusaorg
httpwwwnigeriaembassyusaorg
Embassy of the Republic of Rwanda
1714 New Hampshire Ave NW
Washington DC 20009
Ph (202) 232-2882
Fax (202) 232-4544
Email inforwandaembassyorg
httpwwwrwandaembassyorg
Embassy of Sao Tome and Principe
1211 Connecticut Ave NW Suite 300
Washington DC 20036
Ph (202) 775-2075
Fax (202) 775-2077
Consulate of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome amp Principe
512 Means Street Suite 305 Atlanta Georgia 30318
Tel 404-221-0203
Fax 404-221-1006
Permanent Mission to the UN
Tel 212-317-0533
Fax 212-935-7348
Embassy of the Republic of Senegal
2031 Florida Avenue NW
Washington DC 20009
Ph (202) 234-0540
Fax (202) 629-2961
Email contactambasenegal-usorg
URL httpwwwambasenegal-usorgindexphp
Embassy of the Republic of Seychelles
800 2nd
Ave Suite 400C
New York NY 10017
Ph (212) 687 9766
Fax (212) 972 1786
Seychellesunint
Embassy of Sierra Leone
1701 19th
St NW
Washington DC 20009
Ph (202) 939-9261
Fax (202) 483-1793
Email infoembassyofsierraleonenet
Website httpwwwembassyofsierraleonenet
Embassy of the Republic of South Africa
3051 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington DC
Ph (202) 232-4400
Ph 202-413-1953
Fax (202)265-1607
Emailinfosaembassyorg
Website wwwsaembassyorg
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14
Consulate General of South Africa
200 S Michigan Ave 600
Chicago IL 60604
Tel (312) 939-7929
Fax (312) 939-2588
Annex (for visas passports immigration matters)
4301 Connecticut Ave NW Suite 220
Washington DC 20008
Tel (202) 232-4400
Fax(202) 244-9417
E-mail consularwadircogovza
Embassy of the Republic of the South Sudan
1233 20th Street NW Suite 602
Washington DC 20036
Tel (202) 293-7940
Fax (202) 293-7941
URL httpwwwgossmissionorg
Embassy of the Republic of the Sudan
2210 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 338-8565
Fax (202) 667-2406
infosudanembassyorg
httpwwwsudanembassyorg
Embassy of the United Republic of Tanzania
1232 22nd St NW Washington DC 20037
Ph (202) 939-6125 or (202) 884-1080
Fax (202) 797-7408
httpdigitalsquaredcomtzesite1
Embassy of the Republic of Togo
2208 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 234-4212
Fax (202) 232-3190
Email infotogoembassyus
Web httpwwwtogoembassyus
Embassy of Tunisia
1515 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington DC 20005
Ph (202) 862-1850
Fax (202) 862-1585
Email infotunconsusaorg
URL httpwwwtunconsusaorg
Embassy of the Republic of Uganda
5911 16th
St NW
Washington DC 20011
Ph (202) 726-7100
Fax (202) 726-1727
httpwwwugandaembassycom
Embassy of the Republic of Zambia
2419 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 265-9717
Fax (202) 332-0826
httpwwwzambiaembassyorg
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
15
Embassy of Republic of Zimbabwe
1608 New Hampshire Ave NW
Washington DC 20009
Ph (202) 332-7100
Fax (202) 483-9326
info33zimbabwe-embassyus
httpwwwzimbabwe-embassyus
RELIGIOUS CONGREGATIONS
Christian
ACME Vision International Ministries
4554 North Broadway Avenue Suite 250
Chicago Illinois 60640
(773) 970-4844
URL httpacmevisiowebscom
African Community United Methodist Church
Pastor Amos Oladipo
4754 N Leavitt St (Berry UMC building)
Chicago IL 60625
Office (773) 784-3370
Pastorrsquos cell (773) 6 -9799
URL wwwafricancommunityumcorg
The Apostolic Church International
4554 North Broadway Avenue
Chicago Illinois 60640
(773) 865-2239
Berhane Wongel Ethiopian Evangelical Church (Amharic)
Pastor Guenetu Yigzaw
Office 611 South Blvd
Evanston IL 60202
Worship 6200 N Artesian Ave
Chicago IL 60659
(773) 338-6400
wwwbwecorg
Believing in Jesus Christ (Kirundi Kinyarwanda Swahili)
4750 N Sheridan Rd Suite 341
Chicago IL 60640
Contact Claire Mukundente
(773) 297-6308
Ethiopian Orthodox Church of Medhane-Amen
9801 S Commercial Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 768-6078
Bethel Presbyterian Church of Ghana Chicago
(In the small sanctuary of Tabernacle Baptist Church)
4130 S Indiana
Chicago IL 60653
Contact Paul Asiama
(773) 224-3868
Chicago Ghanaian Seventh Day Adventist Church
Pastor Peter K Omane
5258 S Christiana Ave
Chicago IL 60632
(312) 282-2459 [pastor]
(773) 476-1044
URL wwwghanaian25adventistchurchconnectorg
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3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
16
Christrsquos Oasis
A Multi-Cultural Non-Denominational Charismatic Church
Senior Pastor Dr Isaac Paintsil
Sunday service
4141 N Marine Dr Chicago IL 60613
Mid-Week service (Wednesday)
850 W Montrose Chicago IL 60613
(708) 458-7505
Western Suburb
Jamie McGee School Auditorium
179 Commonwealth Dr
Bolingbrook IL 60440
Chicago
3101 North Parkside Avenue Chicago IL
Southern Suburb
500 Holiday Plaza Drive Matteson IL 60443
Oasis Center
6855 W 65th
St Bed ford Park
IL 60638
Tel (708) 458-7505
Fax (708) 458-7505
Email ipaintsilchristoasisorg
Website wwwchristoasisorg
Ghanaian Community Church
5500 S Woodlawn Ave (Augustana Lutheran
Church bldg)
Chicago IL 60637
Contact Fr Canon Robert Koomson
(708) 268-7024
Ghanaian Presbyterian Church of Chicago
1936 S Michigan Ave
Chicago IL 60616
(773) 567-0685
wwwghanaprescom
Jesus House Chicago (Redeemed Christian Church of God)
4332 N Kedzie
Pastor PI
Chicago IL 60618
Tel (773) 866-9461
Fax (773) 866-9483
Website wwwjesushouseorg
Midwest Christian Montessori Academy
151 E Briarcliff Rd
Bolingbrook IL 60440
(630) 783-8644
Website wwwmcmacademyorg
Redemption Hour (House of Worship)
Romeoville Rec Center
900 W Romeo Rd
Romeoville IL 60446
Pastor Henry O Amegatcher
(312) 622-3157
Bible Baptist Church
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-5618
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
17
Calvary Apostolic Church
16 Baker Cir
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-0430
Church of God
1801 Maple Rd
Joliet IL 60432
(815) 774-9254
Community Christian Church
174 Highpoint Dr
Romeoville IL
(815) 524-3122
First Baptist Church
730 N Independence Blvd
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-5565
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
25 Alexander Cir
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-4354
High Road Bible Church
380 High Rd
Lockport IL
(815) 838-6018
Jehovahrsquos WitnessRomeoville Assembly Hall
800 N Schmidt Rd
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-9700
Lighthouse Baptist Church
3 E Romeo Rd
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-3909
Love Fellowship Baptist Church
730 N Independence Blvd
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-8420
St Andrew the Apostle Roma
505 Kingston Dr
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-4165
United Presbyterian Church
2 Belmont Dr
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-4874
Schekina Christian Center (French English)
Pastor Joe Kamanda
723 W Howard St
Evanston IL 60202
Tel (847) 328-4335
Email infoschekinagloryorg
URL wwwschekinagloryorg
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
18
St Paulrsquos by the Lake (Anglican)
7100 N Ashland Blvd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 764-6514
URL wwwstpaulsbylakeorg
St Sabina Church
1210 W 78th
St
Chicago IL 60620
Ph (773) 483-4300
Fax (773) 483-7583
Website wwwsaintsabinaorg
St Stephenrsquos African Methodist Episcopal Church
Rev Albert Tyson
2000 W Washington Blvd
Chicago IL 60612
Email adtysonIIIaolcom
Sudanese Community Church (Arabic English)
520 E Roosevelt Rd (Wheaton Evangelical Free Church bldg)
Wheaton IL 60187
Contact Wilson Lual
(630) 415-9843
Elder John Elmakal
(630) 261-5160
Tel (630) 668-6490 ext 100
Fax (630) 668-9088
Website wwwwefcorg
Trinity United Church of Christ - Africa Ministry
400 W 95th Street
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 962-5650
E-mail infotrinityChicagoorg
Website wwwtuccorg
Unity Christian Church
4751 N Sheridan
Chicago IL 60640
Contact Albert Kouame
(773) 656-1166
(708) 649-3958
Email salo817yahoocom
Mount Zion Anglician Church
4554 North Broadway Avenue
Chicago Illinois 60640
Joyous Victory Ministries
4554 N Broadway Avenue Suite 220
Chicago Illinois 60640
New Community Church
616 Lake St
Evanston IL 60201
Phone (630) 910-1844
httpnccchicagoorg
Ghanaian Presbyterian Church of Chicago
1936 S Michigan Ave
Chicago IL 60616
Pastor James Acquaah
Phone (773) 567-0685
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
Director HIVAIDS Research amp Policy Institute (HARPI)
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2046
aadefuyecsuedu
Akinmoladun Tunde PhD
Associate Professor Health sciences
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-3287
takincsuedu
Shaffdeen A Amuwo PhD MPH
Associate Dean
Clinical Associate Professor
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
43
Office of Urban Health and Diversity Program
University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health (MC 923)
1603 West Taylor Suite 1185
Chicago IL 60612-4394
(312) 996-1410
amuwouicedu
William Ebomoyi PhD
Professor Health Studies
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2527
eebomoyicsuedu
Veterinary Medicine
Ibulaimu Kakoma PhD
Associate Professor Pathobiology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Veterinary Medicine
3505 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Bd
2001 South Lincoln Ave
Urbana IL 61802
(217) 333-2449
[f] (217)244-7421
kakomaiuiucedu
Fine Arts
Samuel Akainyah
Instructor Humanities Fine Arts amp Theater
Kennedy King College
6301 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60621
(773) 602-5185
sakainyahcccedu
Education
Anghesom Atsbaha EdD
(Adult Education)
Assistant Professor Social Sciences
Director Truman-DePaul Adult Bridge Program
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4067
aatsbahacccedu
Bekisizwe Ndimande PhD
(Politics of curriculum Policies and practices in post-apartheid desegregated schools)
Assistant Professor Curriculum amp Instruction
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Education
315 Education Building
1310 S 6th St MC 708
Champaign IL 61820
(217) 244-5556
ndimandeillinoisedu
Dr Emma Theuri
County Extension Director
University of Illinois Extension
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
44
Will County Unit
100 Manhattan Rd
Joliet IL 60433
(815) 727-9296
emmatillinoisedu
wwwextensionuiuceduwill
Foreign Languages Linguistics
Dr Eyamba G Bokamba
Professor of Linguistics
Director Program in African Languages (PAL)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Linguistics
3154 Foreign Language Building
707 S Mathews Avenue MC-168
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-3051
bokambaillinoisedu
Dr Khadija Bounou
Loyola University Chicago
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (French)
Dame Hall Room 305
6525 N Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-2861
kbounoulucedu
Dr Evans Mwangi
Assistant Professor of English
Northwestern University
1897 Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60208
English Department
Office UH 326
(847) 491-3529 [Office]
Fax 847-467-1545
evan-mwanginorthwesternedu
Humanities
Literature Oral Traditions Poetry
Waiumll Hassan PhD
(Modern Arabic Anglophone and Francophone literatures)
Associate Professor Comparative and World Literature
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3072 Foreign Languages Building
MC-160
707 S Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 333-4987
whassanillinoisedu
Abdul-Rasheed NarsquoAllah PhD
Professor and Department Chair
Director Indigenous Africa and Diaspora Discourse Project (IADDP)
Western Illinois University
Department of African American Studies
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1 University Circle
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Harold Washington College
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Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-3411
saboubacar-sidycccedu
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Public Finance and Policy Analysis
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School of Public and Environmental Affairs
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3400 Broadway
Gary IN 46408-1197
(219) 980-7102
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College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
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Chicago IL 60614
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Fax (773) 325-4062
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montananiuedu
ismaelmontanayahooca
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Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of History
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Chicago IL 60614-3250
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ootunnudepauledu
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[2] Adjunct Faculty
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Congolese Kenyans etc)] Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6 Swanson Lorraine 2008 ldquoBrrrr Itrsquos Cold Refugees Prepare for their First Chicago Winterrdquo Chicago Journal October 22 II General Reference Overview Ethnography
Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
_____ (Bryce-Laporte Roy Simon) 1977 Visibility of the New Immigrants Society 1418-33 Chacko Elizabeth 2003 ldquoEthiopian Ethos and the Making of Ethnic Places in the Washington Metropolitan Areardquo Journal of Cultural Geography 20 Cunningham Jonathen and Sandra Svoboda 2006 ldquoThe New African-Americans Understanding a Wave of Immigration Battling Misperceptionsrdquo Metro Times November 1 Frazier Martin 2005 ldquoNew Dimensions ndash African immigrants in the USrdquo Peoplersquos Weekly World May 20
Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
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Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
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53
_____ 2007 Diaspora Dialogues Engagements Between Africa and its Diasporas at The New African Diaspora Assessing the Pains and Gains of Exile Binghamton University African ndash African-American Relations Racial ndash Ethnic Identity Black Diversity
Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
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DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
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Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
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Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
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Website wwwsaembassyorg
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Consulate General of South Africa
200 S Michigan Ave 600
Chicago IL 60604
Tel (312) 939-7929
Fax (312) 939-2588
Annex (for visas passports immigration matters)
4301 Connecticut Ave NW Suite 220
Washington DC 20008
Tel (202) 232-4400
Fax(202) 244-9417
E-mail consularwadircogovza
Embassy of the Republic of the South Sudan
1233 20th Street NW Suite 602
Washington DC 20036
Tel (202) 293-7940
Fax (202) 293-7941
URL httpwwwgossmissionorg
Embassy of the Republic of the Sudan
2210 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 338-8565
Fax (202) 667-2406
infosudanembassyorg
httpwwwsudanembassyorg
Embassy of the United Republic of Tanzania
1232 22nd St NW Washington DC 20037
Ph (202) 939-6125 or (202) 884-1080
Fax (202) 797-7408
httpdigitalsquaredcomtzesite1
Embassy of the Republic of Togo
2208 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 234-4212
Fax (202) 232-3190
Email infotogoembassyus
Web httpwwwtogoembassyus
Embassy of Tunisia
1515 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington DC 20005
Ph (202) 862-1850
Fax (202) 862-1585
Email infotunconsusaorg
URL httpwwwtunconsusaorg
Embassy of the Republic of Uganda
5911 16th
St NW
Washington DC 20011
Ph (202) 726-7100
Fax (202) 726-1727
httpwwwugandaembassycom
Embassy of the Republic of Zambia
2419 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 265-9717
Fax (202) 332-0826
httpwwwzambiaembassyorg
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Embassy of Republic of Zimbabwe
1608 New Hampshire Ave NW
Washington DC 20009
Ph (202) 332-7100
Fax (202) 483-9326
info33zimbabwe-embassyus
httpwwwzimbabwe-embassyus
RELIGIOUS CONGREGATIONS
Christian
ACME Vision International Ministries
4554 North Broadway Avenue Suite 250
Chicago Illinois 60640
(773) 970-4844
URL httpacmevisiowebscom
African Community United Methodist Church
Pastor Amos Oladipo
4754 N Leavitt St (Berry UMC building)
Chicago IL 60625
Office (773) 784-3370
Pastorrsquos cell (773) 6 -9799
URL wwwafricancommunityumcorg
The Apostolic Church International
4554 North Broadway Avenue
Chicago Illinois 60640
(773) 865-2239
Berhane Wongel Ethiopian Evangelical Church (Amharic)
Pastor Guenetu Yigzaw
Office 611 South Blvd
Evanston IL 60202
Worship 6200 N Artesian Ave
Chicago IL 60659
(773) 338-6400
wwwbwecorg
Believing in Jesus Christ (Kirundi Kinyarwanda Swahili)
4750 N Sheridan Rd Suite 341
Chicago IL 60640
Contact Claire Mukundente
(773) 297-6308
Ethiopian Orthodox Church of Medhane-Amen
9801 S Commercial Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 768-6078
Bethel Presbyterian Church of Ghana Chicago
(In the small sanctuary of Tabernacle Baptist Church)
4130 S Indiana
Chicago IL 60653
Contact Paul Asiama
(773) 224-3868
Chicago Ghanaian Seventh Day Adventist Church
Pastor Peter K Omane
5258 S Christiana Ave
Chicago IL 60632
(312) 282-2459 [pastor]
(773) 476-1044
URL wwwghanaian25adventistchurchconnectorg
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16
Christrsquos Oasis
A Multi-Cultural Non-Denominational Charismatic Church
Senior Pastor Dr Isaac Paintsil
Sunday service
4141 N Marine Dr Chicago IL 60613
Mid-Week service (Wednesday)
850 W Montrose Chicago IL 60613
(708) 458-7505
Western Suburb
Jamie McGee School Auditorium
179 Commonwealth Dr
Bolingbrook IL 60440
Chicago
3101 North Parkside Avenue Chicago IL
Southern Suburb
500 Holiday Plaza Drive Matteson IL 60443
Oasis Center
6855 W 65th
St Bed ford Park
IL 60638
Tel (708) 458-7505
Fax (708) 458-7505
Email ipaintsilchristoasisorg
Website wwwchristoasisorg
Ghanaian Community Church
5500 S Woodlawn Ave (Augustana Lutheran
Church bldg)
Chicago IL 60637
Contact Fr Canon Robert Koomson
(708) 268-7024
Ghanaian Presbyterian Church of Chicago
1936 S Michigan Ave
Chicago IL 60616
(773) 567-0685
wwwghanaprescom
Jesus House Chicago (Redeemed Christian Church of God)
4332 N Kedzie
Pastor PI
Chicago IL 60618
Tel (773) 866-9461
Fax (773) 866-9483
Website wwwjesushouseorg
Midwest Christian Montessori Academy
151 E Briarcliff Rd
Bolingbrook IL 60440
(630) 783-8644
Website wwwmcmacademyorg
Redemption Hour (House of Worship)
Romeoville Rec Center
900 W Romeo Rd
Romeoville IL 60446
Pastor Henry O Amegatcher
(312) 622-3157
Bible Baptist Church
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-5618
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17
Calvary Apostolic Church
16 Baker Cir
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-0430
Church of God
1801 Maple Rd
Joliet IL 60432
(815) 774-9254
Community Christian Church
174 Highpoint Dr
Romeoville IL
(815) 524-3122
First Baptist Church
730 N Independence Blvd
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-5565
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
25 Alexander Cir
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-4354
High Road Bible Church
380 High Rd
Lockport IL
(815) 838-6018
Jehovahrsquos WitnessRomeoville Assembly Hall
800 N Schmidt Rd
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-9700
Lighthouse Baptist Church
3 E Romeo Rd
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-3909
Love Fellowship Baptist Church
730 N Independence Blvd
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-8420
St Andrew the Apostle Roma
505 Kingston Dr
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-4165
United Presbyterian Church
2 Belmont Dr
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-4874
Schekina Christian Center (French English)
Pastor Joe Kamanda
723 W Howard St
Evanston IL 60202
Tel (847) 328-4335
Email infoschekinagloryorg
URL wwwschekinagloryorg
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18
St Paulrsquos by the Lake (Anglican)
7100 N Ashland Blvd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 764-6514
URL wwwstpaulsbylakeorg
St Sabina Church
1210 W 78th
St
Chicago IL 60620
Ph (773) 483-4300
Fax (773) 483-7583
Website wwwsaintsabinaorg
St Stephenrsquos African Methodist Episcopal Church
Rev Albert Tyson
2000 W Washington Blvd
Chicago IL 60612
Email adtysonIIIaolcom
Sudanese Community Church (Arabic English)
520 E Roosevelt Rd (Wheaton Evangelical Free Church bldg)
Wheaton IL 60187
Contact Wilson Lual
(630) 415-9843
Elder John Elmakal
(630) 261-5160
Tel (630) 668-6490 ext 100
Fax (630) 668-9088
Website wwwwefcorg
Trinity United Church of Christ - Africa Ministry
400 W 95th Street
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 962-5650
E-mail infotrinityChicagoorg
Website wwwtuccorg
Unity Christian Church
4751 N Sheridan
Chicago IL 60640
Contact Albert Kouame
(773) 656-1166
(708) 649-3958
Email salo817yahoocom
Mount Zion Anglician Church
4554 North Broadway Avenue
Chicago Illinois 60640
Joyous Victory Ministries
4554 N Broadway Avenue Suite 220
Chicago Illinois 60640
New Community Church
616 Lake St
Evanston IL 60201
Phone (630) 910-1844
httpnccchicagoorg
Ghanaian Presbyterian Church of Chicago
1936 S Michigan Ave
Chicago IL 60616
Pastor James Acquaah
Phone (773) 567-0685
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Director HIVAIDS Research amp Policy Institute (HARPI)
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2046
aadefuyecsuedu
Akinmoladun Tunde PhD
Associate Professor Health sciences
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-3287
takincsuedu
Shaffdeen A Amuwo PhD MPH
Associate Dean
Clinical Associate Professor
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43
Office of Urban Health and Diversity Program
University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health (MC 923)
1603 West Taylor Suite 1185
Chicago IL 60612-4394
(312) 996-1410
amuwouicedu
William Ebomoyi PhD
Professor Health Studies
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2527
eebomoyicsuedu
Veterinary Medicine
Ibulaimu Kakoma PhD
Associate Professor Pathobiology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Veterinary Medicine
3505 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Bd
2001 South Lincoln Ave
Urbana IL 61802
(217) 333-2449
[f] (217)244-7421
kakomaiuiucedu
Fine Arts
Samuel Akainyah
Instructor Humanities Fine Arts amp Theater
Kennedy King College
6301 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60621
(773) 602-5185
sakainyahcccedu
Education
Anghesom Atsbaha EdD
(Adult Education)
Assistant Professor Social Sciences
Director Truman-DePaul Adult Bridge Program
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4067
aatsbahacccedu
Bekisizwe Ndimande PhD
(Politics of curriculum Policies and practices in post-apartheid desegregated schools)
Assistant Professor Curriculum amp Instruction
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Education
315 Education Building
1310 S 6th St MC 708
Champaign IL 61820
(217) 244-5556
ndimandeillinoisedu
Dr Emma Theuri
County Extension Director
University of Illinois Extension
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44
Will County Unit
100 Manhattan Rd
Joliet IL 60433
(815) 727-9296
emmatillinoisedu
wwwextensionuiuceduwill
Foreign Languages Linguistics
Dr Eyamba G Bokamba
Professor of Linguistics
Director Program in African Languages (PAL)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Linguistics
3154 Foreign Language Building
707 S Mathews Avenue MC-168
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-3051
bokambaillinoisedu
Dr Khadija Bounou
Loyola University Chicago
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (French)
Dame Hall Room 305
6525 N Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-2861
kbounoulucedu
Dr Evans Mwangi
Assistant Professor of English
Northwestern University
1897 Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60208
English Department
Office UH 326
(847) 491-3529 [Office]
Fax 847-467-1545
evan-mwanginorthwesternedu
Humanities
Literature Oral Traditions Poetry
Waiumll Hassan PhD
(Modern Arabic Anglophone and Francophone literatures)
Associate Professor Comparative and World Literature
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3072 Foreign Languages Building
MC-160
707 S Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 333-4987
whassanillinoisedu
Abdul-Rasheed NarsquoAllah PhD
Professor and Department Chair
Director Indigenous Africa and Diaspora Discourse Project (IADDP)
Western Illinois University
Department of African American Studies
Morgan Hall 232
1 University Circle
Macomb IL 61455-1390
(309) 298-1181
A-NaAllahwiuedu
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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45
Michel Nguessan PhD
Associate Professor
Library amp Information Science
Associate Editor-In-Chief of International Journal of Library Science
Governors State University
University Library
Office D2407
University Park IL 60466-0975
(708) 235-2143
mnguessangovstedu
wwwgovstedulibrarynguessan
Dr Patricia Ogedengbe
Librarian of Africana
University Library
Northwestern University
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300
(847) 491-2936
p-ogedengbenorthwesternedu
Mathematics
Aboubacar Sidy-Sow
Harold Washington College
30 E Lake St 730
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-3411
saboubacar-sidycccedu
Public Affairs
George O Assibey-Mensah PhD
Associate Professor
Public Finance and Policy Analysis
Indiana University Northwest
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
OFFICE Lindenwood Hall 108
3400 Broadway
Gary IN 46408-1197
(219) 980-7102
gassibeyiunedu
Fassil Demissie PhD
(Urban Planning)
Associate Professor
Public Policy Studies
DePaul University
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2352 N Clifton Ave Suite 1501
Chicago IL 60614
Phone (773) 325-7356
Fax (773) 325-4062
fdemissidepauledu
Religion
M Sani Umar PhD
Associate Professor of Religion
Director ndash Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
Northwestern University
Program of African Studies
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 467-0692
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46
m-umarnorthwesternedu
Social Sciences
History Misbahudeen Ahmed-Rufai
Assistant Professor
History and Social Sciences
Harold Washington College
30 East Lake St
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-5747
mahmed-rufaicccedu
Dr Theodora Ayot
North Park University
History Department
3225 West Foster Ave
Chicago IL 60625-4895
(773) 244-5744
tayotnorthparkedu
Ismael M Montana
Assistant Professor of History
Northern Illinois University
Department of History
DeKalb IL 60115-2893
(815) 753 8420
montananiuedu
ismaelmontanayahooca
Saidou Mohamed NrsquoDaou PhD
Professor of History
Chicago State University
William Science Building Room 315
9501 South King Drive
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2973
sndaouaolcom
Ogenga Otunnu PhD
(African History Immigration and Refugee Studies)
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of History
2320 N Kenmore Ave
Chicago IL 60614-3250
(773) 325-1555
ootunnudepauledu
Geography
Ezekiel Kalipeni PhD
(Medical Geography Population Studies Environmental Issues Health Care Africa)
Professor of Geography and African Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Geography
220 Davenport Hall MC-150
607 South Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-7708
kalipeniillinoisedu
Sociology
Abu Bakarr Bah PhD
Associate Professor
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47
Northern Illinois University
Department of Sociology
DeKalb IL 60115-2854
(815) 753-6427
(815) 753-0365
abahniuedu
Anthropology
Chapurukha M Kusimba
Curator of Anthropology
The Field Museum
1400 S Lake Shore Dr
Chicago IL 60605-2496
(312) 922-9410 [main]
ckusimbafieldmuseumorg
Political Science
Clement Eme Adibe PhD
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of Political Science
990 W Fullerton Suite 2200
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 325-1981
cadibedepauledu
Joseph K Hoereth
Associate Director
Institute of Policy and Civic Engagement (MC 097)
UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago)
1253 S Halsted Street Room 310
Chicago IL 60607
Ph (312) 355-0096
Fax (312) 355-0545
jhoerethuicedu
Edward Kasule PhD
Full-Time Instructor
Northeastern Illinois University
Department of Political Science
5500 N St Louis Ave CLS 2069
Chicago IL 60625
s-kasuleneiuedu
[2] Adjunct Faculty
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4739
skasulecccedu
STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS
African Student Organization
Illinois Institute of Technology
Jong Massaqoui (president)
3300 South Federal Street
Chicago IL 60616-3793
(312) 567-3000
asoiitedu
African Student Alliance
Loyola University Chicago
President Afia Ohemeng
Department of Student Diversity and Multicultural Affairs
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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48
1125 W Loyola Ave Mertz 200
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-3909
(773) 508-3895 [fax]
asaloyolaugmailcom
httpwwwfreewebscomlucafricanstudents
African Student Association
Northern Illinois University
Location Campus Life Building Suite 180
Phone (815) 753-0483
FAX (815) 753-0481
E-Mail studentassociationniuedu
wwwsaniuedu
Program of African Studies (PAS)
Northwestern University
Co-president Ama M Appenteng
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 491-7323
asanorthwesterngmailcom
wwwgroupsnorthwesterneduasa
International Student Services and Activities
Notre Dame University
100 Main Building
Notre Dame Indiana 46556 USA
Phone (574) 631-1138
Immigration Questions (574) 631-5243
Fax (574) 631-3162
E-mail issandedu
E-mail ndintlndedu
wwwissandedu
African Student Council
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
President Alpha Marwa
International student council
(618) 453-5264
wwwafscrsosiucedu
African and Caribbean Student Association
University of Chicago
Judith Kituku ndash President
kitukuuchicagoedu
Jennifer Kennedy ndash Advisor
jkennedyuchicagoedu
(773) 834-8252
African Student Council (ASC)
University of Illinois at Chicago
750 SHalsted Street (Student Center East Building Room 473)
Chicago IL 60607
President Adedrian Adeleke
asxuicgmailcom
COMMUNITY MEDIA
African Advocate
United African Organization
3424 S State St Suite 3C8-2
Chicago IL 60616
(312) 949-9980
(312) 949-9981
infouniteafricansorg
wwwuniteafricansorg
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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49
AFRIQUE News Magazine
AFRIQUE Publishing Inc
6600 N Lincoln Ave Suite 240
Lincolnwood IL 60712
(773) 463 7200
OR
3525 W Peterson Ave Ste 200
Chicago Illinois 60659-3315 USA
(773) 250-7200
afriquepublishinggmailcom
httpwwwafriquenewsmagazinecom
African Spectrum
Spectrum Inc
481 W Boughton Rd 400
Bolingbrook IL 60440
(630) 771-9069
(630) 771-9074
(630) 771-1163
africanspectrumaolcom
Crsquoest la vie
Unity in Diversity
Azaka M Ajanaku
Producer Director
Francophone Television at Chicago Access Network TV 21 Every Sunday at 10pm
(312) 972-9252
Chicago Defender
4445 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Drive
Chicago IL 60653
(312) 225-2400
Fax (312) 225-9231
httpwwwchicagodefendercom
The Chicago Inquirer
Postal address The Chicago Inquirer
POBOX 17056 Chicago IL 60617
Tel 773-382-1638
Fax 773-221-4872
httpwwwchicagoinquirercom
Maudlyne Ihejirika (Reporter)
Chicago Sun-Times
350 N Orleans St
Chicago IL 60654
(312) 321-2825
mihejirikasuntimescom
Mashariki LEO
1449 E 72nd
Street
Chicago IL 60619
Postal Address PO BOX 19350
Chicago IL 60619
httpwwwmasharikileocom
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50
FUNERAL HOMES
Nelson Funeral Homes
5149 N Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 561-5147
820 W Talcott Rd Park Ridge IL 60068
(847) 823-5122
wwwnelsonfuneralscom
Leak and Sons Funeral Chapels
7838 S Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 846-6567
18400 S Pulaski Rd
Country Club hills IL 60478
(708) 206-0860
Golden Gate Funeral Home
2036 West 79th
Street
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 846-7900
wwwgolengate-funeralhomecom
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51
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I Illinois-specific Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant Women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois Capehart Adrian S 2004 The Migration of Africans to the United States since 1960 Contexts Responses and Communities PhD Thesis Department of History University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago Illinois Encyclopedia of Chicago 2004 The Newberry Library wwwencyclopediachicagohistoryorg [Profiles of the African immigrant and refugee community are divided by nationality (eg Beninese Angolans
Congolese Kenyans etc)] Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6 Swanson Lorraine 2008 ldquoBrrrr Itrsquos Cold Refugees Prepare for their First Chicago Winterrdquo Chicago Journal October 22 II General Reference Overview Ethnography
Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
_____ (Bryce-Laporte Roy Simon) 1977 Visibility of the New Immigrants Society 1418-33 Chacko Elizabeth 2003 ldquoEthiopian Ethos and the Making of Ethnic Places in the Washington Metropolitan Areardquo Journal of Cultural Geography 20 Cunningham Jonathen and Sandra Svoboda 2006 ldquoThe New African-Americans Understanding a Wave of Immigration Battling Misperceptionsrdquo Metro Times November 1 Frazier Martin 2005 ldquoNew Dimensions ndash African immigrants in the USrdquo Peoplersquos Weekly World May 20
Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
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Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
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53
_____ 2007 Diaspora Dialogues Engagements Between Africa and its Diasporas at The New African Diaspora Assessing the Pains and Gains of Exile Binghamton University African ndash African-American Relations Racial ndash Ethnic Identity Black Diversity
Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
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DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
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Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
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Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
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Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
3519 International Ct NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 986-8400
Fax (202) 362-6541
Fax (202) 775-1385
Email infonigeriaembassyusaorg
httpwwwnigeriaembassyusaorg
Embassy of the Republic of Rwanda
1714 New Hampshire Ave NW
Washington DC 20009
Ph (202) 232-2882
Fax (202) 232-4544
Email inforwandaembassyorg
httpwwwrwandaembassyorg
Embassy of Sao Tome and Principe
1211 Connecticut Ave NW Suite 300
Washington DC 20036
Ph (202) 775-2075
Fax (202) 775-2077
Consulate of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome amp Principe
512 Means Street Suite 305 Atlanta Georgia 30318
Tel 404-221-0203
Fax 404-221-1006
Permanent Mission to the UN
Tel 212-317-0533
Fax 212-935-7348
Embassy of the Republic of Senegal
2031 Florida Avenue NW
Washington DC 20009
Ph (202) 234-0540
Fax (202) 629-2961
Email contactambasenegal-usorg
URL httpwwwambasenegal-usorgindexphp
Embassy of the Republic of Seychelles
800 2nd
Ave Suite 400C
New York NY 10017
Ph (212) 687 9766
Fax (212) 972 1786
Seychellesunint
Embassy of Sierra Leone
1701 19th
St NW
Washington DC 20009
Ph (202) 939-9261
Fax (202) 483-1793
Email infoembassyofsierraleonenet
Website httpwwwembassyofsierraleonenet
Embassy of the Republic of South Africa
3051 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington DC
Ph (202) 232-4400
Ph 202-413-1953
Fax (202)265-1607
Emailinfosaembassyorg
Website wwwsaembassyorg
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Consulate General of South Africa
200 S Michigan Ave 600
Chicago IL 60604
Tel (312) 939-7929
Fax (312) 939-2588
Annex (for visas passports immigration matters)
4301 Connecticut Ave NW Suite 220
Washington DC 20008
Tel (202) 232-4400
Fax(202) 244-9417
E-mail consularwadircogovza
Embassy of the Republic of the South Sudan
1233 20th Street NW Suite 602
Washington DC 20036
Tel (202) 293-7940
Fax (202) 293-7941
URL httpwwwgossmissionorg
Embassy of the Republic of the Sudan
2210 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 338-8565
Fax (202) 667-2406
infosudanembassyorg
httpwwwsudanembassyorg
Embassy of the United Republic of Tanzania
1232 22nd St NW Washington DC 20037
Ph (202) 939-6125 or (202) 884-1080
Fax (202) 797-7408
httpdigitalsquaredcomtzesite1
Embassy of the Republic of Togo
2208 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 234-4212
Fax (202) 232-3190
Email infotogoembassyus
Web httpwwwtogoembassyus
Embassy of Tunisia
1515 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington DC 20005
Ph (202) 862-1850
Fax (202) 862-1585
Email infotunconsusaorg
URL httpwwwtunconsusaorg
Embassy of the Republic of Uganda
5911 16th
St NW
Washington DC 20011
Ph (202) 726-7100
Fax (202) 726-1727
httpwwwugandaembassycom
Embassy of the Republic of Zambia
2419 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 265-9717
Fax (202) 332-0826
httpwwwzambiaembassyorg
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15
Embassy of Republic of Zimbabwe
1608 New Hampshire Ave NW
Washington DC 20009
Ph (202) 332-7100
Fax (202) 483-9326
info33zimbabwe-embassyus
httpwwwzimbabwe-embassyus
RELIGIOUS CONGREGATIONS
Christian
ACME Vision International Ministries
4554 North Broadway Avenue Suite 250
Chicago Illinois 60640
(773) 970-4844
URL httpacmevisiowebscom
African Community United Methodist Church
Pastor Amos Oladipo
4754 N Leavitt St (Berry UMC building)
Chicago IL 60625
Office (773) 784-3370
Pastorrsquos cell (773) 6 -9799
URL wwwafricancommunityumcorg
The Apostolic Church International
4554 North Broadway Avenue
Chicago Illinois 60640
(773) 865-2239
Berhane Wongel Ethiopian Evangelical Church (Amharic)
Pastor Guenetu Yigzaw
Office 611 South Blvd
Evanston IL 60202
Worship 6200 N Artesian Ave
Chicago IL 60659
(773) 338-6400
wwwbwecorg
Believing in Jesus Christ (Kirundi Kinyarwanda Swahili)
4750 N Sheridan Rd Suite 341
Chicago IL 60640
Contact Claire Mukundente
(773) 297-6308
Ethiopian Orthodox Church of Medhane-Amen
9801 S Commercial Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 768-6078
Bethel Presbyterian Church of Ghana Chicago
(In the small sanctuary of Tabernacle Baptist Church)
4130 S Indiana
Chicago IL 60653
Contact Paul Asiama
(773) 224-3868
Chicago Ghanaian Seventh Day Adventist Church
Pastor Peter K Omane
5258 S Christiana Ave
Chicago IL 60632
(312) 282-2459 [pastor]
(773) 476-1044
URL wwwghanaian25adventistchurchconnectorg
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Christrsquos Oasis
A Multi-Cultural Non-Denominational Charismatic Church
Senior Pastor Dr Isaac Paintsil
Sunday service
4141 N Marine Dr Chicago IL 60613
Mid-Week service (Wednesday)
850 W Montrose Chicago IL 60613
(708) 458-7505
Western Suburb
Jamie McGee School Auditorium
179 Commonwealth Dr
Bolingbrook IL 60440
Chicago
3101 North Parkside Avenue Chicago IL
Southern Suburb
500 Holiday Plaza Drive Matteson IL 60443
Oasis Center
6855 W 65th
St Bed ford Park
IL 60638
Tel (708) 458-7505
Fax (708) 458-7505
Email ipaintsilchristoasisorg
Website wwwchristoasisorg
Ghanaian Community Church
5500 S Woodlawn Ave (Augustana Lutheran
Church bldg)
Chicago IL 60637
Contact Fr Canon Robert Koomson
(708) 268-7024
Ghanaian Presbyterian Church of Chicago
1936 S Michigan Ave
Chicago IL 60616
(773) 567-0685
wwwghanaprescom
Jesus House Chicago (Redeemed Christian Church of God)
4332 N Kedzie
Pastor PI
Chicago IL 60618
Tel (773) 866-9461
Fax (773) 866-9483
Website wwwjesushouseorg
Midwest Christian Montessori Academy
151 E Briarcliff Rd
Bolingbrook IL 60440
(630) 783-8644
Website wwwmcmacademyorg
Redemption Hour (House of Worship)
Romeoville Rec Center
900 W Romeo Rd
Romeoville IL 60446
Pastor Henry O Amegatcher
(312) 622-3157
Bible Baptist Church
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-5618
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17
Calvary Apostolic Church
16 Baker Cir
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-0430
Church of God
1801 Maple Rd
Joliet IL 60432
(815) 774-9254
Community Christian Church
174 Highpoint Dr
Romeoville IL
(815) 524-3122
First Baptist Church
730 N Independence Blvd
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-5565
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
25 Alexander Cir
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-4354
High Road Bible Church
380 High Rd
Lockport IL
(815) 838-6018
Jehovahrsquos WitnessRomeoville Assembly Hall
800 N Schmidt Rd
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-9700
Lighthouse Baptist Church
3 E Romeo Rd
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-3909
Love Fellowship Baptist Church
730 N Independence Blvd
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-8420
St Andrew the Apostle Roma
505 Kingston Dr
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-4165
United Presbyterian Church
2 Belmont Dr
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-4874
Schekina Christian Center (French English)
Pastor Joe Kamanda
723 W Howard St
Evanston IL 60202
Tel (847) 328-4335
Email infoschekinagloryorg
URL wwwschekinagloryorg
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
18
St Paulrsquos by the Lake (Anglican)
7100 N Ashland Blvd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 764-6514
URL wwwstpaulsbylakeorg
St Sabina Church
1210 W 78th
St
Chicago IL 60620
Ph (773) 483-4300
Fax (773) 483-7583
Website wwwsaintsabinaorg
St Stephenrsquos African Methodist Episcopal Church
Rev Albert Tyson
2000 W Washington Blvd
Chicago IL 60612
Email adtysonIIIaolcom
Sudanese Community Church (Arabic English)
520 E Roosevelt Rd (Wheaton Evangelical Free Church bldg)
Wheaton IL 60187
Contact Wilson Lual
(630) 415-9843
Elder John Elmakal
(630) 261-5160
Tel (630) 668-6490 ext 100
Fax (630) 668-9088
Website wwwwefcorg
Trinity United Church of Christ - Africa Ministry
400 W 95th Street
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 962-5650
E-mail infotrinityChicagoorg
Website wwwtuccorg
Unity Christian Church
4751 N Sheridan
Chicago IL 60640
Contact Albert Kouame
(773) 656-1166
(708) 649-3958
Email salo817yahoocom
Mount Zion Anglician Church
4554 North Broadway Avenue
Chicago Illinois 60640
Joyous Victory Ministries
4554 N Broadway Avenue Suite 220
Chicago Illinois 60640
New Community Church
616 Lake St
Evanston IL 60201
Phone (630) 910-1844
httpnccchicagoorg
Ghanaian Presbyterian Church of Chicago
1936 S Michigan Ave
Chicago IL 60616
Pastor James Acquaah
Phone (773) 567-0685
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
Director HIVAIDS Research amp Policy Institute (HARPI)
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2046
aadefuyecsuedu
Akinmoladun Tunde PhD
Associate Professor Health sciences
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-3287
takincsuedu
Shaffdeen A Amuwo PhD MPH
Associate Dean
Clinical Associate Professor
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
43
Office of Urban Health and Diversity Program
University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health (MC 923)
1603 West Taylor Suite 1185
Chicago IL 60612-4394
(312) 996-1410
amuwouicedu
William Ebomoyi PhD
Professor Health Studies
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2527
eebomoyicsuedu
Veterinary Medicine
Ibulaimu Kakoma PhD
Associate Professor Pathobiology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Veterinary Medicine
3505 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Bd
2001 South Lincoln Ave
Urbana IL 61802
(217) 333-2449
[f] (217)244-7421
kakomaiuiucedu
Fine Arts
Samuel Akainyah
Instructor Humanities Fine Arts amp Theater
Kennedy King College
6301 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60621
(773) 602-5185
sakainyahcccedu
Education
Anghesom Atsbaha EdD
(Adult Education)
Assistant Professor Social Sciences
Director Truman-DePaul Adult Bridge Program
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4067
aatsbahacccedu
Bekisizwe Ndimande PhD
(Politics of curriculum Policies and practices in post-apartheid desegregated schools)
Assistant Professor Curriculum amp Instruction
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Education
315 Education Building
1310 S 6th St MC 708
Champaign IL 61820
(217) 244-5556
ndimandeillinoisedu
Dr Emma Theuri
County Extension Director
University of Illinois Extension
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
44
Will County Unit
100 Manhattan Rd
Joliet IL 60433
(815) 727-9296
emmatillinoisedu
wwwextensionuiuceduwill
Foreign Languages Linguistics
Dr Eyamba G Bokamba
Professor of Linguistics
Director Program in African Languages (PAL)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Linguistics
3154 Foreign Language Building
707 S Mathews Avenue MC-168
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-3051
bokambaillinoisedu
Dr Khadija Bounou
Loyola University Chicago
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (French)
Dame Hall Room 305
6525 N Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-2861
kbounoulucedu
Dr Evans Mwangi
Assistant Professor of English
Northwestern University
1897 Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60208
English Department
Office UH 326
(847) 491-3529 [Office]
Fax 847-467-1545
evan-mwanginorthwesternedu
Humanities
Literature Oral Traditions Poetry
Waiumll Hassan PhD
(Modern Arabic Anglophone and Francophone literatures)
Associate Professor Comparative and World Literature
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3072 Foreign Languages Building
MC-160
707 S Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 333-4987
whassanillinoisedu
Abdul-Rasheed NarsquoAllah PhD
Professor and Department Chair
Director Indigenous Africa and Diaspora Discourse Project (IADDP)
Western Illinois University
Department of African American Studies
Morgan Hall 232
1 University Circle
Macomb IL 61455-1390
(309) 298-1181
A-NaAllahwiuedu
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
45
Michel Nguessan PhD
Associate Professor
Library amp Information Science
Associate Editor-In-Chief of International Journal of Library Science
Governors State University
University Library
Office D2407
University Park IL 60466-0975
(708) 235-2143
mnguessangovstedu
wwwgovstedulibrarynguessan
Dr Patricia Ogedengbe
Librarian of Africana
University Library
Northwestern University
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300
(847) 491-2936
p-ogedengbenorthwesternedu
Mathematics
Aboubacar Sidy-Sow
Harold Washington College
30 E Lake St 730
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-3411
saboubacar-sidycccedu
Public Affairs
George O Assibey-Mensah PhD
Associate Professor
Public Finance and Policy Analysis
Indiana University Northwest
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
OFFICE Lindenwood Hall 108
3400 Broadway
Gary IN 46408-1197
(219) 980-7102
gassibeyiunedu
Fassil Demissie PhD
(Urban Planning)
Associate Professor
Public Policy Studies
DePaul University
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2352 N Clifton Ave Suite 1501
Chicago IL 60614
Phone (773) 325-7356
Fax (773) 325-4062
fdemissidepauledu
Religion
M Sani Umar PhD
Associate Professor of Religion
Director ndash Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
Northwestern University
Program of African Studies
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 467-0692
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
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m-umarnorthwesternedu
Social Sciences
History Misbahudeen Ahmed-Rufai
Assistant Professor
History and Social Sciences
Harold Washington College
30 East Lake St
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-5747
mahmed-rufaicccedu
Dr Theodora Ayot
North Park University
History Department
3225 West Foster Ave
Chicago IL 60625-4895
(773) 244-5744
tayotnorthparkedu
Ismael M Montana
Assistant Professor of History
Northern Illinois University
Department of History
DeKalb IL 60115-2893
(815) 753 8420
montananiuedu
ismaelmontanayahooca
Saidou Mohamed NrsquoDaou PhD
Professor of History
Chicago State University
William Science Building Room 315
9501 South King Drive
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2973
sndaouaolcom
Ogenga Otunnu PhD
(African History Immigration and Refugee Studies)
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of History
2320 N Kenmore Ave
Chicago IL 60614-3250
(773) 325-1555
ootunnudepauledu
Geography
Ezekiel Kalipeni PhD
(Medical Geography Population Studies Environmental Issues Health Care Africa)
Professor of Geography and African Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Geography
220 Davenport Hall MC-150
607 South Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-7708
kalipeniillinoisedu
Sociology
Abu Bakarr Bah PhD
Associate Professor
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Northern Illinois University
Department of Sociology
DeKalb IL 60115-2854
(815) 753-6427
(815) 753-0365
abahniuedu
Anthropology
Chapurukha M Kusimba
Curator of Anthropology
The Field Museum
1400 S Lake Shore Dr
Chicago IL 60605-2496
(312) 922-9410 [main]
ckusimbafieldmuseumorg
Political Science
Clement Eme Adibe PhD
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of Political Science
990 W Fullerton Suite 2200
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 325-1981
cadibedepauledu
Joseph K Hoereth
Associate Director
Institute of Policy and Civic Engagement (MC 097)
UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago)
1253 S Halsted Street Room 310
Chicago IL 60607
Ph (312) 355-0096
Fax (312) 355-0545
jhoerethuicedu
Edward Kasule PhD
Full-Time Instructor
Northeastern Illinois University
Department of Political Science
5500 N St Louis Ave CLS 2069
Chicago IL 60625
s-kasuleneiuedu
[2] Adjunct Faculty
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4739
skasulecccedu
STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS
African Student Organization
Illinois Institute of Technology
Jong Massaqoui (president)
3300 South Federal Street
Chicago IL 60616-3793
(312) 567-3000
asoiitedu
African Student Alliance
Loyola University Chicago
President Afia Ohemeng
Department of Student Diversity and Multicultural Affairs
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Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-3909
(773) 508-3895 [fax]
asaloyolaugmailcom
httpwwwfreewebscomlucafricanstudents
African Student Association
Northern Illinois University
Location Campus Life Building Suite 180
Phone (815) 753-0483
FAX (815) 753-0481
E-Mail studentassociationniuedu
wwwsaniuedu
Program of African Studies (PAS)
Northwestern University
Co-president Ama M Appenteng
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 491-7323
asanorthwesterngmailcom
wwwgroupsnorthwesterneduasa
International Student Services and Activities
Notre Dame University
100 Main Building
Notre Dame Indiana 46556 USA
Phone (574) 631-1138
Immigration Questions (574) 631-5243
Fax (574) 631-3162
E-mail issandedu
E-mail ndintlndedu
wwwissandedu
African Student Council
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
President Alpha Marwa
International student council
(618) 453-5264
wwwafscrsosiucedu
African and Caribbean Student Association
University of Chicago
Judith Kituku ndash President
kitukuuchicagoedu
Jennifer Kennedy ndash Advisor
jkennedyuchicagoedu
(773) 834-8252
African Student Council (ASC)
University of Illinois at Chicago
750 SHalsted Street (Student Center East Building Room 473)
Chicago IL 60607
President Adedrian Adeleke
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African Advocate
United African Organization
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Chicago IL 60616
(312) 949-9980
(312) 949-9981
infouniteafricansorg
wwwuniteafricansorg
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AFRIQUE Publishing Inc
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Lincolnwood IL 60712
(773) 463 7200
OR
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(773) 250-7200
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Bolingbrook IL 60440
(630) 771-9069
(630) 771-9074
(630) 771-1163
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Crsquoest la vie
Unity in Diversity
Azaka M Ajanaku
Producer Director
Francophone Television at Chicago Access Network TV 21 Every Sunday at 10pm
(312) 972-9252
Chicago Defender
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Fax (312) 225-9231
httpwwwchicagodefendercom
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Postal address The Chicago Inquirer
POBOX 17056 Chicago IL 60617
Tel 773-382-1638
Fax 773-221-4872
httpwwwchicagoinquirercom
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Chicago Sun-Times
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Chicago IL 60654
(312) 321-2825
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Mashariki LEO
1449 E 72nd
Street
Chicago IL 60619
Postal Address PO BOX 19350
Chicago IL 60619
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Nelson Funeral Homes
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(773) 561-5147
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(847) 823-5122
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Leak and Sons Funeral Chapels
7838 S Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 846-6567
18400 S Pulaski Rd
Country Club hills IL 60478
(708) 206-0860
Golden Gate Funeral Home
2036 West 79th
Street
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 846-7900
wwwgolengate-funeralhomecom
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I Illinois-specific Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant Women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois Capehart Adrian S 2004 The Migration of Africans to the United States since 1960 Contexts Responses and Communities PhD Thesis Department of History University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago Illinois Encyclopedia of Chicago 2004 The Newberry Library wwwencyclopediachicagohistoryorg [Profiles of the African immigrant and refugee community are divided by nationality (eg Beninese Angolans
Congolese Kenyans etc)] Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6 Swanson Lorraine 2008 ldquoBrrrr Itrsquos Cold Refugees Prepare for their First Chicago Winterrdquo Chicago Journal October 22 II General Reference Overview Ethnography
Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
_____ (Bryce-Laporte Roy Simon) 1977 Visibility of the New Immigrants Society 1418-33 Chacko Elizabeth 2003 ldquoEthiopian Ethos and the Making of Ethnic Places in the Washington Metropolitan Areardquo Journal of Cultural Geography 20 Cunningham Jonathen and Sandra Svoboda 2006 ldquoThe New African-Americans Understanding a Wave of Immigration Battling Misperceptionsrdquo Metro Times November 1 Frazier Martin 2005 ldquoNew Dimensions ndash African immigrants in the USrdquo Peoplersquos Weekly World May 20
Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
52
Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
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53
_____ 2007 Diaspora Dialogues Engagements Between Africa and its Diasporas at The New African Diaspora Assessing the Pains and Gains of Exile Binghamton University African ndash African-American Relations Racial ndash Ethnic Identity Black Diversity
Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
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infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
54
DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
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infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
55
Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
56
Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
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Consulate General of South Africa
200 S Michigan Ave 600
Chicago IL 60604
Tel (312) 939-7929
Fax (312) 939-2588
Annex (for visas passports immigration matters)
4301 Connecticut Ave NW Suite 220
Washington DC 20008
Tel (202) 232-4400
Fax(202) 244-9417
E-mail consularwadircogovza
Embassy of the Republic of the South Sudan
1233 20th Street NW Suite 602
Washington DC 20036
Tel (202) 293-7940
Fax (202) 293-7941
URL httpwwwgossmissionorg
Embassy of the Republic of the Sudan
2210 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 338-8565
Fax (202) 667-2406
infosudanembassyorg
httpwwwsudanembassyorg
Embassy of the United Republic of Tanzania
1232 22nd St NW Washington DC 20037
Ph (202) 939-6125 or (202) 884-1080
Fax (202) 797-7408
httpdigitalsquaredcomtzesite1
Embassy of the Republic of Togo
2208 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 234-4212
Fax (202) 232-3190
Email infotogoembassyus
Web httpwwwtogoembassyus
Embassy of Tunisia
1515 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington DC 20005
Ph (202) 862-1850
Fax (202) 862-1585
Email infotunconsusaorg
URL httpwwwtunconsusaorg
Embassy of the Republic of Uganda
5911 16th
St NW
Washington DC 20011
Ph (202) 726-7100
Fax (202) 726-1727
httpwwwugandaembassycom
Embassy of the Republic of Zambia
2419 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington DC 20008
Ph (202) 265-9717
Fax (202) 332-0826
httpwwwzambiaembassyorg
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
15
Embassy of Republic of Zimbabwe
1608 New Hampshire Ave NW
Washington DC 20009
Ph (202) 332-7100
Fax (202) 483-9326
info33zimbabwe-embassyus
httpwwwzimbabwe-embassyus
RELIGIOUS CONGREGATIONS
Christian
ACME Vision International Ministries
4554 North Broadway Avenue Suite 250
Chicago Illinois 60640
(773) 970-4844
URL httpacmevisiowebscom
African Community United Methodist Church
Pastor Amos Oladipo
4754 N Leavitt St (Berry UMC building)
Chicago IL 60625
Office (773) 784-3370
Pastorrsquos cell (773) 6 -9799
URL wwwafricancommunityumcorg
The Apostolic Church International
4554 North Broadway Avenue
Chicago Illinois 60640
(773) 865-2239
Berhane Wongel Ethiopian Evangelical Church (Amharic)
Pastor Guenetu Yigzaw
Office 611 South Blvd
Evanston IL 60202
Worship 6200 N Artesian Ave
Chicago IL 60659
(773) 338-6400
wwwbwecorg
Believing in Jesus Christ (Kirundi Kinyarwanda Swahili)
4750 N Sheridan Rd Suite 341
Chicago IL 60640
Contact Claire Mukundente
(773) 297-6308
Ethiopian Orthodox Church of Medhane-Amen
9801 S Commercial Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 768-6078
Bethel Presbyterian Church of Ghana Chicago
(In the small sanctuary of Tabernacle Baptist Church)
4130 S Indiana
Chicago IL 60653
Contact Paul Asiama
(773) 224-3868
Chicago Ghanaian Seventh Day Adventist Church
Pastor Peter K Omane
5258 S Christiana Ave
Chicago IL 60632
(312) 282-2459 [pastor]
(773) 476-1044
URL wwwghanaian25adventistchurchconnectorg
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16
Christrsquos Oasis
A Multi-Cultural Non-Denominational Charismatic Church
Senior Pastor Dr Isaac Paintsil
Sunday service
4141 N Marine Dr Chicago IL 60613
Mid-Week service (Wednesday)
850 W Montrose Chicago IL 60613
(708) 458-7505
Western Suburb
Jamie McGee School Auditorium
179 Commonwealth Dr
Bolingbrook IL 60440
Chicago
3101 North Parkside Avenue Chicago IL
Southern Suburb
500 Holiday Plaza Drive Matteson IL 60443
Oasis Center
6855 W 65th
St Bed ford Park
IL 60638
Tel (708) 458-7505
Fax (708) 458-7505
Email ipaintsilchristoasisorg
Website wwwchristoasisorg
Ghanaian Community Church
5500 S Woodlawn Ave (Augustana Lutheran
Church bldg)
Chicago IL 60637
Contact Fr Canon Robert Koomson
(708) 268-7024
Ghanaian Presbyterian Church of Chicago
1936 S Michigan Ave
Chicago IL 60616
(773) 567-0685
wwwghanaprescom
Jesus House Chicago (Redeemed Christian Church of God)
4332 N Kedzie
Pastor PI
Chicago IL 60618
Tel (773) 866-9461
Fax (773) 866-9483
Website wwwjesushouseorg
Midwest Christian Montessori Academy
151 E Briarcliff Rd
Bolingbrook IL 60440
(630) 783-8644
Website wwwmcmacademyorg
Redemption Hour (House of Worship)
Romeoville Rec Center
900 W Romeo Rd
Romeoville IL 60446
Pastor Henry O Amegatcher
(312) 622-3157
Bible Baptist Church
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-5618
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Calvary Apostolic Church
16 Baker Cir
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-0430
Church of God
1801 Maple Rd
Joliet IL 60432
(815) 774-9254
Community Christian Church
174 Highpoint Dr
Romeoville IL
(815) 524-3122
First Baptist Church
730 N Independence Blvd
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-5565
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
25 Alexander Cir
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-4354
High Road Bible Church
380 High Rd
Lockport IL
(815) 838-6018
Jehovahrsquos WitnessRomeoville Assembly Hall
800 N Schmidt Rd
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-9700
Lighthouse Baptist Church
3 E Romeo Rd
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-3909
Love Fellowship Baptist Church
730 N Independence Blvd
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-8420
St Andrew the Apostle Roma
505 Kingston Dr
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-4165
United Presbyterian Church
2 Belmont Dr
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-4874
Schekina Christian Center (French English)
Pastor Joe Kamanda
723 W Howard St
Evanston IL 60202
Tel (847) 328-4335
Email infoschekinagloryorg
URL wwwschekinagloryorg
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St Paulrsquos by the Lake (Anglican)
7100 N Ashland Blvd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 764-6514
URL wwwstpaulsbylakeorg
St Sabina Church
1210 W 78th
St
Chicago IL 60620
Ph (773) 483-4300
Fax (773) 483-7583
Website wwwsaintsabinaorg
St Stephenrsquos African Methodist Episcopal Church
Rev Albert Tyson
2000 W Washington Blvd
Chicago IL 60612
Email adtysonIIIaolcom
Sudanese Community Church (Arabic English)
520 E Roosevelt Rd (Wheaton Evangelical Free Church bldg)
Wheaton IL 60187
Contact Wilson Lual
(630) 415-9843
Elder John Elmakal
(630) 261-5160
Tel (630) 668-6490 ext 100
Fax (630) 668-9088
Website wwwwefcorg
Trinity United Church of Christ - Africa Ministry
400 W 95th Street
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 962-5650
E-mail infotrinityChicagoorg
Website wwwtuccorg
Unity Christian Church
4751 N Sheridan
Chicago IL 60640
Contact Albert Kouame
(773) 656-1166
(708) 649-3958
Email salo817yahoocom
Mount Zion Anglician Church
4554 North Broadway Avenue
Chicago Illinois 60640
Joyous Victory Ministries
4554 N Broadway Avenue Suite 220
Chicago Illinois 60640
New Community Church
616 Lake St
Evanston IL 60201
Phone (630) 910-1844
httpnccchicagoorg
Ghanaian Presbyterian Church of Chicago
1936 S Michigan Ave
Chicago IL 60616
Pastor James Acquaah
Phone (773) 567-0685
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Director HIVAIDS Research amp Policy Institute (HARPI)
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2046
aadefuyecsuedu
Akinmoladun Tunde PhD
Associate Professor Health sciences
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-3287
takincsuedu
Shaffdeen A Amuwo PhD MPH
Associate Dean
Clinical Associate Professor
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Office of Urban Health and Diversity Program
University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health (MC 923)
1603 West Taylor Suite 1185
Chicago IL 60612-4394
(312) 996-1410
amuwouicedu
William Ebomoyi PhD
Professor Health Studies
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2527
eebomoyicsuedu
Veterinary Medicine
Ibulaimu Kakoma PhD
Associate Professor Pathobiology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Veterinary Medicine
3505 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Bd
2001 South Lincoln Ave
Urbana IL 61802
(217) 333-2449
[f] (217)244-7421
kakomaiuiucedu
Fine Arts
Samuel Akainyah
Instructor Humanities Fine Arts amp Theater
Kennedy King College
6301 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60621
(773) 602-5185
sakainyahcccedu
Education
Anghesom Atsbaha EdD
(Adult Education)
Assistant Professor Social Sciences
Director Truman-DePaul Adult Bridge Program
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4067
aatsbahacccedu
Bekisizwe Ndimande PhD
(Politics of curriculum Policies and practices in post-apartheid desegregated schools)
Assistant Professor Curriculum amp Instruction
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Education
315 Education Building
1310 S 6th St MC 708
Champaign IL 61820
(217) 244-5556
ndimandeillinoisedu
Dr Emma Theuri
County Extension Director
University of Illinois Extension
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Will County Unit
100 Manhattan Rd
Joliet IL 60433
(815) 727-9296
emmatillinoisedu
wwwextensionuiuceduwill
Foreign Languages Linguistics
Dr Eyamba G Bokamba
Professor of Linguistics
Director Program in African Languages (PAL)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Linguistics
3154 Foreign Language Building
707 S Mathews Avenue MC-168
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-3051
bokambaillinoisedu
Dr Khadija Bounou
Loyola University Chicago
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (French)
Dame Hall Room 305
6525 N Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-2861
kbounoulucedu
Dr Evans Mwangi
Assistant Professor of English
Northwestern University
1897 Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60208
English Department
Office UH 326
(847) 491-3529 [Office]
Fax 847-467-1545
evan-mwanginorthwesternedu
Humanities
Literature Oral Traditions Poetry
Waiumll Hassan PhD
(Modern Arabic Anglophone and Francophone literatures)
Associate Professor Comparative and World Literature
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3072 Foreign Languages Building
MC-160
707 S Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 333-4987
whassanillinoisedu
Abdul-Rasheed NarsquoAllah PhD
Professor and Department Chair
Director Indigenous Africa and Diaspora Discourse Project (IADDP)
Western Illinois University
Department of African American Studies
Morgan Hall 232
1 University Circle
Macomb IL 61455-1390
(309) 298-1181
A-NaAllahwiuedu
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45
Michel Nguessan PhD
Associate Professor
Library amp Information Science
Associate Editor-In-Chief of International Journal of Library Science
Governors State University
University Library
Office D2407
University Park IL 60466-0975
(708) 235-2143
mnguessangovstedu
wwwgovstedulibrarynguessan
Dr Patricia Ogedengbe
Librarian of Africana
University Library
Northwestern University
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300
(847) 491-2936
p-ogedengbenorthwesternedu
Mathematics
Aboubacar Sidy-Sow
Harold Washington College
30 E Lake St 730
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-3411
saboubacar-sidycccedu
Public Affairs
George O Assibey-Mensah PhD
Associate Professor
Public Finance and Policy Analysis
Indiana University Northwest
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
OFFICE Lindenwood Hall 108
3400 Broadway
Gary IN 46408-1197
(219) 980-7102
gassibeyiunedu
Fassil Demissie PhD
(Urban Planning)
Associate Professor
Public Policy Studies
DePaul University
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2352 N Clifton Ave Suite 1501
Chicago IL 60614
Phone (773) 325-7356
Fax (773) 325-4062
fdemissidepauledu
Religion
M Sani Umar PhD
Associate Professor of Religion
Director ndash Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
Northwestern University
Program of African Studies
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 467-0692
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46
m-umarnorthwesternedu
Social Sciences
History Misbahudeen Ahmed-Rufai
Assistant Professor
History and Social Sciences
Harold Washington College
30 East Lake St
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-5747
mahmed-rufaicccedu
Dr Theodora Ayot
North Park University
History Department
3225 West Foster Ave
Chicago IL 60625-4895
(773) 244-5744
tayotnorthparkedu
Ismael M Montana
Assistant Professor of History
Northern Illinois University
Department of History
DeKalb IL 60115-2893
(815) 753 8420
montananiuedu
ismaelmontanayahooca
Saidou Mohamed NrsquoDaou PhD
Professor of History
Chicago State University
William Science Building Room 315
9501 South King Drive
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2973
sndaouaolcom
Ogenga Otunnu PhD
(African History Immigration and Refugee Studies)
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of History
2320 N Kenmore Ave
Chicago IL 60614-3250
(773) 325-1555
ootunnudepauledu
Geography
Ezekiel Kalipeni PhD
(Medical Geography Population Studies Environmental Issues Health Care Africa)
Professor of Geography and African Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Geography
220 Davenport Hall MC-150
607 South Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-7708
kalipeniillinoisedu
Sociology
Abu Bakarr Bah PhD
Associate Professor
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Northern Illinois University
Department of Sociology
DeKalb IL 60115-2854
(815) 753-6427
(815) 753-0365
abahniuedu
Anthropology
Chapurukha M Kusimba
Curator of Anthropology
The Field Museum
1400 S Lake Shore Dr
Chicago IL 60605-2496
(312) 922-9410 [main]
ckusimbafieldmuseumorg
Political Science
Clement Eme Adibe PhD
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of Political Science
990 W Fullerton Suite 2200
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 325-1981
cadibedepauledu
Joseph K Hoereth
Associate Director
Institute of Policy and Civic Engagement (MC 097)
UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago)
1253 S Halsted Street Room 310
Chicago IL 60607
Ph (312) 355-0096
Fax (312) 355-0545
jhoerethuicedu
Edward Kasule PhD
Full-Time Instructor
Northeastern Illinois University
Department of Political Science
5500 N St Louis Ave CLS 2069
Chicago IL 60625
s-kasuleneiuedu
[2] Adjunct Faculty
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4739
skasulecccedu
STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS
African Student Organization
Illinois Institute of Technology
Jong Massaqoui (president)
3300 South Federal Street
Chicago IL 60616-3793
(312) 567-3000
asoiitedu
African Student Alliance
Loyola University Chicago
President Afia Ohemeng
Department of Student Diversity and Multicultural Affairs
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1125 W Loyola Ave Mertz 200
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-3909
(773) 508-3895 [fax]
asaloyolaugmailcom
httpwwwfreewebscomlucafricanstudents
African Student Association
Northern Illinois University
Location Campus Life Building Suite 180
Phone (815) 753-0483
FAX (815) 753-0481
E-Mail studentassociationniuedu
wwwsaniuedu
Program of African Studies (PAS)
Northwestern University
Co-president Ama M Appenteng
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 491-7323
asanorthwesterngmailcom
wwwgroupsnorthwesterneduasa
International Student Services and Activities
Notre Dame University
100 Main Building
Notre Dame Indiana 46556 USA
Phone (574) 631-1138
Immigration Questions (574) 631-5243
Fax (574) 631-3162
E-mail issandedu
E-mail ndintlndedu
wwwissandedu
African Student Council
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
President Alpha Marwa
International student council
(618) 453-5264
wwwafscrsosiucedu
African and Caribbean Student Association
University of Chicago
Judith Kituku ndash President
kitukuuchicagoedu
Jennifer Kennedy ndash Advisor
jkennedyuchicagoedu
(773) 834-8252
African Student Council (ASC)
University of Illinois at Chicago
750 SHalsted Street (Student Center East Building Room 473)
Chicago IL 60607
President Adedrian Adeleke
asxuicgmailcom
COMMUNITY MEDIA
African Advocate
United African Organization
3424 S State St Suite 3C8-2
Chicago IL 60616
(312) 949-9980
(312) 949-9981
infouniteafricansorg
wwwuniteafricansorg
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AFRIQUE News Magazine
AFRIQUE Publishing Inc
6600 N Lincoln Ave Suite 240
Lincolnwood IL 60712
(773) 463 7200
OR
3525 W Peterson Ave Ste 200
Chicago Illinois 60659-3315 USA
(773) 250-7200
afriquepublishinggmailcom
httpwwwafriquenewsmagazinecom
African Spectrum
Spectrum Inc
481 W Boughton Rd 400
Bolingbrook IL 60440
(630) 771-9069
(630) 771-9074
(630) 771-1163
africanspectrumaolcom
Crsquoest la vie
Unity in Diversity
Azaka M Ajanaku
Producer Director
Francophone Television at Chicago Access Network TV 21 Every Sunday at 10pm
(312) 972-9252
Chicago Defender
4445 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Drive
Chicago IL 60653
(312) 225-2400
Fax (312) 225-9231
httpwwwchicagodefendercom
The Chicago Inquirer
Postal address The Chicago Inquirer
POBOX 17056 Chicago IL 60617
Tel 773-382-1638
Fax 773-221-4872
httpwwwchicagoinquirercom
Maudlyne Ihejirika (Reporter)
Chicago Sun-Times
350 N Orleans St
Chicago IL 60654
(312) 321-2825
mihejirikasuntimescom
Mashariki LEO
1449 E 72nd
Street
Chicago IL 60619
Postal Address PO BOX 19350
Chicago IL 60619
httpwwwmasharikileocom
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FUNERAL HOMES
Nelson Funeral Homes
5149 N Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 561-5147
820 W Talcott Rd Park Ridge IL 60068
(847) 823-5122
wwwnelsonfuneralscom
Leak and Sons Funeral Chapels
7838 S Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 846-6567
18400 S Pulaski Rd
Country Club hills IL 60478
(708) 206-0860
Golden Gate Funeral Home
2036 West 79th
Street
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 846-7900
wwwgolengate-funeralhomecom
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Congolese Kenyans etc)] Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6 Swanson Lorraine 2008 ldquoBrrrr Itrsquos Cold Refugees Prepare for their First Chicago Winterrdquo Chicago Journal October 22 II General Reference Overview Ethnography
Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
_____ (Bryce-Laporte Roy Simon) 1977 Visibility of the New Immigrants Society 1418-33 Chacko Elizabeth 2003 ldquoEthiopian Ethos and the Making of Ethnic Places in the Washington Metropolitan Areardquo Journal of Cultural Geography 20 Cunningham Jonathen and Sandra Svoboda 2006 ldquoThe New African-Americans Understanding a Wave of Immigration Battling Misperceptionsrdquo Metro Times November 1 Frazier Martin 2005 ldquoNew Dimensions ndash African immigrants in the USrdquo Peoplersquos Weekly World May 20
Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
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52
Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
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53
_____ 2007 Diaspora Dialogues Engagements Between Africa and its Diasporas at The New African Diaspora Assessing the Pains and Gains of Exile Binghamton University African ndash African-American Relations Racial ndash Ethnic Identity Black Diversity
Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
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54
DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
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Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
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Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
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Embassy of Republic of Zimbabwe
1608 New Hampshire Ave NW
Washington DC 20009
Ph (202) 332-7100
Fax (202) 483-9326
info33zimbabwe-embassyus
httpwwwzimbabwe-embassyus
RELIGIOUS CONGREGATIONS
Christian
ACME Vision International Ministries
4554 North Broadway Avenue Suite 250
Chicago Illinois 60640
(773) 970-4844
URL httpacmevisiowebscom
African Community United Methodist Church
Pastor Amos Oladipo
4754 N Leavitt St (Berry UMC building)
Chicago IL 60625
Office (773) 784-3370
Pastorrsquos cell (773) 6 -9799
URL wwwafricancommunityumcorg
The Apostolic Church International
4554 North Broadway Avenue
Chicago Illinois 60640
(773) 865-2239
Berhane Wongel Ethiopian Evangelical Church (Amharic)
Pastor Guenetu Yigzaw
Office 611 South Blvd
Evanston IL 60202
Worship 6200 N Artesian Ave
Chicago IL 60659
(773) 338-6400
wwwbwecorg
Believing in Jesus Christ (Kirundi Kinyarwanda Swahili)
4750 N Sheridan Rd Suite 341
Chicago IL 60640
Contact Claire Mukundente
(773) 297-6308
Ethiopian Orthodox Church of Medhane-Amen
9801 S Commercial Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 768-6078
Bethel Presbyterian Church of Ghana Chicago
(In the small sanctuary of Tabernacle Baptist Church)
4130 S Indiana
Chicago IL 60653
Contact Paul Asiama
(773) 224-3868
Chicago Ghanaian Seventh Day Adventist Church
Pastor Peter K Omane
5258 S Christiana Ave
Chicago IL 60632
(312) 282-2459 [pastor]
(773) 476-1044
URL wwwghanaian25adventistchurchconnectorg
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Christrsquos Oasis
A Multi-Cultural Non-Denominational Charismatic Church
Senior Pastor Dr Isaac Paintsil
Sunday service
4141 N Marine Dr Chicago IL 60613
Mid-Week service (Wednesday)
850 W Montrose Chicago IL 60613
(708) 458-7505
Western Suburb
Jamie McGee School Auditorium
179 Commonwealth Dr
Bolingbrook IL 60440
Chicago
3101 North Parkside Avenue Chicago IL
Southern Suburb
500 Holiday Plaza Drive Matteson IL 60443
Oasis Center
6855 W 65th
St Bed ford Park
IL 60638
Tel (708) 458-7505
Fax (708) 458-7505
Email ipaintsilchristoasisorg
Website wwwchristoasisorg
Ghanaian Community Church
5500 S Woodlawn Ave (Augustana Lutheran
Church bldg)
Chicago IL 60637
Contact Fr Canon Robert Koomson
(708) 268-7024
Ghanaian Presbyterian Church of Chicago
1936 S Michigan Ave
Chicago IL 60616
(773) 567-0685
wwwghanaprescom
Jesus House Chicago (Redeemed Christian Church of God)
4332 N Kedzie
Pastor PI
Chicago IL 60618
Tel (773) 866-9461
Fax (773) 866-9483
Website wwwjesushouseorg
Midwest Christian Montessori Academy
151 E Briarcliff Rd
Bolingbrook IL 60440
(630) 783-8644
Website wwwmcmacademyorg
Redemption Hour (House of Worship)
Romeoville Rec Center
900 W Romeo Rd
Romeoville IL 60446
Pastor Henry O Amegatcher
(312) 622-3157
Bible Baptist Church
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-5618
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17
Calvary Apostolic Church
16 Baker Cir
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-0430
Church of God
1801 Maple Rd
Joliet IL 60432
(815) 774-9254
Community Christian Church
174 Highpoint Dr
Romeoville IL
(815) 524-3122
First Baptist Church
730 N Independence Blvd
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-5565
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
25 Alexander Cir
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-4354
High Road Bible Church
380 High Rd
Lockport IL
(815) 838-6018
Jehovahrsquos WitnessRomeoville Assembly Hall
800 N Schmidt Rd
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-9700
Lighthouse Baptist Church
3 E Romeo Rd
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-3909
Love Fellowship Baptist Church
730 N Independence Blvd
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-8420
St Andrew the Apostle Roma
505 Kingston Dr
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-4165
United Presbyterian Church
2 Belmont Dr
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-4874
Schekina Christian Center (French English)
Pastor Joe Kamanda
723 W Howard St
Evanston IL 60202
Tel (847) 328-4335
Email infoschekinagloryorg
URL wwwschekinagloryorg
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3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
18
St Paulrsquos by the Lake (Anglican)
7100 N Ashland Blvd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 764-6514
URL wwwstpaulsbylakeorg
St Sabina Church
1210 W 78th
St
Chicago IL 60620
Ph (773) 483-4300
Fax (773) 483-7583
Website wwwsaintsabinaorg
St Stephenrsquos African Methodist Episcopal Church
Rev Albert Tyson
2000 W Washington Blvd
Chicago IL 60612
Email adtysonIIIaolcom
Sudanese Community Church (Arabic English)
520 E Roosevelt Rd (Wheaton Evangelical Free Church bldg)
Wheaton IL 60187
Contact Wilson Lual
(630) 415-9843
Elder John Elmakal
(630) 261-5160
Tel (630) 668-6490 ext 100
Fax (630) 668-9088
Website wwwwefcorg
Trinity United Church of Christ - Africa Ministry
400 W 95th Street
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 962-5650
E-mail infotrinityChicagoorg
Website wwwtuccorg
Unity Christian Church
4751 N Sheridan
Chicago IL 60640
Contact Albert Kouame
(773) 656-1166
(708) 649-3958
Email salo817yahoocom
Mount Zion Anglician Church
4554 North Broadway Avenue
Chicago Illinois 60640
Joyous Victory Ministries
4554 N Broadway Avenue Suite 220
Chicago Illinois 60640
New Community Church
616 Lake St
Evanston IL 60201
Phone (630) 910-1844
httpnccchicagoorg
Ghanaian Presbyterian Church of Chicago
1936 S Michigan Ave
Chicago IL 60616
Pastor James Acquaah
Phone (773) 567-0685
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
Director HIVAIDS Research amp Policy Institute (HARPI)
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2046
aadefuyecsuedu
Akinmoladun Tunde PhD
Associate Professor Health sciences
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-3287
takincsuedu
Shaffdeen A Amuwo PhD MPH
Associate Dean
Clinical Associate Professor
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
43
Office of Urban Health and Diversity Program
University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health (MC 923)
1603 West Taylor Suite 1185
Chicago IL 60612-4394
(312) 996-1410
amuwouicedu
William Ebomoyi PhD
Professor Health Studies
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2527
eebomoyicsuedu
Veterinary Medicine
Ibulaimu Kakoma PhD
Associate Professor Pathobiology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Veterinary Medicine
3505 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Bd
2001 South Lincoln Ave
Urbana IL 61802
(217) 333-2449
[f] (217)244-7421
kakomaiuiucedu
Fine Arts
Samuel Akainyah
Instructor Humanities Fine Arts amp Theater
Kennedy King College
6301 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60621
(773) 602-5185
sakainyahcccedu
Education
Anghesom Atsbaha EdD
(Adult Education)
Assistant Professor Social Sciences
Director Truman-DePaul Adult Bridge Program
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4067
aatsbahacccedu
Bekisizwe Ndimande PhD
(Politics of curriculum Policies and practices in post-apartheid desegregated schools)
Assistant Professor Curriculum amp Instruction
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Education
315 Education Building
1310 S 6th St MC 708
Champaign IL 61820
(217) 244-5556
ndimandeillinoisedu
Dr Emma Theuri
County Extension Director
University of Illinois Extension
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
44
Will County Unit
100 Manhattan Rd
Joliet IL 60433
(815) 727-9296
emmatillinoisedu
wwwextensionuiuceduwill
Foreign Languages Linguistics
Dr Eyamba G Bokamba
Professor of Linguistics
Director Program in African Languages (PAL)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Linguistics
3154 Foreign Language Building
707 S Mathews Avenue MC-168
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-3051
bokambaillinoisedu
Dr Khadija Bounou
Loyola University Chicago
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (French)
Dame Hall Room 305
6525 N Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-2861
kbounoulucedu
Dr Evans Mwangi
Assistant Professor of English
Northwestern University
1897 Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60208
English Department
Office UH 326
(847) 491-3529 [Office]
Fax 847-467-1545
evan-mwanginorthwesternedu
Humanities
Literature Oral Traditions Poetry
Waiumll Hassan PhD
(Modern Arabic Anglophone and Francophone literatures)
Associate Professor Comparative and World Literature
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3072 Foreign Languages Building
MC-160
707 S Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 333-4987
whassanillinoisedu
Abdul-Rasheed NarsquoAllah PhD
Professor and Department Chair
Director Indigenous Africa and Diaspora Discourse Project (IADDP)
Western Illinois University
Department of African American Studies
Morgan Hall 232
1 University Circle
Macomb IL 61455-1390
(309) 298-1181
A-NaAllahwiuedu
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
45
Michel Nguessan PhD
Associate Professor
Library amp Information Science
Associate Editor-In-Chief of International Journal of Library Science
Governors State University
University Library
Office D2407
University Park IL 60466-0975
(708) 235-2143
mnguessangovstedu
wwwgovstedulibrarynguessan
Dr Patricia Ogedengbe
Librarian of Africana
University Library
Northwestern University
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300
(847) 491-2936
p-ogedengbenorthwesternedu
Mathematics
Aboubacar Sidy-Sow
Harold Washington College
30 E Lake St 730
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-3411
saboubacar-sidycccedu
Public Affairs
George O Assibey-Mensah PhD
Associate Professor
Public Finance and Policy Analysis
Indiana University Northwest
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
OFFICE Lindenwood Hall 108
3400 Broadway
Gary IN 46408-1197
(219) 980-7102
gassibeyiunedu
Fassil Demissie PhD
(Urban Planning)
Associate Professor
Public Policy Studies
DePaul University
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2352 N Clifton Ave Suite 1501
Chicago IL 60614
Phone (773) 325-7356
Fax (773) 325-4062
fdemissidepauledu
Religion
M Sani Umar PhD
Associate Professor of Religion
Director ndash Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
Northwestern University
Program of African Studies
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 467-0692
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
46
m-umarnorthwesternedu
Social Sciences
History Misbahudeen Ahmed-Rufai
Assistant Professor
History and Social Sciences
Harold Washington College
30 East Lake St
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-5747
mahmed-rufaicccedu
Dr Theodora Ayot
North Park University
History Department
3225 West Foster Ave
Chicago IL 60625-4895
(773) 244-5744
tayotnorthparkedu
Ismael M Montana
Assistant Professor of History
Northern Illinois University
Department of History
DeKalb IL 60115-2893
(815) 753 8420
montananiuedu
ismaelmontanayahooca
Saidou Mohamed NrsquoDaou PhD
Professor of History
Chicago State University
William Science Building Room 315
9501 South King Drive
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2973
sndaouaolcom
Ogenga Otunnu PhD
(African History Immigration and Refugee Studies)
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of History
2320 N Kenmore Ave
Chicago IL 60614-3250
(773) 325-1555
ootunnudepauledu
Geography
Ezekiel Kalipeni PhD
(Medical Geography Population Studies Environmental Issues Health Care Africa)
Professor of Geography and African Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Geography
220 Davenport Hall MC-150
607 South Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-7708
kalipeniillinoisedu
Sociology
Abu Bakarr Bah PhD
Associate Professor
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
47
Northern Illinois University
Department of Sociology
DeKalb IL 60115-2854
(815) 753-6427
(815) 753-0365
abahniuedu
Anthropology
Chapurukha M Kusimba
Curator of Anthropology
The Field Museum
1400 S Lake Shore Dr
Chicago IL 60605-2496
(312) 922-9410 [main]
ckusimbafieldmuseumorg
Political Science
Clement Eme Adibe PhD
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of Political Science
990 W Fullerton Suite 2200
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 325-1981
cadibedepauledu
Joseph K Hoereth
Associate Director
Institute of Policy and Civic Engagement (MC 097)
UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago)
1253 S Halsted Street Room 310
Chicago IL 60607
Ph (312) 355-0096
Fax (312) 355-0545
jhoerethuicedu
Edward Kasule PhD
Full-Time Instructor
Northeastern Illinois University
Department of Political Science
5500 N St Louis Ave CLS 2069
Chicago IL 60625
s-kasuleneiuedu
[2] Adjunct Faculty
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4739
skasulecccedu
STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS
African Student Organization
Illinois Institute of Technology
Jong Massaqoui (president)
3300 South Federal Street
Chicago IL 60616-3793
(312) 567-3000
asoiitedu
African Student Alliance
Loyola University Chicago
President Afia Ohemeng
Department of Student Diversity and Multicultural Affairs
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
48
1125 W Loyola Ave Mertz 200
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-3909
(773) 508-3895 [fax]
asaloyolaugmailcom
httpwwwfreewebscomlucafricanstudents
African Student Association
Northern Illinois University
Location Campus Life Building Suite 180
Phone (815) 753-0483
FAX (815) 753-0481
E-Mail studentassociationniuedu
wwwsaniuedu
Program of African Studies (PAS)
Northwestern University
Co-president Ama M Appenteng
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 491-7323
asanorthwesterngmailcom
wwwgroupsnorthwesterneduasa
International Student Services and Activities
Notre Dame University
100 Main Building
Notre Dame Indiana 46556 USA
Phone (574) 631-1138
Immigration Questions (574) 631-5243
Fax (574) 631-3162
E-mail issandedu
E-mail ndintlndedu
wwwissandedu
African Student Council
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
President Alpha Marwa
International student council
(618) 453-5264
wwwafscrsosiucedu
African and Caribbean Student Association
University of Chicago
Judith Kituku ndash President
kitukuuchicagoedu
Jennifer Kennedy ndash Advisor
jkennedyuchicagoedu
(773) 834-8252
African Student Council (ASC)
University of Illinois at Chicago
750 SHalsted Street (Student Center East Building Room 473)
Chicago IL 60607
President Adedrian Adeleke
asxuicgmailcom
COMMUNITY MEDIA
African Advocate
United African Organization
3424 S State St Suite 3C8-2
Chicago IL 60616
(312) 949-9980
(312) 949-9981
infouniteafricansorg
wwwuniteafricansorg
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
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49
AFRIQUE News Magazine
AFRIQUE Publishing Inc
6600 N Lincoln Ave Suite 240
Lincolnwood IL 60712
(773) 463 7200
OR
3525 W Peterson Ave Ste 200
Chicago Illinois 60659-3315 USA
(773) 250-7200
afriquepublishinggmailcom
httpwwwafriquenewsmagazinecom
African Spectrum
Spectrum Inc
481 W Boughton Rd 400
Bolingbrook IL 60440
(630) 771-9069
(630) 771-9074
(630) 771-1163
africanspectrumaolcom
Crsquoest la vie
Unity in Diversity
Azaka M Ajanaku
Producer Director
Francophone Television at Chicago Access Network TV 21 Every Sunday at 10pm
(312) 972-9252
Chicago Defender
4445 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Drive
Chicago IL 60653
(312) 225-2400
Fax (312) 225-9231
httpwwwchicagodefendercom
The Chicago Inquirer
Postal address The Chicago Inquirer
POBOX 17056 Chicago IL 60617
Tel 773-382-1638
Fax 773-221-4872
httpwwwchicagoinquirercom
Maudlyne Ihejirika (Reporter)
Chicago Sun-Times
350 N Orleans St
Chicago IL 60654
(312) 321-2825
mihejirikasuntimescom
Mashariki LEO
1449 E 72nd
Street
Chicago IL 60619
Postal Address PO BOX 19350
Chicago IL 60619
httpwwwmasharikileocom
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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FUNERAL HOMES
Nelson Funeral Homes
5149 N Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 561-5147
820 W Talcott Rd Park Ridge IL 60068
(847) 823-5122
wwwnelsonfuneralscom
Leak and Sons Funeral Chapels
7838 S Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 846-6567
18400 S Pulaski Rd
Country Club hills IL 60478
(708) 206-0860
Golden Gate Funeral Home
2036 West 79th
Street
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 846-7900
wwwgolengate-funeralhomecom
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I Illinois-specific Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant Women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois Capehart Adrian S 2004 The Migration of Africans to the United States since 1960 Contexts Responses and Communities PhD Thesis Department of History University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago Illinois Encyclopedia of Chicago 2004 The Newberry Library wwwencyclopediachicagohistoryorg [Profiles of the African immigrant and refugee community are divided by nationality (eg Beninese Angolans
Congolese Kenyans etc)] Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6 Swanson Lorraine 2008 ldquoBrrrr Itrsquos Cold Refugees Prepare for their First Chicago Winterrdquo Chicago Journal October 22 II General Reference Overview Ethnography
Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
_____ (Bryce-Laporte Roy Simon) 1977 Visibility of the New Immigrants Society 1418-33 Chacko Elizabeth 2003 ldquoEthiopian Ethos and the Making of Ethnic Places in the Washington Metropolitan Areardquo Journal of Cultural Geography 20 Cunningham Jonathen and Sandra Svoboda 2006 ldquoThe New African-Americans Understanding a Wave of Immigration Battling Misperceptionsrdquo Metro Times November 1 Frazier Martin 2005 ldquoNew Dimensions ndash African immigrants in the USrdquo Peoplersquos Weekly World May 20
Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
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Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
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53
_____ 2007 Diaspora Dialogues Engagements Between Africa and its Diasporas at The New African Diaspora Assessing the Pains and Gains of Exile Binghamton University African ndash African-American Relations Racial ndash Ethnic Identity Black Diversity
Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
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54
DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
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Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
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Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
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Christrsquos Oasis
A Multi-Cultural Non-Denominational Charismatic Church
Senior Pastor Dr Isaac Paintsil
Sunday service
4141 N Marine Dr Chicago IL 60613
Mid-Week service (Wednesday)
850 W Montrose Chicago IL 60613
(708) 458-7505
Western Suburb
Jamie McGee School Auditorium
179 Commonwealth Dr
Bolingbrook IL 60440
Chicago
3101 North Parkside Avenue Chicago IL
Southern Suburb
500 Holiday Plaza Drive Matteson IL 60443
Oasis Center
6855 W 65th
St Bed ford Park
IL 60638
Tel (708) 458-7505
Fax (708) 458-7505
Email ipaintsilchristoasisorg
Website wwwchristoasisorg
Ghanaian Community Church
5500 S Woodlawn Ave (Augustana Lutheran
Church bldg)
Chicago IL 60637
Contact Fr Canon Robert Koomson
(708) 268-7024
Ghanaian Presbyterian Church of Chicago
1936 S Michigan Ave
Chicago IL 60616
(773) 567-0685
wwwghanaprescom
Jesus House Chicago (Redeemed Christian Church of God)
4332 N Kedzie
Pastor PI
Chicago IL 60618
Tel (773) 866-9461
Fax (773) 866-9483
Website wwwjesushouseorg
Midwest Christian Montessori Academy
151 E Briarcliff Rd
Bolingbrook IL 60440
(630) 783-8644
Website wwwmcmacademyorg
Redemption Hour (House of Worship)
Romeoville Rec Center
900 W Romeo Rd
Romeoville IL 60446
Pastor Henry O Amegatcher
(312) 622-3157
Bible Baptist Church
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-5618
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Calvary Apostolic Church
16 Baker Cir
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-0430
Church of God
1801 Maple Rd
Joliet IL 60432
(815) 774-9254
Community Christian Church
174 Highpoint Dr
Romeoville IL
(815) 524-3122
First Baptist Church
730 N Independence Blvd
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-5565
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
25 Alexander Cir
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-4354
High Road Bible Church
380 High Rd
Lockport IL
(815) 838-6018
Jehovahrsquos WitnessRomeoville Assembly Hall
800 N Schmidt Rd
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-9700
Lighthouse Baptist Church
3 E Romeo Rd
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-3909
Love Fellowship Baptist Church
730 N Independence Blvd
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-8420
St Andrew the Apostle Roma
505 Kingston Dr
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-4165
United Presbyterian Church
2 Belmont Dr
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-4874
Schekina Christian Center (French English)
Pastor Joe Kamanda
723 W Howard St
Evanston IL 60202
Tel (847) 328-4335
Email infoschekinagloryorg
URL wwwschekinagloryorg
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St Paulrsquos by the Lake (Anglican)
7100 N Ashland Blvd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 764-6514
URL wwwstpaulsbylakeorg
St Sabina Church
1210 W 78th
St
Chicago IL 60620
Ph (773) 483-4300
Fax (773) 483-7583
Website wwwsaintsabinaorg
St Stephenrsquos African Methodist Episcopal Church
Rev Albert Tyson
2000 W Washington Blvd
Chicago IL 60612
Email adtysonIIIaolcom
Sudanese Community Church (Arabic English)
520 E Roosevelt Rd (Wheaton Evangelical Free Church bldg)
Wheaton IL 60187
Contact Wilson Lual
(630) 415-9843
Elder John Elmakal
(630) 261-5160
Tel (630) 668-6490 ext 100
Fax (630) 668-9088
Website wwwwefcorg
Trinity United Church of Christ - Africa Ministry
400 W 95th Street
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 962-5650
E-mail infotrinityChicagoorg
Website wwwtuccorg
Unity Christian Church
4751 N Sheridan
Chicago IL 60640
Contact Albert Kouame
(773) 656-1166
(708) 649-3958
Email salo817yahoocom
Mount Zion Anglician Church
4554 North Broadway Avenue
Chicago Illinois 60640
Joyous Victory Ministries
4554 N Broadway Avenue Suite 220
Chicago Illinois 60640
New Community Church
616 Lake St
Evanston IL 60201
Phone (630) 910-1844
httpnccchicagoorg
Ghanaian Presbyterian Church of Chicago
1936 S Michigan Ave
Chicago IL 60616
Pastor James Acquaah
Phone (773) 567-0685
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
Director HIVAIDS Research amp Policy Institute (HARPI)
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2046
aadefuyecsuedu
Akinmoladun Tunde PhD
Associate Professor Health sciences
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-3287
takincsuedu
Shaffdeen A Amuwo PhD MPH
Associate Dean
Clinical Associate Professor
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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Office of Urban Health and Diversity Program
University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health (MC 923)
1603 West Taylor Suite 1185
Chicago IL 60612-4394
(312) 996-1410
amuwouicedu
William Ebomoyi PhD
Professor Health Studies
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2527
eebomoyicsuedu
Veterinary Medicine
Ibulaimu Kakoma PhD
Associate Professor Pathobiology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Veterinary Medicine
3505 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Bd
2001 South Lincoln Ave
Urbana IL 61802
(217) 333-2449
[f] (217)244-7421
kakomaiuiucedu
Fine Arts
Samuel Akainyah
Instructor Humanities Fine Arts amp Theater
Kennedy King College
6301 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60621
(773) 602-5185
sakainyahcccedu
Education
Anghesom Atsbaha EdD
(Adult Education)
Assistant Professor Social Sciences
Director Truman-DePaul Adult Bridge Program
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4067
aatsbahacccedu
Bekisizwe Ndimande PhD
(Politics of curriculum Policies and practices in post-apartheid desegregated schools)
Assistant Professor Curriculum amp Instruction
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Education
315 Education Building
1310 S 6th St MC 708
Champaign IL 61820
(217) 244-5556
ndimandeillinoisedu
Dr Emma Theuri
County Extension Director
University of Illinois Extension
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
44
Will County Unit
100 Manhattan Rd
Joliet IL 60433
(815) 727-9296
emmatillinoisedu
wwwextensionuiuceduwill
Foreign Languages Linguistics
Dr Eyamba G Bokamba
Professor of Linguistics
Director Program in African Languages (PAL)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Linguistics
3154 Foreign Language Building
707 S Mathews Avenue MC-168
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-3051
bokambaillinoisedu
Dr Khadija Bounou
Loyola University Chicago
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (French)
Dame Hall Room 305
6525 N Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-2861
kbounoulucedu
Dr Evans Mwangi
Assistant Professor of English
Northwestern University
1897 Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60208
English Department
Office UH 326
(847) 491-3529 [Office]
Fax 847-467-1545
evan-mwanginorthwesternedu
Humanities
Literature Oral Traditions Poetry
Waiumll Hassan PhD
(Modern Arabic Anglophone and Francophone literatures)
Associate Professor Comparative and World Literature
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3072 Foreign Languages Building
MC-160
707 S Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 333-4987
whassanillinoisedu
Abdul-Rasheed NarsquoAllah PhD
Professor and Department Chair
Director Indigenous Africa and Diaspora Discourse Project (IADDP)
Western Illinois University
Department of African American Studies
Morgan Hall 232
1 University Circle
Macomb IL 61455-1390
(309) 298-1181
A-NaAllahwiuedu
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
45
Michel Nguessan PhD
Associate Professor
Library amp Information Science
Associate Editor-In-Chief of International Journal of Library Science
Governors State University
University Library
Office D2407
University Park IL 60466-0975
(708) 235-2143
mnguessangovstedu
wwwgovstedulibrarynguessan
Dr Patricia Ogedengbe
Librarian of Africana
University Library
Northwestern University
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300
(847) 491-2936
p-ogedengbenorthwesternedu
Mathematics
Aboubacar Sidy-Sow
Harold Washington College
30 E Lake St 730
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-3411
saboubacar-sidycccedu
Public Affairs
George O Assibey-Mensah PhD
Associate Professor
Public Finance and Policy Analysis
Indiana University Northwest
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
OFFICE Lindenwood Hall 108
3400 Broadway
Gary IN 46408-1197
(219) 980-7102
gassibeyiunedu
Fassil Demissie PhD
(Urban Planning)
Associate Professor
Public Policy Studies
DePaul University
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2352 N Clifton Ave Suite 1501
Chicago IL 60614
Phone (773) 325-7356
Fax (773) 325-4062
fdemissidepauledu
Religion
M Sani Umar PhD
Associate Professor of Religion
Director ndash Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
Northwestern University
Program of African Studies
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 467-0692
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
46
m-umarnorthwesternedu
Social Sciences
History Misbahudeen Ahmed-Rufai
Assistant Professor
History and Social Sciences
Harold Washington College
30 East Lake St
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-5747
mahmed-rufaicccedu
Dr Theodora Ayot
North Park University
History Department
3225 West Foster Ave
Chicago IL 60625-4895
(773) 244-5744
tayotnorthparkedu
Ismael M Montana
Assistant Professor of History
Northern Illinois University
Department of History
DeKalb IL 60115-2893
(815) 753 8420
montananiuedu
ismaelmontanayahooca
Saidou Mohamed NrsquoDaou PhD
Professor of History
Chicago State University
William Science Building Room 315
9501 South King Drive
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2973
sndaouaolcom
Ogenga Otunnu PhD
(African History Immigration and Refugee Studies)
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of History
2320 N Kenmore Ave
Chicago IL 60614-3250
(773) 325-1555
ootunnudepauledu
Geography
Ezekiel Kalipeni PhD
(Medical Geography Population Studies Environmental Issues Health Care Africa)
Professor of Geography and African Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Geography
220 Davenport Hall MC-150
607 South Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-7708
kalipeniillinoisedu
Sociology
Abu Bakarr Bah PhD
Associate Professor
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
47
Northern Illinois University
Department of Sociology
DeKalb IL 60115-2854
(815) 753-6427
(815) 753-0365
abahniuedu
Anthropology
Chapurukha M Kusimba
Curator of Anthropology
The Field Museum
1400 S Lake Shore Dr
Chicago IL 60605-2496
(312) 922-9410 [main]
ckusimbafieldmuseumorg
Political Science
Clement Eme Adibe PhD
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of Political Science
990 W Fullerton Suite 2200
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 325-1981
cadibedepauledu
Joseph K Hoereth
Associate Director
Institute of Policy and Civic Engagement (MC 097)
UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago)
1253 S Halsted Street Room 310
Chicago IL 60607
Ph (312) 355-0096
Fax (312) 355-0545
jhoerethuicedu
Edward Kasule PhD
Full-Time Instructor
Northeastern Illinois University
Department of Political Science
5500 N St Louis Ave CLS 2069
Chicago IL 60625
s-kasuleneiuedu
[2] Adjunct Faculty
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4739
skasulecccedu
STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS
African Student Organization
Illinois Institute of Technology
Jong Massaqoui (president)
3300 South Federal Street
Chicago IL 60616-3793
(312) 567-3000
asoiitedu
African Student Alliance
Loyola University Chicago
President Afia Ohemeng
Department of Student Diversity and Multicultural Affairs
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
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1125 W Loyola Ave Mertz 200
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-3909
(773) 508-3895 [fax]
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httpwwwfreewebscomlucafricanstudents
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Northern Illinois University
Location Campus Life Building Suite 180
Phone (815) 753-0483
FAX (815) 753-0481
E-Mail studentassociationniuedu
wwwsaniuedu
Program of African Studies (PAS)
Northwestern University
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Evanston IL 60208
(847) 491-7323
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Phone (574) 631-1138
Immigration Questions (574) 631-5243
Fax (574) 631-3162
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Southern Illinois University Carbondale
President Alpha Marwa
International student council
(618) 453-5264
wwwafscrsosiucedu
African and Caribbean Student Association
University of Chicago
Judith Kituku ndash President
kitukuuchicagoedu
Jennifer Kennedy ndash Advisor
jkennedyuchicagoedu
(773) 834-8252
African Student Council (ASC)
University of Illinois at Chicago
750 SHalsted Street (Student Center East Building Room 473)
Chicago IL 60607
President Adedrian Adeleke
asxuicgmailcom
COMMUNITY MEDIA
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Lincolnwood IL 60712
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OR
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Producer Director
Francophone Television at Chicago Access Network TV 21 Every Sunday at 10pm
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2036 West 79th
Street
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I Illinois-specific Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant Women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois Capehart Adrian S 2004 The Migration of Africans to the United States since 1960 Contexts Responses and Communities PhD Thesis Department of History University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago Illinois Encyclopedia of Chicago 2004 The Newberry Library wwwencyclopediachicagohistoryorg [Profiles of the African immigrant and refugee community are divided by nationality (eg Beninese Angolans
Congolese Kenyans etc)] Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6 Swanson Lorraine 2008 ldquoBrrrr Itrsquos Cold Refugees Prepare for their First Chicago Winterrdquo Chicago Journal October 22 II General Reference Overview Ethnography
Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
_____ (Bryce-Laporte Roy Simon) 1977 Visibility of the New Immigrants Society 1418-33 Chacko Elizabeth 2003 ldquoEthiopian Ethos and the Making of Ethnic Places in the Washington Metropolitan Areardquo Journal of Cultural Geography 20 Cunningham Jonathen and Sandra Svoboda 2006 ldquoThe New African-Americans Understanding a Wave of Immigration Battling Misperceptionsrdquo Metro Times November 1 Frazier Martin 2005 ldquoNew Dimensions ndash African immigrants in the USrdquo Peoplersquos Weekly World May 20
Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
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3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
52
Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
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3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
53
_____ 2007 Diaspora Dialogues Engagements Between Africa and its Diasporas at The New African Diaspora Assessing the Pains and Gains of Exile Binghamton University African ndash African-American Relations Racial ndash Ethnic Identity Black Diversity
Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
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54
DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
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infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
55
Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
56
Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
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Calvary Apostolic Church
16 Baker Cir
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-0430
Church of God
1801 Maple Rd
Joliet IL 60432
(815) 774-9254
Community Christian Church
174 Highpoint Dr
Romeoville IL
(815) 524-3122
First Baptist Church
730 N Independence Blvd
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-5565
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
25 Alexander Cir
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-4354
High Road Bible Church
380 High Rd
Lockport IL
(815) 838-6018
Jehovahrsquos WitnessRomeoville Assembly Hall
800 N Schmidt Rd
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-9700
Lighthouse Baptist Church
3 E Romeo Rd
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-3909
Love Fellowship Baptist Church
730 N Independence Blvd
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-8420
St Andrew the Apostle Roma
505 Kingston Dr
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-4165
United Presbyterian Church
2 Belmont Dr
Romeoville IL
(815) 886-4874
Schekina Christian Center (French English)
Pastor Joe Kamanda
723 W Howard St
Evanston IL 60202
Tel (847) 328-4335
Email infoschekinagloryorg
URL wwwschekinagloryorg
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infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
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St Paulrsquos by the Lake (Anglican)
7100 N Ashland Blvd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 764-6514
URL wwwstpaulsbylakeorg
St Sabina Church
1210 W 78th
St
Chicago IL 60620
Ph (773) 483-4300
Fax (773) 483-7583
Website wwwsaintsabinaorg
St Stephenrsquos African Methodist Episcopal Church
Rev Albert Tyson
2000 W Washington Blvd
Chicago IL 60612
Email adtysonIIIaolcom
Sudanese Community Church (Arabic English)
520 E Roosevelt Rd (Wheaton Evangelical Free Church bldg)
Wheaton IL 60187
Contact Wilson Lual
(630) 415-9843
Elder John Elmakal
(630) 261-5160
Tel (630) 668-6490 ext 100
Fax (630) 668-9088
Website wwwwefcorg
Trinity United Church of Christ - Africa Ministry
400 W 95th Street
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 962-5650
E-mail infotrinityChicagoorg
Website wwwtuccorg
Unity Christian Church
4751 N Sheridan
Chicago IL 60640
Contact Albert Kouame
(773) 656-1166
(708) 649-3958
Email salo817yahoocom
Mount Zion Anglician Church
4554 North Broadway Avenue
Chicago Illinois 60640
Joyous Victory Ministries
4554 N Broadway Avenue Suite 220
Chicago Illinois 60640
New Community Church
616 Lake St
Evanston IL 60201
Phone (630) 910-1844
httpnccchicagoorg
Ghanaian Presbyterian Church of Chicago
1936 S Michigan Ave
Chicago IL 60616
Pastor James Acquaah
Phone (773) 567-0685
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
Director HIVAIDS Research amp Policy Institute (HARPI)
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2046
aadefuyecsuedu
Akinmoladun Tunde PhD
Associate Professor Health sciences
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-3287
takincsuedu
Shaffdeen A Amuwo PhD MPH
Associate Dean
Clinical Associate Professor
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
43
Office of Urban Health and Diversity Program
University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health (MC 923)
1603 West Taylor Suite 1185
Chicago IL 60612-4394
(312) 996-1410
amuwouicedu
William Ebomoyi PhD
Professor Health Studies
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2527
eebomoyicsuedu
Veterinary Medicine
Ibulaimu Kakoma PhD
Associate Professor Pathobiology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Veterinary Medicine
3505 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Bd
2001 South Lincoln Ave
Urbana IL 61802
(217) 333-2449
[f] (217)244-7421
kakomaiuiucedu
Fine Arts
Samuel Akainyah
Instructor Humanities Fine Arts amp Theater
Kennedy King College
6301 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60621
(773) 602-5185
sakainyahcccedu
Education
Anghesom Atsbaha EdD
(Adult Education)
Assistant Professor Social Sciences
Director Truman-DePaul Adult Bridge Program
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4067
aatsbahacccedu
Bekisizwe Ndimande PhD
(Politics of curriculum Policies and practices in post-apartheid desegregated schools)
Assistant Professor Curriculum amp Instruction
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Education
315 Education Building
1310 S 6th St MC 708
Champaign IL 61820
(217) 244-5556
ndimandeillinoisedu
Dr Emma Theuri
County Extension Director
University of Illinois Extension
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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44
Will County Unit
100 Manhattan Rd
Joliet IL 60433
(815) 727-9296
emmatillinoisedu
wwwextensionuiuceduwill
Foreign Languages Linguistics
Dr Eyamba G Bokamba
Professor of Linguistics
Director Program in African Languages (PAL)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Linguistics
3154 Foreign Language Building
707 S Mathews Avenue MC-168
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-3051
bokambaillinoisedu
Dr Khadija Bounou
Loyola University Chicago
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (French)
Dame Hall Room 305
6525 N Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-2861
kbounoulucedu
Dr Evans Mwangi
Assistant Professor of English
Northwestern University
1897 Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60208
English Department
Office UH 326
(847) 491-3529 [Office]
Fax 847-467-1545
evan-mwanginorthwesternedu
Humanities
Literature Oral Traditions Poetry
Waiumll Hassan PhD
(Modern Arabic Anglophone and Francophone literatures)
Associate Professor Comparative and World Literature
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3072 Foreign Languages Building
MC-160
707 S Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 333-4987
whassanillinoisedu
Abdul-Rasheed NarsquoAllah PhD
Professor and Department Chair
Director Indigenous Africa and Diaspora Discourse Project (IADDP)
Western Illinois University
Department of African American Studies
Morgan Hall 232
1 University Circle
Macomb IL 61455-1390
(309) 298-1181
A-NaAllahwiuedu
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
45
Michel Nguessan PhD
Associate Professor
Library amp Information Science
Associate Editor-In-Chief of International Journal of Library Science
Governors State University
University Library
Office D2407
University Park IL 60466-0975
(708) 235-2143
mnguessangovstedu
wwwgovstedulibrarynguessan
Dr Patricia Ogedengbe
Librarian of Africana
University Library
Northwestern University
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300
(847) 491-2936
p-ogedengbenorthwesternedu
Mathematics
Aboubacar Sidy-Sow
Harold Washington College
30 E Lake St 730
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-3411
saboubacar-sidycccedu
Public Affairs
George O Assibey-Mensah PhD
Associate Professor
Public Finance and Policy Analysis
Indiana University Northwest
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
OFFICE Lindenwood Hall 108
3400 Broadway
Gary IN 46408-1197
(219) 980-7102
gassibeyiunedu
Fassil Demissie PhD
(Urban Planning)
Associate Professor
Public Policy Studies
DePaul University
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2352 N Clifton Ave Suite 1501
Chicago IL 60614
Phone (773) 325-7356
Fax (773) 325-4062
fdemissidepauledu
Religion
M Sani Umar PhD
Associate Professor of Religion
Director ndash Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
Northwestern University
Program of African Studies
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 467-0692
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
46
m-umarnorthwesternedu
Social Sciences
History Misbahudeen Ahmed-Rufai
Assistant Professor
History and Social Sciences
Harold Washington College
30 East Lake St
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-5747
mahmed-rufaicccedu
Dr Theodora Ayot
North Park University
History Department
3225 West Foster Ave
Chicago IL 60625-4895
(773) 244-5744
tayotnorthparkedu
Ismael M Montana
Assistant Professor of History
Northern Illinois University
Department of History
DeKalb IL 60115-2893
(815) 753 8420
montananiuedu
ismaelmontanayahooca
Saidou Mohamed NrsquoDaou PhD
Professor of History
Chicago State University
William Science Building Room 315
9501 South King Drive
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2973
sndaouaolcom
Ogenga Otunnu PhD
(African History Immigration and Refugee Studies)
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of History
2320 N Kenmore Ave
Chicago IL 60614-3250
(773) 325-1555
ootunnudepauledu
Geography
Ezekiel Kalipeni PhD
(Medical Geography Population Studies Environmental Issues Health Care Africa)
Professor of Geography and African Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Geography
220 Davenport Hall MC-150
607 South Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-7708
kalipeniillinoisedu
Sociology
Abu Bakarr Bah PhD
Associate Professor
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Department of Sociology
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(815) 753-6427
(815) 753-0365
abahniuedu
Anthropology
Chapurukha M Kusimba
Curator of Anthropology
The Field Museum
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Chicago IL 60605-2496
(312) 922-9410 [main]
ckusimbafieldmuseumorg
Political Science
Clement Eme Adibe PhD
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of Political Science
990 W Fullerton Suite 2200
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 325-1981
cadibedepauledu
Joseph K Hoereth
Associate Director
Institute of Policy and Civic Engagement (MC 097)
UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago)
1253 S Halsted Street Room 310
Chicago IL 60607
Ph (312) 355-0096
Fax (312) 355-0545
jhoerethuicedu
Edward Kasule PhD
Full-Time Instructor
Northeastern Illinois University
Department of Political Science
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Chicago IL 60625
s-kasuleneiuedu
[2] Adjunct Faculty
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4739
skasulecccedu
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Illinois Institute of Technology
Jong Massaqoui (president)
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President Afia Ohemeng
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wwwsaniuedu
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(312) 949-9981
infouniteafricansorg
wwwuniteafricansorg
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OR
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Producer Director
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httpwwwchicagodefendercom
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Street
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I Illinois-specific Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant Women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois Capehart Adrian S 2004 The Migration of Africans to the United States since 1960 Contexts Responses and Communities PhD Thesis Department of History University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago Illinois Encyclopedia of Chicago 2004 The Newberry Library wwwencyclopediachicagohistoryorg [Profiles of the African immigrant and refugee community are divided by nationality (eg Beninese Angolans
Congolese Kenyans etc)] Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6 Swanson Lorraine 2008 ldquoBrrrr Itrsquos Cold Refugees Prepare for their First Chicago Winterrdquo Chicago Journal October 22 II General Reference Overview Ethnography
Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
_____ (Bryce-Laporte Roy Simon) 1977 Visibility of the New Immigrants Society 1418-33 Chacko Elizabeth 2003 ldquoEthiopian Ethos and the Making of Ethnic Places in the Washington Metropolitan Areardquo Journal of Cultural Geography 20 Cunningham Jonathen and Sandra Svoboda 2006 ldquoThe New African-Americans Understanding a Wave of Immigration Battling Misperceptionsrdquo Metro Times November 1 Frazier Martin 2005 ldquoNew Dimensions ndash African immigrants in the USrdquo Peoplersquos Weekly World May 20
Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
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52
Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
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53
_____ 2007 Diaspora Dialogues Engagements Between Africa and its Diasporas at The New African Diaspora Assessing the Pains and Gains of Exile Binghamton University African ndash African-American Relations Racial ndash Ethnic Identity Black Diversity
Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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54
DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
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infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
55
Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
56
Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
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St Paulrsquos by the Lake (Anglican)
7100 N Ashland Blvd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 764-6514
URL wwwstpaulsbylakeorg
St Sabina Church
1210 W 78th
St
Chicago IL 60620
Ph (773) 483-4300
Fax (773) 483-7583
Website wwwsaintsabinaorg
St Stephenrsquos African Methodist Episcopal Church
Rev Albert Tyson
2000 W Washington Blvd
Chicago IL 60612
Email adtysonIIIaolcom
Sudanese Community Church (Arabic English)
520 E Roosevelt Rd (Wheaton Evangelical Free Church bldg)
Wheaton IL 60187
Contact Wilson Lual
(630) 415-9843
Elder John Elmakal
(630) 261-5160
Tel (630) 668-6490 ext 100
Fax (630) 668-9088
Website wwwwefcorg
Trinity United Church of Christ - Africa Ministry
400 W 95th Street
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 962-5650
E-mail infotrinityChicagoorg
Website wwwtuccorg
Unity Christian Church
4751 N Sheridan
Chicago IL 60640
Contact Albert Kouame
(773) 656-1166
(708) 649-3958
Email salo817yahoocom
Mount Zion Anglician Church
4554 North Broadway Avenue
Chicago Illinois 60640
Joyous Victory Ministries
4554 N Broadway Avenue Suite 220
Chicago Illinois 60640
New Community Church
616 Lake St
Evanston IL 60201
Phone (630) 910-1844
httpnccchicagoorg
Ghanaian Presbyterian Church of Chicago
1936 S Michigan Ave
Chicago IL 60616
Pastor James Acquaah
Phone (773) 567-0685
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
Director HIVAIDS Research amp Policy Institute (HARPI)
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2046
aadefuyecsuedu
Akinmoladun Tunde PhD
Associate Professor Health sciences
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-3287
takincsuedu
Shaffdeen A Amuwo PhD MPH
Associate Dean
Clinical Associate Professor
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
43
Office of Urban Health and Diversity Program
University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health (MC 923)
1603 West Taylor Suite 1185
Chicago IL 60612-4394
(312) 996-1410
amuwouicedu
William Ebomoyi PhD
Professor Health Studies
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2527
eebomoyicsuedu
Veterinary Medicine
Ibulaimu Kakoma PhD
Associate Professor Pathobiology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Veterinary Medicine
3505 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Bd
2001 South Lincoln Ave
Urbana IL 61802
(217) 333-2449
[f] (217)244-7421
kakomaiuiucedu
Fine Arts
Samuel Akainyah
Instructor Humanities Fine Arts amp Theater
Kennedy King College
6301 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60621
(773) 602-5185
sakainyahcccedu
Education
Anghesom Atsbaha EdD
(Adult Education)
Assistant Professor Social Sciences
Director Truman-DePaul Adult Bridge Program
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4067
aatsbahacccedu
Bekisizwe Ndimande PhD
(Politics of curriculum Policies and practices in post-apartheid desegregated schools)
Assistant Professor Curriculum amp Instruction
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Education
315 Education Building
1310 S 6th St MC 708
Champaign IL 61820
(217) 244-5556
ndimandeillinoisedu
Dr Emma Theuri
County Extension Director
University of Illinois Extension
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
44
Will County Unit
100 Manhattan Rd
Joliet IL 60433
(815) 727-9296
emmatillinoisedu
wwwextensionuiuceduwill
Foreign Languages Linguistics
Dr Eyamba G Bokamba
Professor of Linguistics
Director Program in African Languages (PAL)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Linguistics
3154 Foreign Language Building
707 S Mathews Avenue MC-168
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-3051
bokambaillinoisedu
Dr Khadija Bounou
Loyola University Chicago
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (French)
Dame Hall Room 305
6525 N Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-2861
kbounoulucedu
Dr Evans Mwangi
Assistant Professor of English
Northwestern University
1897 Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60208
English Department
Office UH 326
(847) 491-3529 [Office]
Fax 847-467-1545
evan-mwanginorthwesternedu
Humanities
Literature Oral Traditions Poetry
Waiumll Hassan PhD
(Modern Arabic Anglophone and Francophone literatures)
Associate Professor Comparative and World Literature
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3072 Foreign Languages Building
MC-160
707 S Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 333-4987
whassanillinoisedu
Abdul-Rasheed NarsquoAllah PhD
Professor and Department Chair
Director Indigenous Africa and Diaspora Discourse Project (IADDP)
Western Illinois University
Department of African American Studies
Morgan Hall 232
1 University Circle
Macomb IL 61455-1390
(309) 298-1181
A-NaAllahwiuedu
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Governors State University
University Library
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(708) 235-2143
mnguessangovstedu
wwwgovstedulibrarynguessan
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Librarian of Africana
University Library
Northwestern University
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Evanston IL 60208-2300
(847) 491-2936
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Mathematics
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Harold Washington College
30 E Lake St 730
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-3411
saboubacar-sidycccedu
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George O Assibey-Mensah PhD
Associate Professor
Public Finance and Policy Analysis
Indiana University Northwest
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
OFFICE Lindenwood Hall 108
3400 Broadway
Gary IN 46408-1197
(219) 980-7102
gassibeyiunedu
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(Urban Planning)
Associate Professor
Public Policy Studies
DePaul University
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2352 N Clifton Ave Suite 1501
Chicago IL 60614
Phone (773) 325-7356
Fax (773) 325-4062
fdemissidepauledu
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Associate Professor of Religion
Director ndash Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
Northwestern University
Program of African Studies
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Evanston IL 60208
(847) 467-0692
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Social Sciences
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Assistant Professor
History and Social Sciences
Harold Washington College
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Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-5747
mahmed-rufaicccedu
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North Park University
History Department
3225 West Foster Ave
Chicago IL 60625-4895
(773) 244-5744
tayotnorthparkedu
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Assistant Professor of History
Northern Illinois University
Department of History
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(815) 753 8420
montananiuedu
ismaelmontanayahooca
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Professor of History
Chicago State University
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9501 South King Drive
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2973
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(African History Immigration and Refugee Studies)
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of History
2320 N Kenmore Ave
Chicago IL 60614-3250
(773) 325-1555
ootunnudepauledu
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Department of Geography
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607 South Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
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Associate Professor
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Curator of Anthropology
The Field Museum
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Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of Political Science
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Chicago IL 60614
(773) 325-1981
cadibedepauledu
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Associate Director
Institute of Policy and Civic Engagement (MC 097)
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Department of Political Science
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[2] Adjunct Faculty
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Chicago IL 60640
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I Illinois-specific Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant Women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois Capehart Adrian S 2004 The Migration of Africans to the United States since 1960 Contexts Responses and Communities PhD Thesis Department of History University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago Illinois Encyclopedia of Chicago 2004 The Newberry Library wwwencyclopediachicagohistoryorg [Profiles of the African immigrant and refugee community are divided by nationality (eg Beninese Angolans
Congolese Kenyans etc)] Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6 Swanson Lorraine 2008 ldquoBrrrr Itrsquos Cold Refugees Prepare for their First Chicago Winterrdquo Chicago Journal October 22 II General Reference Overview Ethnography
Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
_____ (Bryce-Laporte Roy Simon) 1977 Visibility of the New Immigrants Society 1418-33 Chacko Elizabeth 2003 ldquoEthiopian Ethos and the Making of Ethnic Places in the Washington Metropolitan Areardquo Journal of Cultural Geography 20 Cunningham Jonathen and Sandra Svoboda 2006 ldquoThe New African-Americans Understanding a Wave of Immigration Battling Misperceptionsrdquo Metro Times November 1 Frazier Martin 2005 ldquoNew Dimensions ndash African immigrants in the USrdquo Peoplersquos Weekly World May 20
Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
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52
Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
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53
_____ 2007 Diaspora Dialogues Engagements Between Africa and its Diasporas at The New African Diaspora Assessing the Pains and Gains of Exile Binghamton University African ndash African-American Relations Racial ndash Ethnic Identity Black Diversity
Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
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54
DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
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Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
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infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
56
Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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Director HIVAIDS Research amp Policy Institute (HARPI)
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2046
aadefuyecsuedu
Akinmoladun Tunde PhD
Associate Professor Health sciences
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-3287
takincsuedu
Shaffdeen A Amuwo PhD MPH
Associate Dean
Clinical Associate Professor
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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43
Office of Urban Health and Diversity Program
University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health (MC 923)
1603 West Taylor Suite 1185
Chicago IL 60612-4394
(312) 996-1410
amuwouicedu
William Ebomoyi PhD
Professor Health Studies
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2527
eebomoyicsuedu
Veterinary Medicine
Ibulaimu Kakoma PhD
Associate Professor Pathobiology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Veterinary Medicine
3505 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Bd
2001 South Lincoln Ave
Urbana IL 61802
(217) 333-2449
[f] (217)244-7421
kakomaiuiucedu
Fine Arts
Samuel Akainyah
Instructor Humanities Fine Arts amp Theater
Kennedy King College
6301 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60621
(773) 602-5185
sakainyahcccedu
Education
Anghesom Atsbaha EdD
(Adult Education)
Assistant Professor Social Sciences
Director Truman-DePaul Adult Bridge Program
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4067
aatsbahacccedu
Bekisizwe Ndimande PhD
(Politics of curriculum Policies and practices in post-apartheid desegregated schools)
Assistant Professor Curriculum amp Instruction
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Education
315 Education Building
1310 S 6th St MC 708
Champaign IL 61820
(217) 244-5556
ndimandeillinoisedu
Dr Emma Theuri
County Extension Director
University of Illinois Extension
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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44
Will County Unit
100 Manhattan Rd
Joliet IL 60433
(815) 727-9296
emmatillinoisedu
wwwextensionuiuceduwill
Foreign Languages Linguistics
Dr Eyamba G Bokamba
Professor of Linguistics
Director Program in African Languages (PAL)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Linguistics
3154 Foreign Language Building
707 S Mathews Avenue MC-168
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-3051
bokambaillinoisedu
Dr Khadija Bounou
Loyola University Chicago
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (French)
Dame Hall Room 305
6525 N Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-2861
kbounoulucedu
Dr Evans Mwangi
Assistant Professor of English
Northwestern University
1897 Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60208
English Department
Office UH 326
(847) 491-3529 [Office]
Fax 847-467-1545
evan-mwanginorthwesternedu
Humanities
Literature Oral Traditions Poetry
Waiumll Hassan PhD
(Modern Arabic Anglophone and Francophone literatures)
Associate Professor Comparative and World Literature
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3072 Foreign Languages Building
MC-160
707 S Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 333-4987
whassanillinoisedu
Abdul-Rasheed NarsquoAllah PhD
Professor and Department Chair
Director Indigenous Africa and Diaspora Discourse Project (IADDP)
Western Illinois University
Department of African American Studies
Morgan Hall 232
1 University Circle
Macomb IL 61455-1390
(309) 298-1181
A-NaAllahwiuedu
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Michel Nguessan PhD
Associate Professor
Library amp Information Science
Associate Editor-In-Chief of International Journal of Library Science
Governors State University
University Library
Office D2407
University Park IL 60466-0975
(708) 235-2143
mnguessangovstedu
wwwgovstedulibrarynguessan
Dr Patricia Ogedengbe
Librarian of Africana
University Library
Northwestern University
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300
(847) 491-2936
p-ogedengbenorthwesternedu
Mathematics
Aboubacar Sidy-Sow
Harold Washington College
30 E Lake St 730
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-3411
saboubacar-sidycccedu
Public Affairs
George O Assibey-Mensah PhD
Associate Professor
Public Finance and Policy Analysis
Indiana University Northwest
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
OFFICE Lindenwood Hall 108
3400 Broadway
Gary IN 46408-1197
(219) 980-7102
gassibeyiunedu
Fassil Demissie PhD
(Urban Planning)
Associate Professor
Public Policy Studies
DePaul University
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2352 N Clifton Ave Suite 1501
Chicago IL 60614
Phone (773) 325-7356
Fax (773) 325-4062
fdemissidepauledu
Religion
M Sani Umar PhD
Associate Professor of Religion
Director ndash Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
Northwestern University
Program of African Studies
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 467-0692
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Social Sciences
History Misbahudeen Ahmed-Rufai
Assistant Professor
History and Social Sciences
Harold Washington College
30 East Lake St
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-5747
mahmed-rufaicccedu
Dr Theodora Ayot
North Park University
History Department
3225 West Foster Ave
Chicago IL 60625-4895
(773) 244-5744
tayotnorthparkedu
Ismael M Montana
Assistant Professor of History
Northern Illinois University
Department of History
DeKalb IL 60115-2893
(815) 753 8420
montananiuedu
ismaelmontanayahooca
Saidou Mohamed NrsquoDaou PhD
Professor of History
Chicago State University
William Science Building Room 315
9501 South King Drive
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2973
sndaouaolcom
Ogenga Otunnu PhD
(African History Immigration and Refugee Studies)
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of History
2320 N Kenmore Ave
Chicago IL 60614-3250
(773) 325-1555
ootunnudepauledu
Geography
Ezekiel Kalipeni PhD
(Medical Geography Population Studies Environmental Issues Health Care Africa)
Professor of Geography and African Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Geography
220 Davenport Hall MC-150
607 South Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-7708
kalipeniillinoisedu
Sociology
Abu Bakarr Bah PhD
Associate Professor
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Department of Sociology
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(815) 753-6427
(815) 753-0365
abahniuedu
Anthropology
Chapurukha M Kusimba
Curator of Anthropology
The Field Museum
1400 S Lake Shore Dr
Chicago IL 60605-2496
(312) 922-9410 [main]
ckusimbafieldmuseumorg
Political Science
Clement Eme Adibe PhD
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of Political Science
990 W Fullerton Suite 2200
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 325-1981
cadibedepauledu
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Associate Director
Institute of Policy and Civic Engagement (MC 097)
UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago)
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Chicago IL 60607
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Fax (312) 355-0545
jhoerethuicedu
Edward Kasule PhD
Full-Time Instructor
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Department of Political Science
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Chicago IL 60625
s-kasuleneiuedu
[2] Adjunct Faculty
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4739
skasulecccedu
STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS
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Illinois Institute of Technology
Jong Massaqoui (president)
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(312) 567-3000
asoiitedu
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President Afia Ohemeng
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Phone (815) 753-0483
FAX (815) 753-0481
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wwwsaniuedu
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Evanston IL 60208
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wwwgroupsnorthwesterneduasa
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Immigration Questions (574) 631-5243
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E-mail ndintlndedu
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President Alpha Marwa
International student council
(618) 453-5264
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Judith Kituku ndash President
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(773) 834-8252
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University of Illinois at Chicago
750 SHalsted Street (Student Center East Building Room 473)
Chicago IL 60607
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(312) 949-9981
infouniteafricansorg
wwwuniteafricansorg
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OR
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Crsquoest la vie
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Francophone Television at Chicago Access Network TV 21 Every Sunday at 10pm
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Street
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I Illinois-specific Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant Women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois Capehart Adrian S 2004 The Migration of Africans to the United States since 1960 Contexts Responses and Communities PhD Thesis Department of History University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago Illinois Encyclopedia of Chicago 2004 The Newberry Library wwwencyclopediachicagohistoryorg [Profiles of the African immigrant and refugee community are divided by nationality (eg Beninese Angolans
Congolese Kenyans etc)] Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6 Swanson Lorraine 2008 ldquoBrrrr Itrsquos Cold Refugees Prepare for their First Chicago Winterrdquo Chicago Journal October 22 II General Reference Overview Ethnography
Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
_____ (Bryce-Laporte Roy Simon) 1977 Visibility of the New Immigrants Society 1418-33 Chacko Elizabeth 2003 ldquoEthiopian Ethos and the Making of Ethnic Places in the Washington Metropolitan Areardquo Journal of Cultural Geography 20 Cunningham Jonathen and Sandra Svoboda 2006 ldquoThe New African-Americans Understanding a Wave of Immigration Battling Misperceptionsrdquo Metro Times November 1 Frazier Martin 2005 ldquoNew Dimensions ndash African immigrants in the USrdquo Peoplersquos Weekly World May 20
Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
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52
Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
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53
_____ 2007 Diaspora Dialogues Engagements Between Africa and its Diasporas at The New African Diaspora Assessing the Pains and Gains of Exile Binghamton University African ndash African-American Relations Racial ndash Ethnic Identity Black Diversity
Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
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54
DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
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55
Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
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infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
56
Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
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Masjid Al-Faatir
1200 E 47th St
Chicago IL 60653
Tel 773-336-7400
Fax 773-336-7400
Email omarbrotherimamcom
URLhttpwwwislamicfinderorg
Website httpmasjidal-faatircom
Muslim Community Center
4380 N Elston
Chicago IL 60641
(773) 725-9047
Fax (773) 725-1616
URLwwwmccchicagoorg
Masjid al-Farooq
8950 South Stony Island
Chicago IL 60619
Tel (773) 752-2015
Office (773) 359-4730
URLhttpmasjid-al-farooqcom
Nigerian Islamic Association
932 W Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60613
(773)665-2451
(773) 665-2561
Qassam Mosque amp Cultural Center
3247 W 63rd
Chicago IL 60629
(773) 436-8083
(312) 436-8083
ART amp CULTURE
Africa International House Chicago
Office address
6200 S Drexel (Harris Park)
Chicago IL 60637
(773) 955-7742
Mailing address
1507 E 53rd St Suite 447
Chicago IL 60615
(773) 955-7742
URL httpaihusaorg
African Art amp Objects
4918 W Flournoy St
Chicago IL 60644
Tel (773) 379-2787
Fax 773-379-7079
URL httpafricanartandobjectscom
Black Ensemble Theatre Company
4450 North Clark Street
Chicago IL 60640
Voice (773) 769-4451
Fax (773) 769-4533
Email blackensembleaolcom
Website httpwwwblackensembletheaterorg
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21
Cassiopeia Fine Arts
433 N Wells St
Chicago IL 60654
(312) 464-1111
Email cassiopeiaartsbcglobalnet
Website wwwcassiopeiaonlinecom
Congo Square Theatre Company
2936 N Southport Ave Suite 210
Chicago IL 60657
(773) 296-1108
wwwcongosquaretheatreorg
Echoes of Southern Africa
Contact Khumbuzile Dlamini
(815) 325-4601
Email kdlaminiechoesofsouthernafricaorg
URLhttpechoesofsouthernafricaorg
ETA Creative Arts
7558 S Chicago Ave
Chicago IL 60619
Ph (773) 752-3955
Fax (773) 752-8727
Website wwwetacreativeartsorg
Lrsquo hadj Aly MrsquoBaye
DancerDrummerCultural Educator
(773) 808-1724
Aisha Flowers
(773) 664-3785
E-mail alymbayeGayndeeyGmailcom
Alternate e-mail alymbaye2yahoocom
Website httpssitesgooglecomsitealymbayegayndeey
Muntu Dance Theatre of Chicago
7127 S Ellis Ave Suite 2
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 241-6080
(773) 241-6089 [fax]
Website wwwmuntucom
Nicole Gallery
2320 N Damen Ave
Chicago IL 60647
Ph (312) 787-7716
Fax (312) 787-7798
Email wwwnicolegallerycom
Swahili Institute of Chicago
10707 S Hale Ave
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 785-1430
Email SwahiliInstitueaolcom
Website httpwwwswahiliinstituteorgindexhtml
UIC African-African American Cultural Center
830 S Halsted St Adams Hall 209
Chicago IL 60607
(312) 996-9549
URL wwwuicedudeptsaacc
uicaacultctrgmailcom
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22
DuSable Museum of African American History
740 E 56th
Place
Chicago IL 60637
(773) 947-0600
URL wwwdusablemuseumorg
Cultural performers
Ngoma Ku Sema
Contact Baba Tyehimba MTU
(773) 721-5998
Website httptyehimbawixcombaba-tyehimba-mtu
Afro-Ethnic Folklorico Dara Gee
4940 S Woodlawn Chicago IL 60615
Contact Sadira Muhammed ndash
(708) 502 7700
Emailsadiradancegmailcom or
Assane Seck (Artistic Director) -
773-807-3336
Moya Dance
Contact Khaanam Bey
MOYADANCEgmailcom
773-593-9402
Moyadanceblogspotcom
Echoes of Southern Africa
Contact Khumbuzile Dlamini (815) 325-4601
kdlaminiechoesofsouthernafricaorg
httpechoesofsouthernafricaorg
Art Gallery
Akainyah Gallery
357 W Erie St
Chicago IL 60654
Phone (312) 654-0333
EVENTS amp CLUBS
African Festival of the Arts
Annually Labor Day weekend
Washington Park Chicago
httpaihusaorg
Ghana fest
Annual event late July
Washington Park Chicago
Website wwwghananationalcouncilorg
African and South American Music
Old Town School of Folk Music
(Wednesday Nights)
4544 N Lincoln Ave
Chicago IL 60625
(773) 728-6000
wwwoldtownschoolorg
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Afrodisiac Sonotheque (Monthly event)
African beats and rhythms including
kwaito ndombolo makossa coupe-decalle zouk and kompa
1444 W Chicago Ave
Chicago IL 60622
(312) 226-7600
Website wwwtopdonncom
Akasuba
Event planning DJ services
Contact Mwelwa Musambacine
1238 W Winnemac 3
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 742-5434
Email mmusambayahoocom
Website wwwmusambacinecom
DIS Productions
DJ Services Event planning promotion
(773) 620-9612 [DJ Dee Money]
(773) 677-6169 [DJ 3K]
(708) 957-1505 [Productions]
Email infodis-productionscom
Website wwwdis-productionscom
Martinrsquos Inter-Culture Ltd
Music Awards Festivals amp Special Events
1325 S Wabash Ave Suite 307
Chicago IL 60605-2536
(312) 427-0266
Fax 312-427-0268
Email infomartinsinterculturecom
Website wwwmartinsinterculturecom
Wild Hare
Reggae
2610 N Halsted St
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 770-3511
Website wwwwildharemusiccom
Zimbabwe Trade Cultural Expo
Contact Henry MD Munangatire
4834 S King Dr Unit 11
Chicago IL 60615
Tel 312 287 9295
Fax 1 866 320 9560
Email INFOZTCEorg
RESTAURANTS
TBS African Restaurant
4507 N Sheridan Road
Chicago IL 60640
Tel (773) 561-3407
Cell (773) 932-8822
North African
Couscous
1445 W Taylor St
Chicago IL 60607
(312) 226-2408
Email infocouscousrestaurantcom
Websitewwwcouscousrestaurantcom
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Crepe amp Coffee Palace (Algerian)
2433 N Clark St
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 404-1300
Icosium Kafeacute (Algerian - Crepe)
5200 N Clark St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 271-5233
Marrakech Cuisine
1413 N Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60622
(773) 227-6451
Emailahajiraolcom
Website wwwmarrakechcuisinecom
The Nile (Middle Eastern (Egyptian))
1611 E 55th
Street
Chicago IL 60615
(773) 342-9499
Website wwwnilerestaurantofhydeparkcom
Sikia
740 W 63rd St
Chicago IL 60621
(773) 602-5200
Somalian Restaurants
Muqdisho
2826 N Lincoln Ave
(between Racine Ave amp Diversey Pky)
Chicago IL 60657
Neighborhood Lakeview
(773) 857-0707
Mogadishu Restaurant
931 N Orleans
Chicago IL 60610
Laa Mushkila Fine
Somalian Restaurant
5959 N Broadway Ave
Chicago IL 60680
773-443-2778
East African Restaurant
5959 N Broadway
Chicago IL 60686
Phone (773) 271-5635
Eritrean
The Peacock Cafeacute amp Restaurant
6014 N Broadway
Chicago IL 60660
(773) 262-2005
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Ethiopian
Demera Ethiopian Restaurant
4801 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 33 - 7 7
Website wwwdemeraethiopianrestaurantcom
Ethiopian Diamond Restaurant
6120 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60660
(773) 33 -6
Ethipian Diamond
7537 N Clerk St
Chicago IL 60626
773-764-2200
Websitewwwethiopiandiamondcuisinecom
Lalibela Ethiopian Restaurant
5633 N Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60660
(773) 944-0585
Website httpwwwallmenuscom
Ras Dashen Ethiopian Restaurant
5846 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60660
(773) 506-9601
Website httpwwwrasdashenchicagocom
Royal Coffee
6764 N Sheridan
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 761-8100
Website wwwroyalcoffeechicagocom
Ghanaian
race s African Restaurant
4409 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 7 -6
Nigerian
Mama Osas African Restaurant
1027 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
Phone (773) 561-2754
Senegal
Yassa African Restaurant
716 E 79th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 488-5599 or (773) 488-9630
httpwwwyassaafricanrestaurantcom
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GROCERY SHOPS
Abyssinia Market
5842 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60660
(773) 271-7133
infoabyssiniachicagocom
URL httpwwwabyssiniachicagocom
Aboasa International Market
221 S Green Bay Rd
Waukegan IL 60085
(888) 205-4868
(847) 596-2032 [fax]
Email accentafricaaolcom
URL wwwaboasaintmarketcom
Makola African Supermarket
1017 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
Phone (773) 878-3958
Old World Market
5129 N Broadway
Chicago IL 60640
Phone (773) 989-4440
FOOD IMPORTS
Asafo Corporation
Agriculture Commodities in Large quantities
735 Philadelphia Ave
Westmont IL 60559
(630) 327-2274
(630) 455-1755 [fax]
Email sydasafocorporationcom
MSN IM uncleyawhotmailcom
URL httpwwwasafocorporationcom
Golden Country Oriental Foods
2355 S Blue Island Ave
Chicago IL 60608
(773) 847-1700
(773) 847-1717 [fax]
Email infogoldencountrycom
URL httpwwwgoldencountrycom
La Fruiteriacutea
8909 S Commercial Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 768-4969
(773) 768-0734 [fax]
Email saleslafruterianet
URL httpwwwlafruterianet
ARTIFACTS
Afri-Ware
1701 S 1st Ave Suite 503
Maywood IL 60153
(708)-223-8081
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Email afriwareaolcom
Website wwwafriwarenet
Ethnic Fusion
Contact Sandra Mutisya
7524 N Paulina St
Chicago IL 60626
Tel (773) 319-7374
Fax (773) 305-1902
Email contactethnicfusionscom
URL httpwwwethnicfusionscom
Kayra Imports
African Fabric amp Clothing
1643 E 87th
Street
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 768-3003
(773) 768-3008 [fax]
Email kayraimportsmsncom
Djenne Collection
1759 W 95th
St
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 445-0525
(773) 445-0704 [fax]
Email djennecollectionyahoocom
Zambezi Designs
Contact Nii Oti Ankrah
6950 S Yale Ave
Chicago IL 60621
(773) 962-0931
(630) 739-9683 [fax]
Email infoniioticom
Website wwwniioticom
HAIR BRAIDING SALONS
North Side
AFI African Hair Braiding
5420 N Broadway
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 728-1771
(773) 983-2111
Afrikiko Hair Fashion Boutique
4635 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 878-4360
Artista Hair Braiding
4142 W Peterson Ave
Chicago IL 60646
(773) 725-5888
Bahrsquos Hair Braiding
309 W Howard St
Evanston IL 60202
(847) 869-7549
Clemrsquos African Hair Braiding
4629 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 769-1966
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First Impression Salon
4556 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 275-8977
(312) 953-3882
(773) 577-9957
Jackie amp Sisirsquos African Hair Braiding
4403 N Sheridan Road
Chicago IL 60640-5051
(773) 334-7423
Jeanne African Hair braiding
4554 North Broadway Avenue
Chicago Illinois 60640
(773) 769-3522
Paulina African Hair Braiding
4421 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 878-3369
Queen Hair Braiding Salon
952 W Montrose Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 293-2814
httpqueenhairwixcomchicagocontact-us
Afrikiko Hair amp Fashion Boutique
4635 N Broadway
Chicago IL 60640
Phone ( 773) 878-4360
South Side
African Braids amp Weaves by Koko
1636 W 95th St
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 238-4882
African Hair Braiding
102 E 47th
Street
Chicago IL 60653
(773) 624-4405
(773) 624-4423
African Hair Braiding by Mama
7857 S Avalon Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 375-5723
Aisha African Hair Braiding
837 E 79th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 651-0076
Akwaea Hair Braiding
7922 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 7 3-76
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AMA African American Hair Braiding
443 W 79th St
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 488-5479
Amyrsquos African Hair Braiding
7907 frac12 S Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 488-4511
Awa Professional Hair Braiding
237 E 115th
St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 785-1601
Braids by Fatou
1705 E 73th St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 978-1839
Braids by Safi
9046 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 238-2931
Braids amp Beauty
11132 Halsted St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 568-7960
Clarkersquos African Hair Braiding
2021 W 95th St
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 881-9655
Constance Hair Braiding
734 E 75th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 224-7073
Dakar African Hair Braiding
8159 S Stony Island Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 721-2071
Dorothy African Hair Braiding
1157 W 79th St
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 783-8922
Falou African Hair Braiding
447 E 79th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 651-8060
(773) 220-6771
httpfalouhairbraidingcom
Fatima African Hair Braiding amp Weaving
2444 W 63rd
St
Chicago IL 60629
(773) 863-9500
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Fatima African Hair Braiding
1127 W 95th St
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 429-0091
Fatima amp Sokhna African hair braiding
Including clothes amp jewelry
(773) 563-7738
(773) 879-3360
Fatou African Hair Braiding
955 W 87th St
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 651-7132
Fatou Hair Braiding
7124 S Jeffery Blvd
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 363-5834
Fifirsquos African Hair Braiding
1135 E Sibley Blvd middot
Dolton IL 60419
(708) 849-2860
Harmoni African Hair Braiding
8000 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 488-1003
Hassy Braiding
9449 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 298-1970
Ida African Hair Braiding
802 E 65th St
Chicago IL 60637
(773) 288-1910
Images Hair Braiding
16017 S Kedzie Ave
Markham IL 60428
(708) 333-8350
zuluimageaolcom
Isa Professional African Hair Braiding
746 E 79th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 224-9930
Jose African Hair Braiding
11750 S Michigan Ave
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-0647
Braids by Grace
5655 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
Contact Celestine Alomebla
(773) 889-5838
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Katucha African Hair Braiding
2445 E 79th St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 375-1700
Kena African Hair Braiding
4700 S Indiana Ave
Chicago IL 60615
(773) 373-3416
(773) 373-3435
Laurarsquos Hair Salon amp Braiding
9858 S Vincennes Ave
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 881-0066
Linda African Hair Braiding
7902 S Langley Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 488-7811
Louise African Hair Braiding
9512 S Lowe Ave
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 881-7414
Lucyrsquos African Hair Braiding
11121 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-0797
LYS African Braiding
2356 W 63rd
St
Chicago IL 60636
(773) 925-6386
Maggiersquos African Braiding
2421 W 63rd
Street
Chicago IL 60629
(773) 863-9010
Mama Hair Braiding
2410 W 71st St
Chicago IL 60629
(773) 436-3518
(773) 436-3589
Marie Hair Braiding
725 E 79
th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 651-1300
Les Petits Marseillais Hair Braiding
2602 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 731-5955
Monarsquos African Hair Braiding
5525 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60636
(773) 476-1125
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Nado African Hair Braiding
6433 S Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago IL 60637
(773) 947-8202
Nene African Hair Braiding African Shipping
755 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 723-7137
(773) 440-8100
Netty Hair Braiding
8442 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 263-2809
Nassi Hair Braiding
109 E 111th
St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 928-5841
Original African Hair Braiding
2008 S Pulaski Rd
Chicago IL 60623
(773) 522-5161
Pretty Lady African Hair Braiding amp Weaving
9304 S Halsted
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 779-4905
Strandz African Hair Braiding
9141 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 238-1236
Sarafina African Hair Braiding
11257 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 568-4181
Sisterrsquos African hair Braiding
104 E 51st St
Chicago IL 60615
(773) 268-3070
Tata African Hair Braiding
12255 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 821-1150
Benkady African Hair Braiding
1756 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
Phone ( 312) 731-1138
Francis African Hair Braiding
2544 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
Phone (773)-731-8524
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Nassi African Hair Braiding
2730 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
Phone (773) 374-1753
Sandrarsquos African Hair Braiding
507 E 79th
St
ChicagoIL 60619
Phone (773) 783-5670
A-African Hair Braiding
1378 W 79th
St
Chicago Il 60620
Phone (773) 488-5507
Lagos African Braiding amp Weaving
14209 Chicago Rd Ste S
Dolton IL 60429
Phone (708) 849-3335
Amy African Hair Braiding
15023 Woodlawn Ave
Dolton IL 60419
(708) 201-0660
West Side
Tawa African Hair Braiding
2047 W 79th St
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 488-2319
mbatchouattnet
Aicha Hair Braiding
5103 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 836-8687
African Hair Braiding
3922 W Chicago Ave
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 342-7350
Angelrsquos African Hair Braiding
5937 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 622-4179
Anti Hair Braiding
5013 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
Contact Angie Seck
(773) 622-9000
Black Imagersquos African Hair Braiding
5602 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 378-8685
Bintou K professional Hair Braiding
4048 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 227-9940
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Brsquos African Hair Braiding
5620 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 626-9007
Blandine African Hair Braiding
4203 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 252-9792
Dee African Hair Braiding
4129 W Madison St
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 722-0921
Diallo African Hair Braiding
4203 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 489-1629
Diallo African Hair Braiding
4737 West North Avenue
Chicago IL 60639
Phone (773) 645-0072
Fatima Africa Hair Braiding
5426 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 237-7200
Fatima Hair Braiding
2603 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60647
(773) 862-9739
G G African Hair Braiding
1143 S Pulaski Rd
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 722-2551
Latou Hair Braiding
3721 W Chicago Ave
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 265-6799
Maggyrsquos Hair Braiding
5524 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) -
Rama Hair Braiding
5030 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 237-0177
Sarafina Hair Braiding
34 N Pulaski Rd
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 265-1166
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Sebbeb African Hair Braiding
1017 S Western Ave
Chicago IL 60612
Tel (312) 226-6460
Sister African Hair Braiding
3950 W Grand Ave
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 384 2272
(773) 678 1811
Bijou Hair Braiding
2114 E 71st St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 324-4405
Friendly African Hair Braiding
1738 E 87th St
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 375-9800
Ivoire African Hair Braiding
8482 S Commercial Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 933-0377
Laure African Hair Braiding
2050 12 E 71st St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 241-5169
Maryrsquos African Hair Braiding
2146 E 75th St Chicago IL 60649
(773) 363-3220
Rama Signature Braiding
8027 S Stony Island Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 768-7909
Chattorsquos Salon
65 E Oak St
Chicago IL 60611
(312) 640-0003
Emailchattogmailcom
URL wwwchattocom
Star Hair Braiding
6317 S King Drive
Chicago IL 60637
(773) 288-8188
SHIPPING COMPANIES
Odessey International
Worldwide Transport Specialist
P O Box 490420
Chicago IL 60617
Office (877) 633-7735
Fax (773) 375-2764
wwwodesseyinternationalnet
Email desseyinternationalcom
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Director HIVAIDS Research amp Policy Institute (HARPI)
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2046
aadefuyecsuedu
Akinmoladun Tunde PhD
Associate Professor Health sciences
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-3287
takincsuedu
Shaffdeen A Amuwo PhD MPH
Associate Dean
Clinical Associate Professor
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Office of Urban Health and Diversity Program
University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health (MC 923)
1603 West Taylor Suite 1185
Chicago IL 60612-4394
(312) 996-1410
amuwouicedu
William Ebomoyi PhD
Professor Health Studies
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2527
eebomoyicsuedu
Veterinary Medicine
Ibulaimu Kakoma PhD
Associate Professor Pathobiology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Veterinary Medicine
3505 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Bd
2001 South Lincoln Ave
Urbana IL 61802
(217) 333-2449
[f] (217)244-7421
kakomaiuiucedu
Fine Arts
Samuel Akainyah
Instructor Humanities Fine Arts amp Theater
Kennedy King College
6301 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60621
(773) 602-5185
sakainyahcccedu
Education
Anghesom Atsbaha EdD
(Adult Education)
Assistant Professor Social Sciences
Director Truman-DePaul Adult Bridge Program
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4067
aatsbahacccedu
Bekisizwe Ndimande PhD
(Politics of curriculum Policies and practices in post-apartheid desegregated schools)
Assistant Professor Curriculum amp Instruction
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Education
315 Education Building
1310 S 6th St MC 708
Champaign IL 61820
(217) 244-5556
ndimandeillinoisedu
Dr Emma Theuri
County Extension Director
University of Illinois Extension
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Will County Unit
100 Manhattan Rd
Joliet IL 60433
(815) 727-9296
emmatillinoisedu
wwwextensionuiuceduwill
Foreign Languages Linguistics
Dr Eyamba G Bokamba
Professor of Linguistics
Director Program in African Languages (PAL)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Linguistics
3154 Foreign Language Building
707 S Mathews Avenue MC-168
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-3051
bokambaillinoisedu
Dr Khadija Bounou
Loyola University Chicago
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (French)
Dame Hall Room 305
6525 N Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-2861
kbounoulucedu
Dr Evans Mwangi
Assistant Professor of English
Northwestern University
1897 Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60208
English Department
Office UH 326
(847) 491-3529 [Office]
Fax 847-467-1545
evan-mwanginorthwesternedu
Humanities
Literature Oral Traditions Poetry
Waiumll Hassan PhD
(Modern Arabic Anglophone and Francophone literatures)
Associate Professor Comparative and World Literature
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3072 Foreign Languages Building
MC-160
707 S Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 333-4987
whassanillinoisedu
Abdul-Rasheed NarsquoAllah PhD
Professor and Department Chair
Director Indigenous Africa and Diaspora Discourse Project (IADDP)
Western Illinois University
Department of African American Studies
Morgan Hall 232
1 University Circle
Macomb IL 61455-1390
(309) 298-1181
A-NaAllahwiuedu
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Michel Nguessan PhD
Associate Professor
Library amp Information Science
Associate Editor-In-Chief of International Journal of Library Science
Governors State University
University Library
Office D2407
University Park IL 60466-0975
(708) 235-2143
mnguessangovstedu
wwwgovstedulibrarynguessan
Dr Patricia Ogedengbe
Librarian of Africana
University Library
Northwestern University
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300
(847) 491-2936
p-ogedengbenorthwesternedu
Mathematics
Aboubacar Sidy-Sow
Harold Washington College
30 E Lake St 730
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-3411
saboubacar-sidycccedu
Public Affairs
George O Assibey-Mensah PhD
Associate Professor
Public Finance and Policy Analysis
Indiana University Northwest
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
OFFICE Lindenwood Hall 108
3400 Broadway
Gary IN 46408-1197
(219) 980-7102
gassibeyiunedu
Fassil Demissie PhD
(Urban Planning)
Associate Professor
Public Policy Studies
DePaul University
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2352 N Clifton Ave Suite 1501
Chicago IL 60614
Phone (773) 325-7356
Fax (773) 325-4062
fdemissidepauledu
Religion
M Sani Umar PhD
Associate Professor of Religion
Director ndash Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
Northwestern University
Program of African Studies
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 467-0692
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m-umarnorthwesternedu
Social Sciences
History Misbahudeen Ahmed-Rufai
Assistant Professor
History and Social Sciences
Harold Washington College
30 East Lake St
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-5747
mahmed-rufaicccedu
Dr Theodora Ayot
North Park University
History Department
3225 West Foster Ave
Chicago IL 60625-4895
(773) 244-5744
tayotnorthparkedu
Ismael M Montana
Assistant Professor of History
Northern Illinois University
Department of History
DeKalb IL 60115-2893
(815) 753 8420
montananiuedu
ismaelmontanayahooca
Saidou Mohamed NrsquoDaou PhD
Professor of History
Chicago State University
William Science Building Room 315
9501 South King Drive
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2973
sndaouaolcom
Ogenga Otunnu PhD
(African History Immigration and Refugee Studies)
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of History
2320 N Kenmore Ave
Chicago IL 60614-3250
(773) 325-1555
ootunnudepauledu
Geography
Ezekiel Kalipeni PhD
(Medical Geography Population Studies Environmental Issues Health Care Africa)
Professor of Geography and African Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Geography
220 Davenport Hall MC-150
607 South Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-7708
kalipeniillinoisedu
Sociology
Abu Bakarr Bah PhD
Associate Professor
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Department of Sociology
DeKalb IL 60115-2854
(815) 753-6427
(815) 753-0365
abahniuedu
Anthropology
Chapurukha M Kusimba
Curator of Anthropology
The Field Museum
1400 S Lake Shore Dr
Chicago IL 60605-2496
(312) 922-9410 [main]
ckusimbafieldmuseumorg
Political Science
Clement Eme Adibe PhD
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of Political Science
990 W Fullerton Suite 2200
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 325-1981
cadibedepauledu
Joseph K Hoereth
Associate Director
Institute of Policy and Civic Engagement (MC 097)
UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago)
1253 S Halsted Street Room 310
Chicago IL 60607
Ph (312) 355-0096
Fax (312) 355-0545
jhoerethuicedu
Edward Kasule PhD
Full-Time Instructor
Northeastern Illinois University
Department of Political Science
5500 N St Louis Ave CLS 2069
Chicago IL 60625
s-kasuleneiuedu
[2] Adjunct Faculty
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4739
skasulecccedu
STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS
African Student Organization
Illinois Institute of Technology
Jong Massaqoui (president)
3300 South Federal Street
Chicago IL 60616-3793
(312) 567-3000
asoiitedu
African Student Alliance
Loyola University Chicago
President Afia Ohemeng
Department of Student Diversity and Multicultural Affairs
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(773) 508-3895 [fax]
asaloyolaugmailcom
httpwwwfreewebscomlucafricanstudents
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Location Campus Life Building Suite 180
Phone (815) 753-0483
FAX (815) 753-0481
E-Mail studentassociationniuedu
wwwsaniuedu
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Northwestern University
Co-president Ama M Appenteng
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 491-7323
asanorthwesterngmailcom
wwwgroupsnorthwesterneduasa
International Student Services and Activities
Notre Dame University
100 Main Building
Notre Dame Indiana 46556 USA
Phone (574) 631-1138
Immigration Questions (574) 631-5243
Fax (574) 631-3162
E-mail issandedu
E-mail ndintlndedu
wwwissandedu
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Southern Illinois University Carbondale
President Alpha Marwa
International student council
(618) 453-5264
wwwafscrsosiucedu
African and Caribbean Student Association
University of Chicago
Judith Kituku ndash President
kitukuuchicagoedu
Jennifer Kennedy ndash Advisor
jkennedyuchicagoedu
(773) 834-8252
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University of Illinois at Chicago
750 SHalsted Street (Student Center East Building Room 473)
Chicago IL 60607
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United African Organization
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Chicago IL 60616
(312) 949-9980
(312) 949-9981
infouniteafricansorg
wwwuniteafricansorg
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Lincolnwood IL 60712
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OR
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Bolingbrook IL 60440
(630) 771-9069
(630) 771-9074
(630) 771-1163
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Crsquoest la vie
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Producer Director
Francophone Television at Chicago Access Network TV 21 Every Sunday at 10pm
(312) 972-9252
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Fax (312) 225-9231
httpwwwchicagodefendercom
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Postal address The Chicago Inquirer
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Tel 773-382-1638
Fax 773-221-4872
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Chicago Sun-Times
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(312) 321-2825
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Street
Chicago IL 60619
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Chicago IL 60619
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(773) 561-5147
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(847) 823-5122
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Chicago IL 60619
(773) 846-6567
18400 S Pulaski Rd
Country Club hills IL 60478
(708) 206-0860
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2036 West 79th
Street
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 846-7900
wwwgolengate-funeralhomecom
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REFERENCES Bibliography on lsquoNewrsquo African Migration to the United States
I Illinois-specific Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant Women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois Capehart Adrian S 2004 The Migration of Africans to the United States since 1960 Contexts Responses and Communities PhD Thesis Department of History University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago Illinois Encyclopedia of Chicago 2004 The Newberry Library wwwencyclopediachicagohistoryorg [Profiles of the African immigrant and refugee community are divided by nationality (eg Beninese Angolans
Congolese Kenyans etc)] Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6 Swanson Lorraine 2008 ldquoBrrrr Itrsquos Cold Refugees Prepare for their First Chicago Winterrdquo Chicago Journal October 22 II General Reference Overview Ethnography
Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
_____ (Bryce-Laporte Roy Simon) 1977 Visibility of the New Immigrants Society 1418-33 Chacko Elizabeth 2003 ldquoEthiopian Ethos and the Making of Ethnic Places in the Washington Metropolitan Areardquo Journal of Cultural Geography 20 Cunningham Jonathen and Sandra Svoboda 2006 ldquoThe New African-Americans Understanding a Wave of Immigration Battling Misperceptionsrdquo Metro Times November 1 Frazier Martin 2005 ldquoNew Dimensions ndash African immigrants in the USrdquo Peoplersquos Weekly World May 20
Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
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infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
52
Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
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53
_____ 2007 Diaspora Dialogues Engagements Between Africa and its Diasporas at The New African Diaspora Assessing the Pains and Gains of Exile Binghamton University African ndash African-American Relations Racial ndash Ethnic Identity Black Diversity
Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
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infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
54
DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
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infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
55
Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
56
Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
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21
Cassiopeia Fine Arts
433 N Wells St
Chicago IL 60654
(312) 464-1111
Email cassiopeiaartsbcglobalnet
Website wwwcassiopeiaonlinecom
Congo Square Theatre Company
2936 N Southport Ave Suite 210
Chicago IL 60657
(773) 296-1108
wwwcongosquaretheatreorg
Echoes of Southern Africa
Contact Khumbuzile Dlamini
(815) 325-4601
Email kdlaminiechoesofsouthernafricaorg
URLhttpechoesofsouthernafricaorg
ETA Creative Arts
7558 S Chicago Ave
Chicago IL 60619
Ph (773) 752-3955
Fax (773) 752-8727
Website wwwetacreativeartsorg
Lrsquo hadj Aly MrsquoBaye
DancerDrummerCultural Educator
(773) 808-1724
Aisha Flowers
(773) 664-3785
E-mail alymbayeGayndeeyGmailcom
Alternate e-mail alymbaye2yahoocom
Website httpssitesgooglecomsitealymbayegayndeey
Muntu Dance Theatre of Chicago
7127 S Ellis Ave Suite 2
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 241-6080
(773) 241-6089 [fax]
Website wwwmuntucom
Nicole Gallery
2320 N Damen Ave
Chicago IL 60647
Ph (312) 787-7716
Fax (312) 787-7798
Email wwwnicolegallerycom
Swahili Institute of Chicago
10707 S Hale Ave
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 785-1430
Email SwahiliInstitueaolcom
Website httpwwwswahiliinstituteorgindexhtml
UIC African-African American Cultural Center
830 S Halsted St Adams Hall 209
Chicago IL 60607
(312) 996-9549
URL wwwuicedudeptsaacc
uicaacultctrgmailcom
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
22
DuSable Museum of African American History
740 E 56th
Place
Chicago IL 60637
(773) 947-0600
URL wwwdusablemuseumorg
Cultural performers
Ngoma Ku Sema
Contact Baba Tyehimba MTU
(773) 721-5998
Website httptyehimbawixcombaba-tyehimba-mtu
Afro-Ethnic Folklorico Dara Gee
4940 S Woodlawn Chicago IL 60615
Contact Sadira Muhammed ndash
(708) 502 7700
Emailsadiradancegmailcom or
Assane Seck (Artistic Director) -
773-807-3336
Moya Dance
Contact Khaanam Bey
MOYADANCEgmailcom
773-593-9402
Moyadanceblogspotcom
Echoes of Southern Africa
Contact Khumbuzile Dlamini (815) 325-4601
kdlaminiechoesofsouthernafricaorg
httpechoesofsouthernafricaorg
Art Gallery
Akainyah Gallery
357 W Erie St
Chicago IL 60654
Phone (312) 654-0333
EVENTS amp CLUBS
African Festival of the Arts
Annually Labor Day weekend
Washington Park Chicago
httpaihusaorg
Ghana fest
Annual event late July
Washington Park Chicago
Website wwwghananationalcouncilorg
African and South American Music
Old Town School of Folk Music
(Wednesday Nights)
4544 N Lincoln Ave
Chicago IL 60625
(773) 728-6000
wwwoldtownschoolorg
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
23
Afrodisiac Sonotheque (Monthly event)
African beats and rhythms including
kwaito ndombolo makossa coupe-decalle zouk and kompa
1444 W Chicago Ave
Chicago IL 60622
(312) 226-7600
Website wwwtopdonncom
Akasuba
Event planning DJ services
Contact Mwelwa Musambacine
1238 W Winnemac 3
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 742-5434
Email mmusambayahoocom
Website wwwmusambacinecom
DIS Productions
DJ Services Event planning promotion
(773) 620-9612 [DJ Dee Money]
(773) 677-6169 [DJ 3K]
(708) 957-1505 [Productions]
Email infodis-productionscom
Website wwwdis-productionscom
Martinrsquos Inter-Culture Ltd
Music Awards Festivals amp Special Events
1325 S Wabash Ave Suite 307
Chicago IL 60605-2536
(312) 427-0266
Fax 312-427-0268
Email infomartinsinterculturecom
Website wwwmartinsinterculturecom
Wild Hare
Reggae
2610 N Halsted St
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 770-3511
Website wwwwildharemusiccom
Zimbabwe Trade Cultural Expo
Contact Henry MD Munangatire
4834 S King Dr Unit 11
Chicago IL 60615
Tel 312 287 9295
Fax 1 866 320 9560
Email INFOZTCEorg
RESTAURANTS
TBS African Restaurant
4507 N Sheridan Road
Chicago IL 60640
Tel (773) 561-3407
Cell (773) 932-8822
North African
Couscous
1445 W Taylor St
Chicago IL 60607
(312) 226-2408
Email infocouscousrestaurantcom
Websitewwwcouscousrestaurantcom
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Crepe amp Coffee Palace (Algerian)
2433 N Clark St
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 404-1300
Icosium Kafeacute (Algerian - Crepe)
5200 N Clark St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 271-5233
Marrakech Cuisine
1413 N Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60622
(773) 227-6451
Emailahajiraolcom
Website wwwmarrakechcuisinecom
The Nile (Middle Eastern (Egyptian))
1611 E 55th
Street
Chicago IL 60615
(773) 342-9499
Website wwwnilerestaurantofhydeparkcom
Sikia
740 W 63rd St
Chicago IL 60621
(773) 602-5200
Somalian Restaurants
Muqdisho
2826 N Lincoln Ave
(between Racine Ave amp Diversey Pky)
Chicago IL 60657
Neighborhood Lakeview
(773) 857-0707
Mogadishu Restaurant
931 N Orleans
Chicago IL 60610
Laa Mushkila Fine
Somalian Restaurant
5959 N Broadway Ave
Chicago IL 60680
773-443-2778
East African Restaurant
5959 N Broadway
Chicago IL 60686
Phone (773) 271-5635
Eritrean
The Peacock Cafeacute amp Restaurant
6014 N Broadway
Chicago IL 60660
(773) 262-2005
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Ethiopian
Demera Ethiopian Restaurant
4801 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 33 - 7 7
Website wwwdemeraethiopianrestaurantcom
Ethiopian Diamond Restaurant
6120 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60660
(773) 33 -6
Ethipian Diamond
7537 N Clerk St
Chicago IL 60626
773-764-2200
Websitewwwethiopiandiamondcuisinecom
Lalibela Ethiopian Restaurant
5633 N Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60660
(773) 944-0585
Website httpwwwallmenuscom
Ras Dashen Ethiopian Restaurant
5846 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60660
(773) 506-9601
Website httpwwwrasdashenchicagocom
Royal Coffee
6764 N Sheridan
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 761-8100
Website wwwroyalcoffeechicagocom
Ghanaian
race s African Restaurant
4409 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 7 -6
Nigerian
Mama Osas African Restaurant
1027 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
Phone (773) 561-2754
Senegal
Yassa African Restaurant
716 E 79th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 488-5599 or (773) 488-9630
httpwwwyassaafricanrestaurantcom
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GROCERY SHOPS
Abyssinia Market
5842 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60660
(773) 271-7133
infoabyssiniachicagocom
URL httpwwwabyssiniachicagocom
Aboasa International Market
221 S Green Bay Rd
Waukegan IL 60085
(888) 205-4868
(847) 596-2032 [fax]
Email accentafricaaolcom
URL wwwaboasaintmarketcom
Makola African Supermarket
1017 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
Phone (773) 878-3958
Old World Market
5129 N Broadway
Chicago IL 60640
Phone (773) 989-4440
FOOD IMPORTS
Asafo Corporation
Agriculture Commodities in Large quantities
735 Philadelphia Ave
Westmont IL 60559
(630) 327-2274
(630) 455-1755 [fax]
Email sydasafocorporationcom
MSN IM uncleyawhotmailcom
URL httpwwwasafocorporationcom
Golden Country Oriental Foods
2355 S Blue Island Ave
Chicago IL 60608
(773) 847-1700
(773) 847-1717 [fax]
Email infogoldencountrycom
URL httpwwwgoldencountrycom
La Fruiteriacutea
8909 S Commercial Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 768-4969
(773) 768-0734 [fax]
Email saleslafruterianet
URL httpwwwlafruterianet
ARTIFACTS
Afri-Ware
1701 S 1st Ave Suite 503
Maywood IL 60153
(708)-223-8081
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Email afriwareaolcom
Website wwwafriwarenet
Ethnic Fusion
Contact Sandra Mutisya
7524 N Paulina St
Chicago IL 60626
Tel (773) 319-7374
Fax (773) 305-1902
Email contactethnicfusionscom
URL httpwwwethnicfusionscom
Kayra Imports
African Fabric amp Clothing
1643 E 87th
Street
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 768-3003
(773) 768-3008 [fax]
Email kayraimportsmsncom
Djenne Collection
1759 W 95th
St
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 445-0525
(773) 445-0704 [fax]
Email djennecollectionyahoocom
Zambezi Designs
Contact Nii Oti Ankrah
6950 S Yale Ave
Chicago IL 60621
(773) 962-0931
(630) 739-9683 [fax]
Email infoniioticom
Website wwwniioticom
HAIR BRAIDING SALONS
North Side
AFI African Hair Braiding
5420 N Broadway
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 728-1771
(773) 983-2111
Afrikiko Hair Fashion Boutique
4635 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 878-4360
Artista Hair Braiding
4142 W Peterson Ave
Chicago IL 60646
(773) 725-5888
Bahrsquos Hair Braiding
309 W Howard St
Evanston IL 60202
(847) 869-7549
Clemrsquos African Hair Braiding
4629 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 769-1966
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First Impression Salon
4556 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 275-8977
(312) 953-3882
(773) 577-9957
Jackie amp Sisirsquos African Hair Braiding
4403 N Sheridan Road
Chicago IL 60640-5051
(773) 334-7423
Jeanne African Hair braiding
4554 North Broadway Avenue
Chicago Illinois 60640
(773) 769-3522
Paulina African Hair Braiding
4421 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 878-3369
Queen Hair Braiding Salon
952 W Montrose Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 293-2814
httpqueenhairwixcomchicagocontact-us
Afrikiko Hair amp Fashion Boutique
4635 N Broadway
Chicago IL 60640
Phone ( 773) 878-4360
South Side
African Braids amp Weaves by Koko
1636 W 95th St
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 238-4882
African Hair Braiding
102 E 47th
Street
Chicago IL 60653
(773) 624-4405
(773) 624-4423
African Hair Braiding by Mama
7857 S Avalon Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 375-5723
Aisha African Hair Braiding
837 E 79th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 651-0076
Akwaea Hair Braiding
7922 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 7 3-76
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AMA African American Hair Braiding
443 W 79th St
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 488-5479
Amyrsquos African Hair Braiding
7907 frac12 S Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 488-4511
Awa Professional Hair Braiding
237 E 115th
St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 785-1601
Braids by Fatou
1705 E 73th St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 978-1839
Braids by Safi
9046 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 238-2931
Braids amp Beauty
11132 Halsted St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 568-7960
Clarkersquos African Hair Braiding
2021 W 95th St
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 881-9655
Constance Hair Braiding
734 E 75th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 224-7073
Dakar African Hair Braiding
8159 S Stony Island Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 721-2071
Dorothy African Hair Braiding
1157 W 79th St
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 783-8922
Falou African Hair Braiding
447 E 79th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 651-8060
(773) 220-6771
httpfalouhairbraidingcom
Fatima African Hair Braiding amp Weaving
2444 W 63rd
St
Chicago IL 60629
(773) 863-9500
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Fatima African Hair Braiding
1127 W 95th St
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 429-0091
Fatima amp Sokhna African hair braiding
Including clothes amp jewelry
(773) 563-7738
(773) 879-3360
Fatou African Hair Braiding
955 W 87th St
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 651-7132
Fatou Hair Braiding
7124 S Jeffery Blvd
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 363-5834
Fifirsquos African Hair Braiding
1135 E Sibley Blvd middot
Dolton IL 60419
(708) 849-2860
Harmoni African Hair Braiding
8000 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 488-1003
Hassy Braiding
9449 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 298-1970
Ida African Hair Braiding
802 E 65th St
Chicago IL 60637
(773) 288-1910
Images Hair Braiding
16017 S Kedzie Ave
Markham IL 60428
(708) 333-8350
zuluimageaolcom
Isa Professional African Hair Braiding
746 E 79th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 224-9930
Jose African Hair Braiding
11750 S Michigan Ave
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-0647
Braids by Grace
5655 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
Contact Celestine Alomebla
(773) 889-5838
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Katucha African Hair Braiding
2445 E 79th St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 375-1700
Kena African Hair Braiding
4700 S Indiana Ave
Chicago IL 60615
(773) 373-3416
(773) 373-3435
Laurarsquos Hair Salon amp Braiding
9858 S Vincennes Ave
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 881-0066
Linda African Hair Braiding
7902 S Langley Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 488-7811
Louise African Hair Braiding
9512 S Lowe Ave
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 881-7414
Lucyrsquos African Hair Braiding
11121 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-0797
LYS African Braiding
2356 W 63rd
St
Chicago IL 60636
(773) 925-6386
Maggiersquos African Braiding
2421 W 63rd
Street
Chicago IL 60629
(773) 863-9010
Mama Hair Braiding
2410 W 71st St
Chicago IL 60629
(773) 436-3518
(773) 436-3589
Marie Hair Braiding
725 E 79
th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 651-1300
Les Petits Marseillais Hair Braiding
2602 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 731-5955
Monarsquos African Hair Braiding
5525 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60636
(773) 476-1125
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Nado African Hair Braiding
6433 S Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago IL 60637
(773) 947-8202
Nene African Hair Braiding African Shipping
755 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 723-7137
(773) 440-8100
Netty Hair Braiding
8442 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 263-2809
Nassi Hair Braiding
109 E 111th
St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 928-5841
Original African Hair Braiding
2008 S Pulaski Rd
Chicago IL 60623
(773) 522-5161
Pretty Lady African Hair Braiding amp Weaving
9304 S Halsted
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 779-4905
Strandz African Hair Braiding
9141 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 238-1236
Sarafina African Hair Braiding
11257 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 568-4181
Sisterrsquos African hair Braiding
104 E 51st St
Chicago IL 60615
(773) 268-3070
Tata African Hair Braiding
12255 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 821-1150
Benkady African Hair Braiding
1756 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
Phone ( 312) 731-1138
Francis African Hair Braiding
2544 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
Phone (773)-731-8524
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Nassi African Hair Braiding
2730 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
Phone (773) 374-1753
Sandrarsquos African Hair Braiding
507 E 79th
St
ChicagoIL 60619
Phone (773) 783-5670
A-African Hair Braiding
1378 W 79th
St
Chicago Il 60620
Phone (773) 488-5507
Lagos African Braiding amp Weaving
14209 Chicago Rd Ste S
Dolton IL 60429
Phone (708) 849-3335
Amy African Hair Braiding
15023 Woodlawn Ave
Dolton IL 60419
(708) 201-0660
West Side
Tawa African Hair Braiding
2047 W 79th St
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 488-2319
mbatchouattnet
Aicha Hair Braiding
5103 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 836-8687
African Hair Braiding
3922 W Chicago Ave
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 342-7350
Angelrsquos African Hair Braiding
5937 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 622-4179
Anti Hair Braiding
5013 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
Contact Angie Seck
(773) 622-9000
Black Imagersquos African Hair Braiding
5602 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 378-8685
Bintou K professional Hair Braiding
4048 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 227-9940
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Brsquos African Hair Braiding
5620 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 626-9007
Blandine African Hair Braiding
4203 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 252-9792
Dee African Hair Braiding
4129 W Madison St
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 722-0921
Diallo African Hair Braiding
4203 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 489-1629
Diallo African Hair Braiding
4737 West North Avenue
Chicago IL 60639
Phone (773) 645-0072
Fatima Africa Hair Braiding
5426 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 237-7200
Fatima Hair Braiding
2603 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60647
(773) 862-9739
G G African Hair Braiding
1143 S Pulaski Rd
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 722-2551
Latou Hair Braiding
3721 W Chicago Ave
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 265-6799
Maggyrsquos Hair Braiding
5524 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) -
Rama Hair Braiding
5030 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 237-0177
Sarafina Hair Braiding
34 N Pulaski Rd
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 265-1166
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Sebbeb African Hair Braiding
1017 S Western Ave
Chicago IL 60612
Tel (312) 226-6460
Sister African Hair Braiding
3950 W Grand Ave
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 384 2272
(773) 678 1811
Bijou Hair Braiding
2114 E 71st St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 324-4405
Friendly African Hair Braiding
1738 E 87th St
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 375-9800
Ivoire African Hair Braiding
8482 S Commercial Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 933-0377
Laure African Hair Braiding
2050 12 E 71st St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 241-5169
Maryrsquos African Hair Braiding
2146 E 75th St Chicago IL 60649
(773) 363-3220
Rama Signature Braiding
8027 S Stony Island Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 768-7909
Chattorsquos Salon
65 E Oak St
Chicago IL 60611
(312) 640-0003
Emailchattogmailcom
URL wwwchattocom
Star Hair Braiding
6317 S King Drive
Chicago IL 60637
(773) 288-8188
SHIPPING COMPANIES
Odessey International
Worldwide Transport Specialist
P O Box 490420
Chicago IL 60617
Office (877) 633-7735
Fax (773) 375-2764
wwwodesseyinternationalnet
Email desseyinternationalcom
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Director HIVAIDS Research amp Policy Institute (HARPI)
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2046
aadefuyecsuedu
Akinmoladun Tunde PhD
Associate Professor Health sciences
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-3287
takincsuedu
Shaffdeen A Amuwo PhD MPH
Associate Dean
Clinical Associate Professor
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Office of Urban Health and Diversity Program
University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health (MC 923)
1603 West Taylor Suite 1185
Chicago IL 60612-4394
(312) 996-1410
amuwouicedu
William Ebomoyi PhD
Professor Health Studies
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2527
eebomoyicsuedu
Veterinary Medicine
Ibulaimu Kakoma PhD
Associate Professor Pathobiology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Veterinary Medicine
3505 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Bd
2001 South Lincoln Ave
Urbana IL 61802
(217) 333-2449
[f] (217)244-7421
kakomaiuiucedu
Fine Arts
Samuel Akainyah
Instructor Humanities Fine Arts amp Theater
Kennedy King College
6301 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60621
(773) 602-5185
sakainyahcccedu
Education
Anghesom Atsbaha EdD
(Adult Education)
Assistant Professor Social Sciences
Director Truman-DePaul Adult Bridge Program
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4067
aatsbahacccedu
Bekisizwe Ndimande PhD
(Politics of curriculum Policies and practices in post-apartheid desegregated schools)
Assistant Professor Curriculum amp Instruction
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Education
315 Education Building
1310 S 6th St MC 708
Champaign IL 61820
(217) 244-5556
ndimandeillinoisedu
Dr Emma Theuri
County Extension Director
University of Illinois Extension
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Will County Unit
100 Manhattan Rd
Joliet IL 60433
(815) 727-9296
emmatillinoisedu
wwwextensionuiuceduwill
Foreign Languages Linguistics
Dr Eyamba G Bokamba
Professor of Linguistics
Director Program in African Languages (PAL)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Linguistics
3154 Foreign Language Building
707 S Mathews Avenue MC-168
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-3051
bokambaillinoisedu
Dr Khadija Bounou
Loyola University Chicago
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (French)
Dame Hall Room 305
6525 N Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-2861
kbounoulucedu
Dr Evans Mwangi
Assistant Professor of English
Northwestern University
1897 Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60208
English Department
Office UH 326
(847) 491-3529 [Office]
Fax 847-467-1545
evan-mwanginorthwesternedu
Humanities
Literature Oral Traditions Poetry
Waiumll Hassan PhD
(Modern Arabic Anglophone and Francophone literatures)
Associate Professor Comparative and World Literature
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3072 Foreign Languages Building
MC-160
707 S Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 333-4987
whassanillinoisedu
Abdul-Rasheed NarsquoAllah PhD
Professor and Department Chair
Director Indigenous Africa and Diaspora Discourse Project (IADDP)
Western Illinois University
Department of African American Studies
Morgan Hall 232
1 University Circle
Macomb IL 61455-1390
(309) 298-1181
A-NaAllahwiuedu
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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Michel Nguessan PhD
Associate Professor
Library amp Information Science
Associate Editor-In-Chief of International Journal of Library Science
Governors State University
University Library
Office D2407
University Park IL 60466-0975
(708) 235-2143
mnguessangovstedu
wwwgovstedulibrarynguessan
Dr Patricia Ogedengbe
Librarian of Africana
University Library
Northwestern University
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300
(847) 491-2936
p-ogedengbenorthwesternedu
Mathematics
Aboubacar Sidy-Sow
Harold Washington College
30 E Lake St 730
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-3411
saboubacar-sidycccedu
Public Affairs
George O Assibey-Mensah PhD
Associate Professor
Public Finance and Policy Analysis
Indiana University Northwest
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
OFFICE Lindenwood Hall 108
3400 Broadway
Gary IN 46408-1197
(219) 980-7102
gassibeyiunedu
Fassil Demissie PhD
(Urban Planning)
Associate Professor
Public Policy Studies
DePaul University
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2352 N Clifton Ave Suite 1501
Chicago IL 60614
Phone (773) 325-7356
Fax (773) 325-4062
fdemissidepauledu
Religion
M Sani Umar PhD
Associate Professor of Religion
Director ndash Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
Northwestern University
Program of African Studies
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 467-0692
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m-umarnorthwesternedu
Social Sciences
History Misbahudeen Ahmed-Rufai
Assistant Professor
History and Social Sciences
Harold Washington College
30 East Lake St
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-5747
mahmed-rufaicccedu
Dr Theodora Ayot
North Park University
History Department
3225 West Foster Ave
Chicago IL 60625-4895
(773) 244-5744
tayotnorthparkedu
Ismael M Montana
Assistant Professor of History
Northern Illinois University
Department of History
DeKalb IL 60115-2893
(815) 753 8420
montananiuedu
ismaelmontanayahooca
Saidou Mohamed NrsquoDaou PhD
Professor of History
Chicago State University
William Science Building Room 315
9501 South King Drive
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2973
sndaouaolcom
Ogenga Otunnu PhD
(African History Immigration and Refugee Studies)
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of History
2320 N Kenmore Ave
Chicago IL 60614-3250
(773) 325-1555
ootunnudepauledu
Geography
Ezekiel Kalipeni PhD
(Medical Geography Population Studies Environmental Issues Health Care Africa)
Professor of Geography and African Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Geography
220 Davenport Hall MC-150
607 South Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-7708
kalipeniillinoisedu
Sociology
Abu Bakarr Bah PhD
Associate Professor
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Northern Illinois University
Department of Sociology
DeKalb IL 60115-2854
(815) 753-6427
(815) 753-0365
abahniuedu
Anthropology
Chapurukha M Kusimba
Curator of Anthropology
The Field Museum
1400 S Lake Shore Dr
Chicago IL 60605-2496
(312) 922-9410 [main]
ckusimbafieldmuseumorg
Political Science
Clement Eme Adibe PhD
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of Political Science
990 W Fullerton Suite 2200
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 325-1981
cadibedepauledu
Joseph K Hoereth
Associate Director
Institute of Policy and Civic Engagement (MC 097)
UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago)
1253 S Halsted Street Room 310
Chicago IL 60607
Ph (312) 355-0096
Fax (312) 355-0545
jhoerethuicedu
Edward Kasule PhD
Full-Time Instructor
Northeastern Illinois University
Department of Political Science
5500 N St Louis Ave CLS 2069
Chicago IL 60625
s-kasuleneiuedu
[2] Adjunct Faculty
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4739
skasulecccedu
STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS
African Student Organization
Illinois Institute of Technology
Jong Massaqoui (president)
3300 South Federal Street
Chicago IL 60616-3793
(312) 567-3000
asoiitedu
African Student Alliance
Loyola University Chicago
President Afia Ohemeng
Department of Student Diversity and Multicultural Affairs
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1125 W Loyola Ave Mertz 200
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-3909
(773) 508-3895 [fax]
asaloyolaugmailcom
httpwwwfreewebscomlucafricanstudents
African Student Association
Northern Illinois University
Location Campus Life Building Suite 180
Phone (815) 753-0483
FAX (815) 753-0481
E-Mail studentassociationniuedu
wwwsaniuedu
Program of African Studies (PAS)
Northwestern University
Co-president Ama M Appenteng
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 491-7323
asanorthwesterngmailcom
wwwgroupsnorthwesterneduasa
International Student Services and Activities
Notre Dame University
100 Main Building
Notre Dame Indiana 46556 USA
Phone (574) 631-1138
Immigration Questions (574) 631-5243
Fax (574) 631-3162
E-mail issandedu
E-mail ndintlndedu
wwwissandedu
African Student Council
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
President Alpha Marwa
International student council
(618) 453-5264
wwwafscrsosiucedu
African and Caribbean Student Association
University of Chicago
Judith Kituku ndash President
kitukuuchicagoedu
Jennifer Kennedy ndash Advisor
jkennedyuchicagoedu
(773) 834-8252
African Student Council (ASC)
University of Illinois at Chicago
750 SHalsted Street (Student Center East Building Room 473)
Chicago IL 60607
President Adedrian Adeleke
asxuicgmailcom
COMMUNITY MEDIA
African Advocate
United African Organization
3424 S State St Suite 3C8-2
Chicago IL 60616
(312) 949-9980
(312) 949-9981
infouniteafricansorg
wwwuniteafricansorg
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AFRIQUE News Magazine
AFRIQUE Publishing Inc
6600 N Lincoln Ave Suite 240
Lincolnwood IL 60712
(773) 463 7200
OR
3525 W Peterson Ave Ste 200
Chicago Illinois 60659-3315 USA
(773) 250-7200
afriquepublishinggmailcom
httpwwwafriquenewsmagazinecom
African Spectrum
Spectrum Inc
481 W Boughton Rd 400
Bolingbrook IL 60440
(630) 771-9069
(630) 771-9074
(630) 771-1163
africanspectrumaolcom
Crsquoest la vie
Unity in Diversity
Azaka M Ajanaku
Producer Director
Francophone Television at Chicago Access Network TV 21 Every Sunday at 10pm
(312) 972-9252
Chicago Defender
4445 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Drive
Chicago IL 60653
(312) 225-2400
Fax (312) 225-9231
httpwwwchicagodefendercom
The Chicago Inquirer
Postal address The Chicago Inquirer
POBOX 17056 Chicago IL 60617
Tel 773-382-1638
Fax 773-221-4872
httpwwwchicagoinquirercom
Maudlyne Ihejirika (Reporter)
Chicago Sun-Times
350 N Orleans St
Chicago IL 60654
(312) 321-2825
mihejirikasuntimescom
Mashariki LEO
1449 E 72nd
Street
Chicago IL 60619
Postal Address PO BOX 19350
Chicago IL 60619
httpwwwmasharikileocom
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FUNERAL HOMES
Nelson Funeral Homes
5149 N Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 561-5147
820 W Talcott Rd Park Ridge IL 60068
(847) 823-5122
wwwnelsonfuneralscom
Leak and Sons Funeral Chapels
7838 S Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 846-6567
18400 S Pulaski Rd
Country Club hills IL 60478
(708) 206-0860
Golden Gate Funeral Home
2036 West 79th
Street
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 846-7900
wwwgolengate-funeralhomecom
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REFERENCES Bibliography on lsquoNewrsquo African Migration to the United States
I Illinois-specific Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant Women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois Capehart Adrian S 2004 The Migration of Africans to the United States since 1960 Contexts Responses and Communities PhD Thesis Department of History University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago Illinois Encyclopedia of Chicago 2004 The Newberry Library wwwencyclopediachicagohistoryorg [Profiles of the African immigrant and refugee community are divided by nationality (eg Beninese Angolans
Congolese Kenyans etc)] Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6 Swanson Lorraine 2008 ldquoBrrrr Itrsquos Cold Refugees Prepare for their First Chicago Winterrdquo Chicago Journal October 22 II General Reference Overview Ethnography
Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
_____ (Bryce-Laporte Roy Simon) 1977 Visibility of the New Immigrants Society 1418-33 Chacko Elizabeth 2003 ldquoEthiopian Ethos and the Making of Ethnic Places in the Washington Metropolitan Areardquo Journal of Cultural Geography 20 Cunningham Jonathen and Sandra Svoboda 2006 ldquoThe New African-Americans Understanding a Wave of Immigration Battling Misperceptionsrdquo Metro Times November 1 Frazier Martin 2005 ldquoNew Dimensions ndash African immigrants in the USrdquo Peoplersquos Weekly World May 20
Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
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52
Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
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53
_____ 2007 Diaspora Dialogues Engagements Between Africa and its Diasporas at The New African Diaspora Assessing the Pains and Gains of Exile Binghamton University African ndash African-American Relations Racial ndash Ethnic Identity Black Diversity
Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
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54
DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
55
Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
56
Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
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22
DuSable Museum of African American History
740 E 56th
Place
Chicago IL 60637
(773) 947-0600
URL wwwdusablemuseumorg
Cultural performers
Ngoma Ku Sema
Contact Baba Tyehimba MTU
(773) 721-5998
Website httptyehimbawixcombaba-tyehimba-mtu
Afro-Ethnic Folklorico Dara Gee
4940 S Woodlawn Chicago IL 60615
Contact Sadira Muhammed ndash
(708) 502 7700
Emailsadiradancegmailcom or
Assane Seck (Artistic Director) -
773-807-3336
Moya Dance
Contact Khaanam Bey
MOYADANCEgmailcom
773-593-9402
Moyadanceblogspotcom
Echoes of Southern Africa
Contact Khumbuzile Dlamini (815) 325-4601
kdlaminiechoesofsouthernafricaorg
httpechoesofsouthernafricaorg
Art Gallery
Akainyah Gallery
357 W Erie St
Chicago IL 60654
Phone (312) 654-0333
EVENTS amp CLUBS
African Festival of the Arts
Annually Labor Day weekend
Washington Park Chicago
httpaihusaorg
Ghana fest
Annual event late July
Washington Park Chicago
Website wwwghananationalcouncilorg
African and South American Music
Old Town School of Folk Music
(Wednesday Nights)
4544 N Lincoln Ave
Chicago IL 60625
(773) 728-6000
wwwoldtownschoolorg
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
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23
Afrodisiac Sonotheque (Monthly event)
African beats and rhythms including
kwaito ndombolo makossa coupe-decalle zouk and kompa
1444 W Chicago Ave
Chicago IL 60622
(312) 226-7600
Website wwwtopdonncom
Akasuba
Event planning DJ services
Contact Mwelwa Musambacine
1238 W Winnemac 3
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 742-5434
Email mmusambayahoocom
Website wwwmusambacinecom
DIS Productions
DJ Services Event planning promotion
(773) 620-9612 [DJ Dee Money]
(773) 677-6169 [DJ 3K]
(708) 957-1505 [Productions]
Email infodis-productionscom
Website wwwdis-productionscom
Martinrsquos Inter-Culture Ltd
Music Awards Festivals amp Special Events
1325 S Wabash Ave Suite 307
Chicago IL 60605-2536
(312) 427-0266
Fax 312-427-0268
Email infomartinsinterculturecom
Website wwwmartinsinterculturecom
Wild Hare
Reggae
2610 N Halsted St
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 770-3511
Website wwwwildharemusiccom
Zimbabwe Trade Cultural Expo
Contact Henry MD Munangatire
4834 S King Dr Unit 11
Chicago IL 60615
Tel 312 287 9295
Fax 1 866 320 9560
Email INFOZTCEorg
RESTAURANTS
TBS African Restaurant
4507 N Sheridan Road
Chicago IL 60640
Tel (773) 561-3407
Cell (773) 932-8822
North African
Couscous
1445 W Taylor St
Chicago IL 60607
(312) 226-2408
Email infocouscousrestaurantcom
Websitewwwcouscousrestaurantcom
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
24
Crepe amp Coffee Palace (Algerian)
2433 N Clark St
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 404-1300
Icosium Kafeacute (Algerian - Crepe)
5200 N Clark St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 271-5233
Marrakech Cuisine
1413 N Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60622
(773) 227-6451
Emailahajiraolcom
Website wwwmarrakechcuisinecom
The Nile (Middle Eastern (Egyptian))
1611 E 55th
Street
Chicago IL 60615
(773) 342-9499
Website wwwnilerestaurantofhydeparkcom
Sikia
740 W 63rd St
Chicago IL 60621
(773) 602-5200
Somalian Restaurants
Muqdisho
2826 N Lincoln Ave
(between Racine Ave amp Diversey Pky)
Chicago IL 60657
Neighborhood Lakeview
(773) 857-0707
Mogadishu Restaurant
931 N Orleans
Chicago IL 60610
Laa Mushkila Fine
Somalian Restaurant
5959 N Broadway Ave
Chicago IL 60680
773-443-2778
East African Restaurant
5959 N Broadway
Chicago IL 60686
Phone (773) 271-5635
Eritrean
The Peacock Cafeacute amp Restaurant
6014 N Broadway
Chicago IL 60660
(773) 262-2005
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
25
Ethiopian
Demera Ethiopian Restaurant
4801 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 33 - 7 7
Website wwwdemeraethiopianrestaurantcom
Ethiopian Diamond Restaurant
6120 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60660
(773) 33 -6
Ethipian Diamond
7537 N Clerk St
Chicago IL 60626
773-764-2200
Websitewwwethiopiandiamondcuisinecom
Lalibela Ethiopian Restaurant
5633 N Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60660
(773) 944-0585
Website httpwwwallmenuscom
Ras Dashen Ethiopian Restaurant
5846 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60660
(773) 506-9601
Website httpwwwrasdashenchicagocom
Royal Coffee
6764 N Sheridan
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 761-8100
Website wwwroyalcoffeechicagocom
Ghanaian
race s African Restaurant
4409 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 7 -6
Nigerian
Mama Osas African Restaurant
1027 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
Phone (773) 561-2754
Senegal
Yassa African Restaurant
716 E 79th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 488-5599 or (773) 488-9630
httpwwwyassaafricanrestaurantcom
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
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26
GROCERY SHOPS
Abyssinia Market
5842 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60660
(773) 271-7133
infoabyssiniachicagocom
URL httpwwwabyssiniachicagocom
Aboasa International Market
221 S Green Bay Rd
Waukegan IL 60085
(888) 205-4868
(847) 596-2032 [fax]
Email accentafricaaolcom
URL wwwaboasaintmarketcom
Makola African Supermarket
1017 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
Phone (773) 878-3958
Old World Market
5129 N Broadway
Chicago IL 60640
Phone (773) 989-4440
FOOD IMPORTS
Asafo Corporation
Agriculture Commodities in Large quantities
735 Philadelphia Ave
Westmont IL 60559
(630) 327-2274
(630) 455-1755 [fax]
Email sydasafocorporationcom
MSN IM uncleyawhotmailcom
URL httpwwwasafocorporationcom
Golden Country Oriental Foods
2355 S Blue Island Ave
Chicago IL 60608
(773) 847-1700
(773) 847-1717 [fax]
Email infogoldencountrycom
URL httpwwwgoldencountrycom
La Fruiteriacutea
8909 S Commercial Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 768-4969
(773) 768-0734 [fax]
Email saleslafruterianet
URL httpwwwlafruterianet
ARTIFACTS
Afri-Ware
1701 S 1st Ave Suite 503
Maywood IL 60153
(708)-223-8081
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Email afriwareaolcom
Website wwwafriwarenet
Ethnic Fusion
Contact Sandra Mutisya
7524 N Paulina St
Chicago IL 60626
Tel (773) 319-7374
Fax (773) 305-1902
Email contactethnicfusionscom
URL httpwwwethnicfusionscom
Kayra Imports
African Fabric amp Clothing
1643 E 87th
Street
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 768-3003
(773) 768-3008 [fax]
Email kayraimportsmsncom
Djenne Collection
1759 W 95th
St
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 445-0525
(773) 445-0704 [fax]
Email djennecollectionyahoocom
Zambezi Designs
Contact Nii Oti Ankrah
6950 S Yale Ave
Chicago IL 60621
(773) 962-0931
(630) 739-9683 [fax]
Email infoniioticom
Website wwwniioticom
HAIR BRAIDING SALONS
North Side
AFI African Hair Braiding
5420 N Broadway
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 728-1771
(773) 983-2111
Afrikiko Hair Fashion Boutique
4635 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 878-4360
Artista Hair Braiding
4142 W Peterson Ave
Chicago IL 60646
(773) 725-5888
Bahrsquos Hair Braiding
309 W Howard St
Evanston IL 60202
(847) 869-7549
Clemrsquos African Hair Braiding
4629 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 769-1966
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First Impression Salon
4556 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 275-8977
(312) 953-3882
(773) 577-9957
Jackie amp Sisirsquos African Hair Braiding
4403 N Sheridan Road
Chicago IL 60640-5051
(773) 334-7423
Jeanne African Hair braiding
4554 North Broadway Avenue
Chicago Illinois 60640
(773) 769-3522
Paulina African Hair Braiding
4421 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 878-3369
Queen Hair Braiding Salon
952 W Montrose Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 293-2814
httpqueenhairwixcomchicagocontact-us
Afrikiko Hair amp Fashion Boutique
4635 N Broadway
Chicago IL 60640
Phone ( 773) 878-4360
South Side
African Braids amp Weaves by Koko
1636 W 95th St
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 238-4882
African Hair Braiding
102 E 47th
Street
Chicago IL 60653
(773) 624-4405
(773) 624-4423
African Hair Braiding by Mama
7857 S Avalon Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 375-5723
Aisha African Hair Braiding
837 E 79th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 651-0076
Akwaea Hair Braiding
7922 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 7 3-76
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AMA African American Hair Braiding
443 W 79th St
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 488-5479
Amyrsquos African Hair Braiding
7907 frac12 S Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 488-4511
Awa Professional Hair Braiding
237 E 115th
St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 785-1601
Braids by Fatou
1705 E 73th St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 978-1839
Braids by Safi
9046 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 238-2931
Braids amp Beauty
11132 Halsted St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 568-7960
Clarkersquos African Hair Braiding
2021 W 95th St
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 881-9655
Constance Hair Braiding
734 E 75th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 224-7073
Dakar African Hair Braiding
8159 S Stony Island Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 721-2071
Dorothy African Hair Braiding
1157 W 79th St
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 783-8922
Falou African Hair Braiding
447 E 79th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 651-8060
(773) 220-6771
httpfalouhairbraidingcom
Fatima African Hair Braiding amp Weaving
2444 W 63rd
St
Chicago IL 60629
(773) 863-9500
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Fatima African Hair Braiding
1127 W 95th St
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 429-0091
Fatima amp Sokhna African hair braiding
Including clothes amp jewelry
(773) 563-7738
(773) 879-3360
Fatou African Hair Braiding
955 W 87th St
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 651-7132
Fatou Hair Braiding
7124 S Jeffery Blvd
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 363-5834
Fifirsquos African Hair Braiding
1135 E Sibley Blvd middot
Dolton IL 60419
(708) 849-2860
Harmoni African Hair Braiding
8000 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 488-1003
Hassy Braiding
9449 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 298-1970
Ida African Hair Braiding
802 E 65th St
Chicago IL 60637
(773) 288-1910
Images Hair Braiding
16017 S Kedzie Ave
Markham IL 60428
(708) 333-8350
zuluimageaolcom
Isa Professional African Hair Braiding
746 E 79th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 224-9930
Jose African Hair Braiding
11750 S Michigan Ave
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-0647
Braids by Grace
5655 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
Contact Celestine Alomebla
(773) 889-5838
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Katucha African Hair Braiding
2445 E 79th St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 375-1700
Kena African Hair Braiding
4700 S Indiana Ave
Chicago IL 60615
(773) 373-3416
(773) 373-3435
Laurarsquos Hair Salon amp Braiding
9858 S Vincennes Ave
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 881-0066
Linda African Hair Braiding
7902 S Langley Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 488-7811
Louise African Hair Braiding
9512 S Lowe Ave
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 881-7414
Lucyrsquos African Hair Braiding
11121 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-0797
LYS African Braiding
2356 W 63rd
St
Chicago IL 60636
(773) 925-6386
Maggiersquos African Braiding
2421 W 63rd
Street
Chicago IL 60629
(773) 863-9010
Mama Hair Braiding
2410 W 71st St
Chicago IL 60629
(773) 436-3518
(773) 436-3589
Marie Hair Braiding
725 E 79
th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 651-1300
Les Petits Marseillais Hair Braiding
2602 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 731-5955
Monarsquos African Hair Braiding
5525 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60636
(773) 476-1125
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Nado African Hair Braiding
6433 S Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago IL 60637
(773) 947-8202
Nene African Hair Braiding African Shipping
755 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 723-7137
(773) 440-8100
Netty Hair Braiding
8442 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 263-2809
Nassi Hair Braiding
109 E 111th
St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 928-5841
Original African Hair Braiding
2008 S Pulaski Rd
Chicago IL 60623
(773) 522-5161
Pretty Lady African Hair Braiding amp Weaving
9304 S Halsted
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 779-4905
Strandz African Hair Braiding
9141 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 238-1236
Sarafina African Hair Braiding
11257 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 568-4181
Sisterrsquos African hair Braiding
104 E 51st St
Chicago IL 60615
(773) 268-3070
Tata African Hair Braiding
12255 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 821-1150
Benkady African Hair Braiding
1756 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
Phone ( 312) 731-1138
Francis African Hair Braiding
2544 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
Phone (773)-731-8524
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Nassi African Hair Braiding
2730 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
Phone (773) 374-1753
Sandrarsquos African Hair Braiding
507 E 79th
St
ChicagoIL 60619
Phone (773) 783-5670
A-African Hair Braiding
1378 W 79th
St
Chicago Il 60620
Phone (773) 488-5507
Lagos African Braiding amp Weaving
14209 Chicago Rd Ste S
Dolton IL 60429
Phone (708) 849-3335
Amy African Hair Braiding
15023 Woodlawn Ave
Dolton IL 60419
(708) 201-0660
West Side
Tawa African Hair Braiding
2047 W 79th St
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 488-2319
mbatchouattnet
Aicha Hair Braiding
5103 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 836-8687
African Hair Braiding
3922 W Chicago Ave
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 342-7350
Angelrsquos African Hair Braiding
5937 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 622-4179
Anti Hair Braiding
5013 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
Contact Angie Seck
(773) 622-9000
Black Imagersquos African Hair Braiding
5602 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 378-8685
Bintou K professional Hair Braiding
4048 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 227-9940
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Brsquos African Hair Braiding
5620 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 626-9007
Blandine African Hair Braiding
4203 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 252-9792
Dee African Hair Braiding
4129 W Madison St
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 722-0921
Diallo African Hair Braiding
4203 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 489-1629
Diallo African Hair Braiding
4737 West North Avenue
Chicago IL 60639
Phone (773) 645-0072
Fatima Africa Hair Braiding
5426 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 237-7200
Fatima Hair Braiding
2603 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60647
(773) 862-9739
G G African Hair Braiding
1143 S Pulaski Rd
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 722-2551
Latou Hair Braiding
3721 W Chicago Ave
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 265-6799
Maggyrsquos Hair Braiding
5524 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) -
Rama Hair Braiding
5030 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 237-0177
Sarafina Hair Braiding
34 N Pulaski Rd
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 265-1166
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Sebbeb African Hair Braiding
1017 S Western Ave
Chicago IL 60612
Tel (312) 226-6460
Sister African Hair Braiding
3950 W Grand Ave
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 384 2272
(773) 678 1811
Bijou Hair Braiding
2114 E 71st St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 324-4405
Friendly African Hair Braiding
1738 E 87th St
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 375-9800
Ivoire African Hair Braiding
8482 S Commercial Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 933-0377
Laure African Hair Braiding
2050 12 E 71st St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 241-5169
Maryrsquos African Hair Braiding
2146 E 75th St Chicago IL 60649
(773) 363-3220
Rama Signature Braiding
8027 S Stony Island Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 768-7909
Chattorsquos Salon
65 E Oak St
Chicago IL 60611
(312) 640-0003
Emailchattogmailcom
URL wwwchattocom
Star Hair Braiding
6317 S King Drive
Chicago IL 60637
(773) 288-8188
SHIPPING COMPANIES
Odessey International
Worldwide Transport Specialist
P O Box 490420
Chicago IL 60617
Office (877) 633-7735
Fax (773) 375-2764
wwwodesseyinternationalnet
Email desseyinternationalcom
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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Director HIVAIDS Research amp Policy Institute (HARPI)
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2046
aadefuyecsuedu
Akinmoladun Tunde PhD
Associate Professor Health sciences
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-3287
takincsuedu
Shaffdeen A Amuwo PhD MPH
Associate Dean
Clinical Associate Professor
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43
Office of Urban Health and Diversity Program
University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health (MC 923)
1603 West Taylor Suite 1185
Chicago IL 60612-4394
(312) 996-1410
amuwouicedu
William Ebomoyi PhD
Professor Health Studies
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2527
eebomoyicsuedu
Veterinary Medicine
Ibulaimu Kakoma PhD
Associate Professor Pathobiology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Veterinary Medicine
3505 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Bd
2001 South Lincoln Ave
Urbana IL 61802
(217) 333-2449
[f] (217)244-7421
kakomaiuiucedu
Fine Arts
Samuel Akainyah
Instructor Humanities Fine Arts amp Theater
Kennedy King College
6301 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60621
(773) 602-5185
sakainyahcccedu
Education
Anghesom Atsbaha EdD
(Adult Education)
Assistant Professor Social Sciences
Director Truman-DePaul Adult Bridge Program
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4067
aatsbahacccedu
Bekisizwe Ndimande PhD
(Politics of curriculum Policies and practices in post-apartheid desegregated schools)
Assistant Professor Curriculum amp Instruction
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Education
315 Education Building
1310 S 6th St MC 708
Champaign IL 61820
(217) 244-5556
ndimandeillinoisedu
Dr Emma Theuri
County Extension Director
University of Illinois Extension
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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44
Will County Unit
100 Manhattan Rd
Joliet IL 60433
(815) 727-9296
emmatillinoisedu
wwwextensionuiuceduwill
Foreign Languages Linguistics
Dr Eyamba G Bokamba
Professor of Linguistics
Director Program in African Languages (PAL)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Linguistics
3154 Foreign Language Building
707 S Mathews Avenue MC-168
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-3051
bokambaillinoisedu
Dr Khadija Bounou
Loyola University Chicago
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (French)
Dame Hall Room 305
6525 N Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-2861
kbounoulucedu
Dr Evans Mwangi
Assistant Professor of English
Northwestern University
1897 Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60208
English Department
Office UH 326
(847) 491-3529 [Office]
Fax 847-467-1545
evan-mwanginorthwesternedu
Humanities
Literature Oral Traditions Poetry
Waiumll Hassan PhD
(Modern Arabic Anglophone and Francophone literatures)
Associate Professor Comparative and World Literature
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3072 Foreign Languages Building
MC-160
707 S Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 333-4987
whassanillinoisedu
Abdul-Rasheed NarsquoAllah PhD
Professor and Department Chair
Director Indigenous Africa and Diaspora Discourse Project (IADDP)
Western Illinois University
Department of African American Studies
Morgan Hall 232
1 University Circle
Macomb IL 61455-1390
(309) 298-1181
A-NaAllahwiuedu
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
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45
Michel Nguessan PhD
Associate Professor
Library amp Information Science
Associate Editor-In-Chief of International Journal of Library Science
Governors State University
University Library
Office D2407
University Park IL 60466-0975
(708) 235-2143
mnguessangovstedu
wwwgovstedulibrarynguessan
Dr Patricia Ogedengbe
Librarian of Africana
University Library
Northwestern University
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300
(847) 491-2936
p-ogedengbenorthwesternedu
Mathematics
Aboubacar Sidy-Sow
Harold Washington College
30 E Lake St 730
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-3411
saboubacar-sidycccedu
Public Affairs
George O Assibey-Mensah PhD
Associate Professor
Public Finance and Policy Analysis
Indiana University Northwest
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
OFFICE Lindenwood Hall 108
3400 Broadway
Gary IN 46408-1197
(219) 980-7102
gassibeyiunedu
Fassil Demissie PhD
(Urban Planning)
Associate Professor
Public Policy Studies
DePaul University
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2352 N Clifton Ave Suite 1501
Chicago IL 60614
Phone (773) 325-7356
Fax (773) 325-4062
fdemissidepauledu
Religion
M Sani Umar PhD
Associate Professor of Religion
Director ndash Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
Northwestern University
Program of African Studies
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 467-0692
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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m-umarnorthwesternedu
Social Sciences
History Misbahudeen Ahmed-Rufai
Assistant Professor
History and Social Sciences
Harold Washington College
30 East Lake St
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-5747
mahmed-rufaicccedu
Dr Theodora Ayot
North Park University
History Department
3225 West Foster Ave
Chicago IL 60625-4895
(773) 244-5744
tayotnorthparkedu
Ismael M Montana
Assistant Professor of History
Northern Illinois University
Department of History
DeKalb IL 60115-2893
(815) 753 8420
montananiuedu
ismaelmontanayahooca
Saidou Mohamed NrsquoDaou PhD
Professor of History
Chicago State University
William Science Building Room 315
9501 South King Drive
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2973
sndaouaolcom
Ogenga Otunnu PhD
(African History Immigration and Refugee Studies)
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of History
2320 N Kenmore Ave
Chicago IL 60614-3250
(773) 325-1555
ootunnudepauledu
Geography
Ezekiel Kalipeni PhD
(Medical Geography Population Studies Environmental Issues Health Care Africa)
Professor of Geography and African Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Geography
220 Davenport Hall MC-150
607 South Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-7708
kalipeniillinoisedu
Sociology
Abu Bakarr Bah PhD
Associate Professor
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
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47
Northern Illinois University
Department of Sociology
DeKalb IL 60115-2854
(815) 753-6427
(815) 753-0365
abahniuedu
Anthropology
Chapurukha M Kusimba
Curator of Anthropology
The Field Museum
1400 S Lake Shore Dr
Chicago IL 60605-2496
(312) 922-9410 [main]
ckusimbafieldmuseumorg
Political Science
Clement Eme Adibe PhD
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of Political Science
990 W Fullerton Suite 2200
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 325-1981
cadibedepauledu
Joseph K Hoereth
Associate Director
Institute of Policy and Civic Engagement (MC 097)
UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago)
1253 S Halsted Street Room 310
Chicago IL 60607
Ph (312) 355-0096
Fax (312) 355-0545
jhoerethuicedu
Edward Kasule PhD
Full-Time Instructor
Northeastern Illinois University
Department of Political Science
5500 N St Louis Ave CLS 2069
Chicago IL 60625
s-kasuleneiuedu
[2] Adjunct Faculty
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4739
skasulecccedu
STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS
African Student Organization
Illinois Institute of Technology
Jong Massaqoui (president)
3300 South Federal Street
Chicago IL 60616-3793
(312) 567-3000
asoiitedu
African Student Alliance
Loyola University Chicago
President Afia Ohemeng
Department of Student Diversity and Multicultural Affairs
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
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48
1125 W Loyola Ave Mertz 200
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-3909
(773) 508-3895 [fax]
asaloyolaugmailcom
httpwwwfreewebscomlucafricanstudents
African Student Association
Northern Illinois University
Location Campus Life Building Suite 180
Phone (815) 753-0483
FAX (815) 753-0481
E-Mail studentassociationniuedu
wwwsaniuedu
Program of African Studies (PAS)
Northwestern University
Co-president Ama M Appenteng
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 491-7323
asanorthwesterngmailcom
wwwgroupsnorthwesterneduasa
International Student Services and Activities
Notre Dame University
100 Main Building
Notre Dame Indiana 46556 USA
Phone (574) 631-1138
Immigration Questions (574) 631-5243
Fax (574) 631-3162
E-mail issandedu
E-mail ndintlndedu
wwwissandedu
African Student Council
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
President Alpha Marwa
International student council
(618) 453-5264
wwwafscrsosiucedu
African and Caribbean Student Association
University of Chicago
Judith Kituku ndash President
kitukuuchicagoedu
Jennifer Kennedy ndash Advisor
jkennedyuchicagoedu
(773) 834-8252
African Student Council (ASC)
University of Illinois at Chicago
750 SHalsted Street (Student Center East Building Room 473)
Chicago IL 60607
President Adedrian Adeleke
asxuicgmailcom
COMMUNITY MEDIA
African Advocate
United African Organization
3424 S State St Suite 3C8-2
Chicago IL 60616
(312) 949-9980
(312) 949-9981
infouniteafricansorg
wwwuniteafricansorg
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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49
AFRIQUE News Magazine
AFRIQUE Publishing Inc
6600 N Lincoln Ave Suite 240
Lincolnwood IL 60712
(773) 463 7200
OR
3525 W Peterson Ave Ste 200
Chicago Illinois 60659-3315 USA
(773) 250-7200
afriquepublishinggmailcom
httpwwwafriquenewsmagazinecom
African Spectrum
Spectrum Inc
481 W Boughton Rd 400
Bolingbrook IL 60440
(630) 771-9069
(630) 771-9074
(630) 771-1163
africanspectrumaolcom
Crsquoest la vie
Unity in Diversity
Azaka M Ajanaku
Producer Director
Francophone Television at Chicago Access Network TV 21 Every Sunday at 10pm
(312) 972-9252
Chicago Defender
4445 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Drive
Chicago IL 60653
(312) 225-2400
Fax (312) 225-9231
httpwwwchicagodefendercom
The Chicago Inquirer
Postal address The Chicago Inquirer
POBOX 17056 Chicago IL 60617
Tel 773-382-1638
Fax 773-221-4872
httpwwwchicagoinquirercom
Maudlyne Ihejirika (Reporter)
Chicago Sun-Times
350 N Orleans St
Chicago IL 60654
(312) 321-2825
mihejirikasuntimescom
Mashariki LEO
1449 E 72nd
Street
Chicago IL 60619
Postal Address PO BOX 19350
Chicago IL 60619
httpwwwmasharikileocom
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50
FUNERAL HOMES
Nelson Funeral Homes
5149 N Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 561-5147
820 W Talcott Rd Park Ridge IL 60068
(847) 823-5122
wwwnelsonfuneralscom
Leak and Sons Funeral Chapels
7838 S Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 846-6567
18400 S Pulaski Rd
Country Club hills IL 60478
(708) 206-0860
Golden Gate Funeral Home
2036 West 79th
Street
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 846-7900
wwwgolengate-funeralhomecom
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51
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I Illinois-specific Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant Women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois Capehart Adrian S 2004 The Migration of Africans to the United States since 1960 Contexts Responses and Communities PhD Thesis Department of History University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago Illinois Encyclopedia of Chicago 2004 The Newberry Library wwwencyclopediachicagohistoryorg [Profiles of the African immigrant and refugee community are divided by nationality (eg Beninese Angolans
Congolese Kenyans etc)] Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6 Swanson Lorraine 2008 ldquoBrrrr Itrsquos Cold Refugees Prepare for their First Chicago Winterrdquo Chicago Journal October 22 II General Reference Overview Ethnography
Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
_____ (Bryce-Laporte Roy Simon) 1977 Visibility of the New Immigrants Society 1418-33 Chacko Elizabeth 2003 ldquoEthiopian Ethos and the Making of Ethnic Places in the Washington Metropolitan Areardquo Journal of Cultural Geography 20 Cunningham Jonathen and Sandra Svoboda 2006 ldquoThe New African-Americans Understanding a Wave of Immigration Battling Misperceptionsrdquo Metro Times November 1 Frazier Martin 2005 ldquoNew Dimensions ndash African immigrants in the USrdquo Peoplersquos Weekly World May 20
Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
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52
Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
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53
_____ 2007 Diaspora Dialogues Engagements Between Africa and its Diasporas at The New African Diaspora Assessing the Pains and Gains of Exile Binghamton University African ndash African-American Relations Racial ndash Ethnic Identity Black Diversity
Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
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54
DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
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55
Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
56
Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
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Afrodisiac Sonotheque (Monthly event)
African beats and rhythms including
kwaito ndombolo makossa coupe-decalle zouk and kompa
1444 W Chicago Ave
Chicago IL 60622
(312) 226-7600
Website wwwtopdonncom
Akasuba
Event planning DJ services
Contact Mwelwa Musambacine
1238 W Winnemac 3
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 742-5434
Email mmusambayahoocom
Website wwwmusambacinecom
DIS Productions
DJ Services Event planning promotion
(773) 620-9612 [DJ Dee Money]
(773) 677-6169 [DJ 3K]
(708) 957-1505 [Productions]
Email infodis-productionscom
Website wwwdis-productionscom
Martinrsquos Inter-Culture Ltd
Music Awards Festivals amp Special Events
1325 S Wabash Ave Suite 307
Chicago IL 60605-2536
(312) 427-0266
Fax 312-427-0268
Email infomartinsinterculturecom
Website wwwmartinsinterculturecom
Wild Hare
Reggae
2610 N Halsted St
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 770-3511
Website wwwwildharemusiccom
Zimbabwe Trade Cultural Expo
Contact Henry MD Munangatire
4834 S King Dr Unit 11
Chicago IL 60615
Tel 312 287 9295
Fax 1 866 320 9560
Email INFOZTCEorg
RESTAURANTS
TBS African Restaurant
4507 N Sheridan Road
Chicago IL 60640
Tel (773) 561-3407
Cell (773) 932-8822
North African
Couscous
1445 W Taylor St
Chicago IL 60607
(312) 226-2408
Email infocouscousrestaurantcom
Websitewwwcouscousrestaurantcom
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3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
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24
Crepe amp Coffee Palace (Algerian)
2433 N Clark St
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 404-1300
Icosium Kafeacute (Algerian - Crepe)
5200 N Clark St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 271-5233
Marrakech Cuisine
1413 N Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60622
(773) 227-6451
Emailahajiraolcom
Website wwwmarrakechcuisinecom
The Nile (Middle Eastern (Egyptian))
1611 E 55th
Street
Chicago IL 60615
(773) 342-9499
Website wwwnilerestaurantofhydeparkcom
Sikia
740 W 63rd St
Chicago IL 60621
(773) 602-5200
Somalian Restaurants
Muqdisho
2826 N Lincoln Ave
(between Racine Ave amp Diversey Pky)
Chicago IL 60657
Neighborhood Lakeview
(773) 857-0707
Mogadishu Restaurant
931 N Orleans
Chicago IL 60610
Laa Mushkila Fine
Somalian Restaurant
5959 N Broadway Ave
Chicago IL 60680
773-443-2778
East African Restaurant
5959 N Broadway
Chicago IL 60686
Phone (773) 271-5635
Eritrean
The Peacock Cafeacute amp Restaurant
6014 N Broadway
Chicago IL 60660
(773) 262-2005
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
25
Ethiopian
Demera Ethiopian Restaurant
4801 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 33 - 7 7
Website wwwdemeraethiopianrestaurantcom
Ethiopian Diamond Restaurant
6120 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60660
(773) 33 -6
Ethipian Diamond
7537 N Clerk St
Chicago IL 60626
773-764-2200
Websitewwwethiopiandiamondcuisinecom
Lalibela Ethiopian Restaurant
5633 N Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60660
(773) 944-0585
Website httpwwwallmenuscom
Ras Dashen Ethiopian Restaurant
5846 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60660
(773) 506-9601
Website httpwwwrasdashenchicagocom
Royal Coffee
6764 N Sheridan
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 761-8100
Website wwwroyalcoffeechicagocom
Ghanaian
race s African Restaurant
4409 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 7 -6
Nigerian
Mama Osas African Restaurant
1027 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
Phone (773) 561-2754
Senegal
Yassa African Restaurant
716 E 79th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 488-5599 or (773) 488-9630
httpwwwyassaafricanrestaurantcom
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
26
GROCERY SHOPS
Abyssinia Market
5842 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60660
(773) 271-7133
infoabyssiniachicagocom
URL httpwwwabyssiniachicagocom
Aboasa International Market
221 S Green Bay Rd
Waukegan IL 60085
(888) 205-4868
(847) 596-2032 [fax]
Email accentafricaaolcom
URL wwwaboasaintmarketcom
Makola African Supermarket
1017 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
Phone (773) 878-3958
Old World Market
5129 N Broadway
Chicago IL 60640
Phone (773) 989-4440
FOOD IMPORTS
Asafo Corporation
Agriculture Commodities in Large quantities
735 Philadelphia Ave
Westmont IL 60559
(630) 327-2274
(630) 455-1755 [fax]
Email sydasafocorporationcom
MSN IM uncleyawhotmailcom
URL httpwwwasafocorporationcom
Golden Country Oriental Foods
2355 S Blue Island Ave
Chicago IL 60608
(773) 847-1700
(773) 847-1717 [fax]
Email infogoldencountrycom
URL httpwwwgoldencountrycom
La Fruiteriacutea
8909 S Commercial Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 768-4969
(773) 768-0734 [fax]
Email saleslafruterianet
URL httpwwwlafruterianet
ARTIFACTS
Afri-Ware
1701 S 1st Ave Suite 503
Maywood IL 60153
(708)-223-8081
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
27
Email afriwareaolcom
Website wwwafriwarenet
Ethnic Fusion
Contact Sandra Mutisya
7524 N Paulina St
Chicago IL 60626
Tel (773) 319-7374
Fax (773) 305-1902
Email contactethnicfusionscom
URL httpwwwethnicfusionscom
Kayra Imports
African Fabric amp Clothing
1643 E 87th
Street
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 768-3003
(773) 768-3008 [fax]
Email kayraimportsmsncom
Djenne Collection
1759 W 95th
St
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 445-0525
(773) 445-0704 [fax]
Email djennecollectionyahoocom
Zambezi Designs
Contact Nii Oti Ankrah
6950 S Yale Ave
Chicago IL 60621
(773) 962-0931
(630) 739-9683 [fax]
Email infoniioticom
Website wwwniioticom
HAIR BRAIDING SALONS
North Side
AFI African Hair Braiding
5420 N Broadway
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 728-1771
(773) 983-2111
Afrikiko Hair Fashion Boutique
4635 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 878-4360
Artista Hair Braiding
4142 W Peterson Ave
Chicago IL 60646
(773) 725-5888
Bahrsquos Hair Braiding
309 W Howard St
Evanston IL 60202
(847) 869-7549
Clemrsquos African Hair Braiding
4629 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 769-1966
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28
First Impression Salon
4556 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 275-8977
(312) 953-3882
(773) 577-9957
Jackie amp Sisirsquos African Hair Braiding
4403 N Sheridan Road
Chicago IL 60640-5051
(773) 334-7423
Jeanne African Hair braiding
4554 North Broadway Avenue
Chicago Illinois 60640
(773) 769-3522
Paulina African Hair Braiding
4421 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 878-3369
Queen Hair Braiding Salon
952 W Montrose Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 293-2814
httpqueenhairwixcomchicagocontact-us
Afrikiko Hair amp Fashion Boutique
4635 N Broadway
Chicago IL 60640
Phone ( 773) 878-4360
South Side
African Braids amp Weaves by Koko
1636 W 95th St
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 238-4882
African Hair Braiding
102 E 47th
Street
Chicago IL 60653
(773) 624-4405
(773) 624-4423
African Hair Braiding by Mama
7857 S Avalon Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 375-5723
Aisha African Hair Braiding
837 E 79th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 651-0076
Akwaea Hair Braiding
7922 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 7 3-76
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AMA African American Hair Braiding
443 W 79th St
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 488-5479
Amyrsquos African Hair Braiding
7907 frac12 S Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 488-4511
Awa Professional Hair Braiding
237 E 115th
St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 785-1601
Braids by Fatou
1705 E 73th St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 978-1839
Braids by Safi
9046 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 238-2931
Braids amp Beauty
11132 Halsted St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 568-7960
Clarkersquos African Hair Braiding
2021 W 95th St
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 881-9655
Constance Hair Braiding
734 E 75th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 224-7073
Dakar African Hair Braiding
8159 S Stony Island Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 721-2071
Dorothy African Hair Braiding
1157 W 79th St
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 783-8922
Falou African Hair Braiding
447 E 79th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 651-8060
(773) 220-6771
httpfalouhairbraidingcom
Fatima African Hair Braiding amp Weaving
2444 W 63rd
St
Chicago IL 60629
(773) 863-9500
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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Fatima African Hair Braiding
1127 W 95th St
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 429-0091
Fatima amp Sokhna African hair braiding
Including clothes amp jewelry
(773) 563-7738
(773) 879-3360
Fatou African Hair Braiding
955 W 87th St
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 651-7132
Fatou Hair Braiding
7124 S Jeffery Blvd
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 363-5834
Fifirsquos African Hair Braiding
1135 E Sibley Blvd middot
Dolton IL 60419
(708) 849-2860
Harmoni African Hair Braiding
8000 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 488-1003
Hassy Braiding
9449 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 298-1970
Ida African Hair Braiding
802 E 65th St
Chicago IL 60637
(773) 288-1910
Images Hair Braiding
16017 S Kedzie Ave
Markham IL 60428
(708) 333-8350
zuluimageaolcom
Isa Professional African Hair Braiding
746 E 79th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 224-9930
Jose African Hair Braiding
11750 S Michigan Ave
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-0647
Braids by Grace
5655 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
Contact Celestine Alomebla
(773) 889-5838
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Katucha African Hair Braiding
2445 E 79th St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 375-1700
Kena African Hair Braiding
4700 S Indiana Ave
Chicago IL 60615
(773) 373-3416
(773) 373-3435
Laurarsquos Hair Salon amp Braiding
9858 S Vincennes Ave
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 881-0066
Linda African Hair Braiding
7902 S Langley Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 488-7811
Louise African Hair Braiding
9512 S Lowe Ave
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 881-7414
Lucyrsquos African Hair Braiding
11121 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-0797
LYS African Braiding
2356 W 63rd
St
Chicago IL 60636
(773) 925-6386
Maggiersquos African Braiding
2421 W 63rd
Street
Chicago IL 60629
(773) 863-9010
Mama Hair Braiding
2410 W 71st St
Chicago IL 60629
(773) 436-3518
(773) 436-3589
Marie Hair Braiding
725 E 79
th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 651-1300
Les Petits Marseillais Hair Braiding
2602 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 731-5955
Monarsquos African Hair Braiding
5525 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60636
(773) 476-1125
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Nado African Hair Braiding
6433 S Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago IL 60637
(773) 947-8202
Nene African Hair Braiding African Shipping
755 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 723-7137
(773) 440-8100
Netty Hair Braiding
8442 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 263-2809
Nassi Hair Braiding
109 E 111th
St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 928-5841
Original African Hair Braiding
2008 S Pulaski Rd
Chicago IL 60623
(773) 522-5161
Pretty Lady African Hair Braiding amp Weaving
9304 S Halsted
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 779-4905
Strandz African Hair Braiding
9141 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 238-1236
Sarafina African Hair Braiding
11257 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 568-4181
Sisterrsquos African hair Braiding
104 E 51st St
Chicago IL 60615
(773) 268-3070
Tata African Hair Braiding
12255 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 821-1150
Benkady African Hair Braiding
1756 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
Phone ( 312) 731-1138
Francis African Hair Braiding
2544 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
Phone (773)-731-8524
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Nassi African Hair Braiding
2730 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
Phone (773) 374-1753
Sandrarsquos African Hair Braiding
507 E 79th
St
ChicagoIL 60619
Phone (773) 783-5670
A-African Hair Braiding
1378 W 79th
St
Chicago Il 60620
Phone (773) 488-5507
Lagos African Braiding amp Weaving
14209 Chicago Rd Ste S
Dolton IL 60429
Phone (708) 849-3335
Amy African Hair Braiding
15023 Woodlawn Ave
Dolton IL 60419
(708) 201-0660
West Side
Tawa African Hair Braiding
2047 W 79th St
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 488-2319
mbatchouattnet
Aicha Hair Braiding
5103 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 836-8687
African Hair Braiding
3922 W Chicago Ave
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 342-7350
Angelrsquos African Hair Braiding
5937 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 622-4179
Anti Hair Braiding
5013 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
Contact Angie Seck
(773) 622-9000
Black Imagersquos African Hair Braiding
5602 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 378-8685
Bintou K professional Hair Braiding
4048 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 227-9940
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Brsquos African Hair Braiding
5620 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 626-9007
Blandine African Hair Braiding
4203 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 252-9792
Dee African Hair Braiding
4129 W Madison St
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 722-0921
Diallo African Hair Braiding
4203 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 489-1629
Diallo African Hair Braiding
4737 West North Avenue
Chicago IL 60639
Phone (773) 645-0072
Fatima Africa Hair Braiding
5426 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 237-7200
Fatima Hair Braiding
2603 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60647
(773) 862-9739
G G African Hair Braiding
1143 S Pulaski Rd
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 722-2551
Latou Hair Braiding
3721 W Chicago Ave
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 265-6799
Maggyrsquos Hair Braiding
5524 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) -
Rama Hair Braiding
5030 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 237-0177
Sarafina Hair Braiding
34 N Pulaski Rd
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 265-1166
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Sebbeb African Hair Braiding
1017 S Western Ave
Chicago IL 60612
Tel (312) 226-6460
Sister African Hair Braiding
3950 W Grand Ave
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 384 2272
(773) 678 1811
Bijou Hair Braiding
2114 E 71st St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 324-4405
Friendly African Hair Braiding
1738 E 87th St
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 375-9800
Ivoire African Hair Braiding
8482 S Commercial Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 933-0377
Laure African Hair Braiding
2050 12 E 71st St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 241-5169
Maryrsquos African Hair Braiding
2146 E 75th St Chicago IL 60649
(773) 363-3220
Rama Signature Braiding
8027 S Stony Island Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 768-7909
Chattorsquos Salon
65 E Oak St
Chicago IL 60611
(312) 640-0003
Emailchattogmailcom
URL wwwchattocom
Star Hair Braiding
6317 S King Drive
Chicago IL 60637
(773) 288-8188
SHIPPING COMPANIES
Odessey International
Worldwide Transport Specialist
P O Box 490420
Chicago IL 60617
Office (877) 633-7735
Fax (773) 375-2764
wwwodesseyinternationalnet
Email desseyinternationalcom
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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Director HIVAIDS Research amp Policy Institute (HARPI)
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2046
aadefuyecsuedu
Akinmoladun Tunde PhD
Associate Professor Health sciences
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-3287
takincsuedu
Shaffdeen A Amuwo PhD MPH
Associate Dean
Clinical Associate Professor
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43
Office of Urban Health and Diversity Program
University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health (MC 923)
1603 West Taylor Suite 1185
Chicago IL 60612-4394
(312) 996-1410
amuwouicedu
William Ebomoyi PhD
Professor Health Studies
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2527
eebomoyicsuedu
Veterinary Medicine
Ibulaimu Kakoma PhD
Associate Professor Pathobiology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Veterinary Medicine
3505 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Bd
2001 South Lincoln Ave
Urbana IL 61802
(217) 333-2449
[f] (217)244-7421
kakomaiuiucedu
Fine Arts
Samuel Akainyah
Instructor Humanities Fine Arts amp Theater
Kennedy King College
6301 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60621
(773) 602-5185
sakainyahcccedu
Education
Anghesom Atsbaha EdD
(Adult Education)
Assistant Professor Social Sciences
Director Truman-DePaul Adult Bridge Program
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4067
aatsbahacccedu
Bekisizwe Ndimande PhD
(Politics of curriculum Policies and practices in post-apartheid desegregated schools)
Assistant Professor Curriculum amp Instruction
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Education
315 Education Building
1310 S 6th St MC 708
Champaign IL 61820
(217) 244-5556
ndimandeillinoisedu
Dr Emma Theuri
County Extension Director
University of Illinois Extension
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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44
Will County Unit
100 Manhattan Rd
Joliet IL 60433
(815) 727-9296
emmatillinoisedu
wwwextensionuiuceduwill
Foreign Languages Linguistics
Dr Eyamba G Bokamba
Professor of Linguistics
Director Program in African Languages (PAL)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Linguistics
3154 Foreign Language Building
707 S Mathews Avenue MC-168
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-3051
bokambaillinoisedu
Dr Khadija Bounou
Loyola University Chicago
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (French)
Dame Hall Room 305
6525 N Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-2861
kbounoulucedu
Dr Evans Mwangi
Assistant Professor of English
Northwestern University
1897 Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60208
English Department
Office UH 326
(847) 491-3529 [Office]
Fax 847-467-1545
evan-mwanginorthwesternedu
Humanities
Literature Oral Traditions Poetry
Waiumll Hassan PhD
(Modern Arabic Anglophone and Francophone literatures)
Associate Professor Comparative and World Literature
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3072 Foreign Languages Building
MC-160
707 S Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 333-4987
whassanillinoisedu
Abdul-Rasheed NarsquoAllah PhD
Professor and Department Chair
Director Indigenous Africa and Diaspora Discourse Project (IADDP)
Western Illinois University
Department of African American Studies
Morgan Hall 232
1 University Circle
Macomb IL 61455-1390
(309) 298-1181
A-NaAllahwiuedu
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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45
Michel Nguessan PhD
Associate Professor
Library amp Information Science
Associate Editor-In-Chief of International Journal of Library Science
Governors State University
University Library
Office D2407
University Park IL 60466-0975
(708) 235-2143
mnguessangovstedu
wwwgovstedulibrarynguessan
Dr Patricia Ogedengbe
Librarian of Africana
University Library
Northwestern University
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300
(847) 491-2936
p-ogedengbenorthwesternedu
Mathematics
Aboubacar Sidy-Sow
Harold Washington College
30 E Lake St 730
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-3411
saboubacar-sidycccedu
Public Affairs
George O Assibey-Mensah PhD
Associate Professor
Public Finance and Policy Analysis
Indiana University Northwest
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
OFFICE Lindenwood Hall 108
3400 Broadway
Gary IN 46408-1197
(219) 980-7102
gassibeyiunedu
Fassil Demissie PhD
(Urban Planning)
Associate Professor
Public Policy Studies
DePaul University
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2352 N Clifton Ave Suite 1501
Chicago IL 60614
Phone (773) 325-7356
Fax (773) 325-4062
fdemissidepauledu
Religion
M Sani Umar PhD
Associate Professor of Religion
Director ndash Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
Northwestern University
Program of African Studies
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 467-0692
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m-umarnorthwesternedu
Social Sciences
History Misbahudeen Ahmed-Rufai
Assistant Professor
History and Social Sciences
Harold Washington College
30 East Lake St
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-5747
mahmed-rufaicccedu
Dr Theodora Ayot
North Park University
History Department
3225 West Foster Ave
Chicago IL 60625-4895
(773) 244-5744
tayotnorthparkedu
Ismael M Montana
Assistant Professor of History
Northern Illinois University
Department of History
DeKalb IL 60115-2893
(815) 753 8420
montananiuedu
ismaelmontanayahooca
Saidou Mohamed NrsquoDaou PhD
Professor of History
Chicago State University
William Science Building Room 315
9501 South King Drive
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2973
sndaouaolcom
Ogenga Otunnu PhD
(African History Immigration and Refugee Studies)
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of History
2320 N Kenmore Ave
Chicago IL 60614-3250
(773) 325-1555
ootunnudepauledu
Geography
Ezekiel Kalipeni PhD
(Medical Geography Population Studies Environmental Issues Health Care Africa)
Professor of Geography and African Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Geography
220 Davenport Hall MC-150
607 South Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-7708
kalipeniillinoisedu
Sociology
Abu Bakarr Bah PhD
Associate Professor
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Northern Illinois University
Department of Sociology
DeKalb IL 60115-2854
(815) 753-6427
(815) 753-0365
abahniuedu
Anthropology
Chapurukha M Kusimba
Curator of Anthropology
The Field Museum
1400 S Lake Shore Dr
Chicago IL 60605-2496
(312) 922-9410 [main]
ckusimbafieldmuseumorg
Political Science
Clement Eme Adibe PhD
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of Political Science
990 W Fullerton Suite 2200
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 325-1981
cadibedepauledu
Joseph K Hoereth
Associate Director
Institute of Policy and Civic Engagement (MC 097)
UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago)
1253 S Halsted Street Room 310
Chicago IL 60607
Ph (312) 355-0096
Fax (312) 355-0545
jhoerethuicedu
Edward Kasule PhD
Full-Time Instructor
Northeastern Illinois University
Department of Political Science
5500 N St Louis Ave CLS 2069
Chicago IL 60625
s-kasuleneiuedu
[2] Adjunct Faculty
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4739
skasulecccedu
STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS
African Student Organization
Illinois Institute of Technology
Jong Massaqoui (president)
3300 South Federal Street
Chicago IL 60616-3793
(312) 567-3000
asoiitedu
African Student Alliance
Loyola University Chicago
President Afia Ohemeng
Department of Student Diversity and Multicultural Affairs
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1125 W Loyola Ave Mertz 200
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-3909
(773) 508-3895 [fax]
asaloyolaugmailcom
httpwwwfreewebscomlucafricanstudents
African Student Association
Northern Illinois University
Location Campus Life Building Suite 180
Phone (815) 753-0483
FAX (815) 753-0481
E-Mail studentassociationniuedu
wwwsaniuedu
Program of African Studies (PAS)
Northwestern University
Co-president Ama M Appenteng
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 491-7323
asanorthwesterngmailcom
wwwgroupsnorthwesterneduasa
International Student Services and Activities
Notre Dame University
100 Main Building
Notre Dame Indiana 46556 USA
Phone (574) 631-1138
Immigration Questions (574) 631-5243
Fax (574) 631-3162
E-mail issandedu
E-mail ndintlndedu
wwwissandedu
African Student Council
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
President Alpha Marwa
International student council
(618) 453-5264
wwwafscrsosiucedu
African and Caribbean Student Association
University of Chicago
Judith Kituku ndash President
kitukuuchicagoedu
Jennifer Kennedy ndash Advisor
jkennedyuchicagoedu
(773) 834-8252
African Student Council (ASC)
University of Illinois at Chicago
750 SHalsted Street (Student Center East Building Room 473)
Chicago IL 60607
President Adedrian Adeleke
asxuicgmailcom
COMMUNITY MEDIA
African Advocate
United African Organization
3424 S State St Suite 3C8-2
Chicago IL 60616
(312) 949-9980
(312) 949-9981
infouniteafricansorg
wwwuniteafricansorg
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AFRIQUE News Magazine
AFRIQUE Publishing Inc
6600 N Lincoln Ave Suite 240
Lincolnwood IL 60712
(773) 463 7200
OR
3525 W Peterson Ave Ste 200
Chicago Illinois 60659-3315 USA
(773) 250-7200
afriquepublishinggmailcom
httpwwwafriquenewsmagazinecom
African Spectrum
Spectrum Inc
481 W Boughton Rd 400
Bolingbrook IL 60440
(630) 771-9069
(630) 771-9074
(630) 771-1163
africanspectrumaolcom
Crsquoest la vie
Unity in Diversity
Azaka M Ajanaku
Producer Director
Francophone Television at Chicago Access Network TV 21 Every Sunday at 10pm
(312) 972-9252
Chicago Defender
4445 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Drive
Chicago IL 60653
(312) 225-2400
Fax (312) 225-9231
httpwwwchicagodefendercom
The Chicago Inquirer
Postal address The Chicago Inquirer
POBOX 17056 Chicago IL 60617
Tel 773-382-1638
Fax 773-221-4872
httpwwwchicagoinquirercom
Maudlyne Ihejirika (Reporter)
Chicago Sun-Times
350 N Orleans St
Chicago IL 60654
(312) 321-2825
mihejirikasuntimescom
Mashariki LEO
1449 E 72nd
Street
Chicago IL 60619
Postal Address PO BOX 19350
Chicago IL 60619
httpwwwmasharikileocom
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FUNERAL HOMES
Nelson Funeral Homes
5149 N Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 561-5147
820 W Talcott Rd Park Ridge IL 60068
(847) 823-5122
wwwnelsonfuneralscom
Leak and Sons Funeral Chapels
7838 S Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 846-6567
18400 S Pulaski Rd
Country Club hills IL 60478
(708) 206-0860
Golden Gate Funeral Home
2036 West 79th
Street
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 846-7900
wwwgolengate-funeralhomecom
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Congolese Kenyans etc)] Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6 Swanson Lorraine 2008 ldquoBrrrr Itrsquos Cold Refugees Prepare for their First Chicago Winterrdquo Chicago Journal October 22 II General Reference Overview Ethnography
Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
_____ (Bryce-Laporte Roy Simon) 1977 Visibility of the New Immigrants Society 1418-33 Chacko Elizabeth 2003 ldquoEthiopian Ethos and the Making of Ethnic Places in the Washington Metropolitan Areardquo Journal of Cultural Geography 20 Cunningham Jonathen and Sandra Svoboda 2006 ldquoThe New African-Americans Understanding a Wave of Immigration Battling Misperceptionsrdquo Metro Times November 1 Frazier Martin 2005 ldquoNew Dimensions ndash African immigrants in the USrdquo Peoplersquos Weekly World May 20
Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
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Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
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_____ 2007 Diaspora Dialogues Engagements Between Africa and its Diasporas at The New African Diaspora Assessing the Pains and Gains of Exile Binghamton University African ndash African-American Relations Racial ndash Ethnic Identity Black Diversity
Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
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DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
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Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
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Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
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Crepe amp Coffee Palace (Algerian)
2433 N Clark St
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 404-1300
Icosium Kafeacute (Algerian - Crepe)
5200 N Clark St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 271-5233
Marrakech Cuisine
1413 N Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60622
(773) 227-6451
Emailahajiraolcom
Website wwwmarrakechcuisinecom
The Nile (Middle Eastern (Egyptian))
1611 E 55th
Street
Chicago IL 60615
(773) 342-9499
Website wwwnilerestaurantofhydeparkcom
Sikia
740 W 63rd St
Chicago IL 60621
(773) 602-5200
Somalian Restaurants
Muqdisho
2826 N Lincoln Ave
(between Racine Ave amp Diversey Pky)
Chicago IL 60657
Neighborhood Lakeview
(773) 857-0707
Mogadishu Restaurant
931 N Orleans
Chicago IL 60610
Laa Mushkila Fine
Somalian Restaurant
5959 N Broadway Ave
Chicago IL 60680
773-443-2778
East African Restaurant
5959 N Broadway
Chicago IL 60686
Phone (773) 271-5635
Eritrean
The Peacock Cafeacute amp Restaurant
6014 N Broadway
Chicago IL 60660
(773) 262-2005
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25
Ethiopian
Demera Ethiopian Restaurant
4801 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 33 - 7 7
Website wwwdemeraethiopianrestaurantcom
Ethiopian Diamond Restaurant
6120 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60660
(773) 33 -6
Ethipian Diamond
7537 N Clerk St
Chicago IL 60626
773-764-2200
Websitewwwethiopiandiamondcuisinecom
Lalibela Ethiopian Restaurant
5633 N Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60660
(773) 944-0585
Website httpwwwallmenuscom
Ras Dashen Ethiopian Restaurant
5846 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60660
(773) 506-9601
Website httpwwwrasdashenchicagocom
Royal Coffee
6764 N Sheridan
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 761-8100
Website wwwroyalcoffeechicagocom
Ghanaian
race s African Restaurant
4409 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 7 -6
Nigerian
Mama Osas African Restaurant
1027 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
Phone (773) 561-2754
Senegal
Yassa African Restaurant
716 E 79th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 488-5599 or (773) 488-9630
httpwwwyassaafricanrestaurantcom
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GROCERY SHOPS
Abyssinia Market
5842 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60660
(773) 271-7133
infoabyssiniachicagocom
URL httpwwwabyssiniachicagocom
Aboasa International Market
221 S Green Bay Rd
Waukegan IL 60085
(888) 205-4868
(847) 596-2032 [fax]
Email accentafricaaolcom
URL wwwaboasaintmarketcom
Makola African Supermarket
1017 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
Phone (773) 878-3958
Old World Market
5129 N Broadway
Chicago IL 60640
Phone (773) 989-4440
FOOD IMPORTS
Asafo Corporation
Agriculture Commodities in Large quantities
735 Philadelphia Ave
Westmont IL 60559
(630) 327-2274
(630) 455-1755 [fax]
Email sydasafocorporationcom
MSN IM uncleyawhotmailcom
URL httpwwwasafocorporationcom
Golden Country Oriental Foods
2355 S Blue Island Ave
Chicago IL 60608
(773) 847-1700
(773) 847-1717 [fax]
Email infogoldencountrycom
URL httpwwwgoldencountrycom
La Fruiteriacutea
8909 S Commercial Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 768-4969
(773) 768-0734 [fax]
Email saleslafruterianet
URL httpwwwlafruterianet
ARTIFACTS
Afri-Ware
1701 S 1st Ave Suite 503
Maywood IL 60153
(708)-223-8081
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Email afriwareaolcom
Website wwwafriwarenet
Ethnic Fusion
Contact Sandra Mutisya
7524 N Paulina St
Chicago IL 60626
Tel (773) 319-7374
Fax (773) 305-1902
Email contactethnicfusionscom
URL httpwwwethnicfusionscom
Kayra Imports
African Fabric amp Clothing
1643 E 87th
Street
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 768-3003
(773) 768-3008 [fax]
Email kayraimportsmsncom
Djenne Collection
1759 W 95th
St
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 445-0525
(773) 445-0704 [fax]
Email djennecollectionyahoocom
Zambezi Designs
Contact Nii Oti Ankrah
6950 S Yale Ave
Chicago IL 60621
(773) 962-0931
(630) 739-9683 [fax]
Email infoniioticom
Website wwwniioticom
HAIR BRAIDING SALONS
North Side
AFI African Hair Braiding
5420 N Broadway
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 728-1771
(773) 983-2111
Afrikiko Hair Fashion Boutique
4635 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 878-4360
Artista Hair Braiding
4142 W Peterson Ave
Chicago IL 60646
(773) 725-5888
Bahrsquos Hair Braiding
309 W Howard St
Evanston IL 60202
(847) 869-7549
Clemrsquos African Hair Braiding
4629 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 769-1966
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First Impression Salon
4556 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 275-8977
(312) 953-3882
(773) 577-9957
Jackie amp Sisirsquos African Hair Braiding
4403 N Sheridan Road
Chicago IL 60640-5051
(773) 334-7423
Jeanne African Hair braiding
4554 North Broadway Avenue
Chicago Illinois 60640
(773) 769-3522
Paulina African Hair Braiding
4421 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 878-3369
Queen Hair Braiding Salon
952 W Montrose Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 293-2814
httpqueenhairwixcomchicagocontact-us
Afrikiko Hair amp Fashion Boutique
4635 N Broadway
Chicago IL 60640
Phone ( 773) 878-4360
South Side
African Braids amp Weaves by Koko
1636 W 95th St
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 238-4882
African Hair Braiding
102 E 47th
Street
Chicago IL 60653
(773) 624-4405
(773) 624-4423
African Hair Braiding by Mama
7857 S Avalon Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 375-5723
Aisha African Hair Braiding
837 E 79th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 651-0076
Akwaea Hair Braiding
7922 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 7 3-76
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AMA African American Hair Braiding
443 W 79th St
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 488-5479
Amyrsquos African Hair Braiding
7907 frac12 S Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 488-4511
Awa Professional Hair Braiding
237 E 115th
St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 785-1601
Braids by Fatou
1705 E 73th St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 978-1839
Braids by Safi
9046 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 238-2931
Braids amp Beauty
11132 Halsted St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 568-7960
Clarkersquos African Hair Braiding
2021 W 95th St
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 881-9655
Constance Hair Braiding
734 E 75th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 224-7073
Dakar African Hair Braiding
8159 S Stony Island Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 721-2071
Dorothy African Hair Braiding
1157 W 79th St
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 783-8922
Falou African Hair Braiding
447 E 79th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 651-8060
(773) 220-6771
httpfalouhairbraidingcom
Fatima African Hair Braiding amp Weaving
2444 W 63rd
St
Chicago IL 60629
(773) 863-9500
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Fatima African Hair Braiding
1127 W 95th St
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 429-0091
Fatima amp Sokhna African hair braiding
Including clothes amp jewelry
(773) 563-7738
(773) 879-3360
Fatou African Hair Braiding
955 W 87th St
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 651-7132
Fatou Hair Braiding
7124 S Jeffery Blvd
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 363-5834
Fifirsquos African Hair Braiding
1135 E Sibley Blvd middot
Dolton IL 60419
(708) 849-2860
Harmoni African Hair Braiding
8000 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 488-1003
Hassy Braiding
9449 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 298-1970
Ida African Hair Braiding
802 E 65th St
Chicago IL 60637
(773) 288-1910
Images Hair Braiding
16017 S Kedzie Ave
Markham IL 60428
(708) 333-8350
zuluimageaolcom
Isa Professional African Hair Braiding
746 E 79th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 224-9930
Jose African Hair Braiding
11750 S Michigan Ave
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-0647
Braids by Grace
5655 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
Contact Celestine Alomebla
(773) 889-5838
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Katucha African Hair Braiding
2445 E 79th St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 375-1700
Kena African Hair Braiding
4700 S Indiana Ave
Chicago IL 60615
(773) 373-3416
(773) 373-3435
Laurarsquos Hair Salon amp Braiding
9858 S Vincennes Ave
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 881-0066
Linda African Hair Braiding
7902 S Langley Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 488-7811
Louise African Hair Braiding
9512 S Lowe Ave
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 881-7414
Lucyrsquos African Hair Braiding
11121 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-0797
LYS African Braiding
2356 W 63rd
St
Chicago IL 60636
(773) 925-6386
Maggiersquos African Braiding
2421 W 63rd
Street
Chicago IL 60629
(773) 863-9010
Mama Hair Braiding
2410 W 71st St
Chicago IL 60629
(773) 436-3518
(773) 436-3589
Marie Hair Braiding
725 E 79
th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 651-1300
Les Petits Marseillais Hair Braiding
2602 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 731-5955
Monarsquos African Hair Braiding
5525 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60636
(773) 476-1125
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Nado African Hair Braiding
6433 S Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago IL 60637
(773) 947-8202
Nene African Hair Braiding African Shipping
755 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 723-7137
(773) 440-8100
Netty Hair Braiding
8442 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 263-2809
Nassi Hair Braiding
109 E 111th
St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 928-5841
Original African Hair Braiding
2008 S Pulaski Rd
Chicago IL 60623
(773) 522-5161
Pretty Lady African Hair Braiding amp Weaving
9304 S Halsted
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 779-4905
Strandz African Hair Braiding
9141 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 238-1236
Sarafina African Hair Braiding
11257 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 568-4181
Sisterrsquos African hair Braiding
104 E 51st St
Chicago IL 60615
(773) 268-3070
Tata African Hair Braiding
12255 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 821-1150
Benkady African Hair Braiding
1756 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
Phone ( 312) 731-1138
Francis African Hair Braiding
2544 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
Phone (773)-731-8524
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Nassi African Hair Braiding
2730 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
Phone (773) 374-1753
Sandrarsquos African Hair Braiding
507 E 79th
St
ChicagoIL 60619
Phone (773) 783-5670
A-African Hair Braiding
1378 W 79th
St
Chicago Il 60620
Phone (773) 488-5507
Lagos African Braiding amp Weaving
14209 Chicago Rd Ste S
Dolton IL 60429
Phone (708) 849-3335
Amy African Hair Braiding
15023 Woodlawn Ave
Dolton IL 60419
(708) 201-0660
West Side
Tawa African Hair Braiding
2047 W 79th St
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 488-2319
mbatchouattnet
Aicha Hair Braiding
5103 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 836-8687
African Hair Braiding
3922 W Chicago Ave
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 342-7350
Angelrsquos African Hair Braiding
5937 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 622-4179
Anti Hair Braiding
5013 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
Contact Angie Seck
(773) 622-9000
Black Imagersquos African Hair Braiding
5602 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 378-8685
Bintou K professional Hair Braiding
4048 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 227-9940
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Brsquos African Hair Braiding
5620 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 626-9007
Blandine African Hair Braiding
4203 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 252-9792
Dee African Hair Braiding
4129 W Madison St
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 722-0921
Diallo African Hair Braiding
4203 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 489-1629
Diallo African Hair Braiding
4737 West North Avenue
Chicago IL 60639
Phone (773) 645-0072
Fatima Africa Hair Braiding
5426 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 237-7200
Fatima Hair Braiding
2603 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60647
(773) 862-9739
G G African Hair Braiding
1143 S Pulaski Rd
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 722-2551
Latou Hair Braiding
3721 W Chicago Ave
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 265-6799
Maggyrsquos Hair Braiding
5524 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) -
Rama Hair Braiding
5030 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 237-0177
Sarafina Hair Braiding
34 N Pulaski Rd
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 265-1166
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Sebbeb African Hair Braiding
1017 S Western Ave
Chicago IL 60612
Tel (312) 226-6460
Sister African Hair Braiding
3950 W Grand Ave
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 384 2272
(773) 678 1811
Bijou Hair Braiding
2114 E 71st St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 324-4405
Friendly African Hair Braiding
1738 E 87th St
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 375-9800
Ivoire African Hair Braiding
8482 S Commercial Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 933-0377
Laure African Hair Braiding
2050 12 E 71st St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 241-5169
Maryrsquos African Hair Braiding
2146 E 75th St Chicago IL 60649
(773) 363-3220
Rama Signature Braiding
8027 S Stony Island Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 768-7909
Chattorsquos Salon
65 E Oak St
Chicago IL 60611
(312) 640-0003
Emailchattogmailcom
URL wwwchattocom
Star Hair Braiding
6317 S King Drive
Chicago IL 60637
(773) 288-8188
SHIPPING COMPANIES
Odessey International
Worldwide Transport Specialist
P O Box 490420
Chicago IL 60617
Office (877) 633-7735
Fax (773) 375-2764
wwwodesseyinternationalnet
Email desseyinternationalcom
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Director HIVAIDS Research amp Policy Institute (HARPI)
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2046
aadefuyecsuedu
Akinmoladun Tunde PhD
Associate Professor Health sciences
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-3287
takincsuedu
Shaffdeen A Amuwo PhD MPH
Associate Dean
Clinical Associate Professor
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Office of Urban Health and Diversity Program
University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health (MC 923)
1603 West Taylor Suite 1185
Chicago IL 60612-4394
(312) 996-1410
amuwouicedu
William Ebomoyi PhD
Professor Health Studies
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2527
eebomoyicsuedu
Veterinary Medicine
Ibulaimu Kakoma PhD
Associate Professor Pathobiology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Veterinary Medicine
3505 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Bd
2001 South Lincoln Ave
Urbana IL 61802
(217) 333-2449
[f] (217)244-7421
kakomaiuiucedu
Fine Arts
Samuel Akainyah
Instructor Humanities Fine Arts amp Theater
Kennedy King College
6301 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60621
(773) 602-5185
sakainyahcccedu
Education
Anghesom Atsbaha EdD
(Adult Education)
Assistant Professor Social Sciences
Director Truman-DePaul Adult Bridge Program
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4067
aatsbahacccedu
Bekisizwe Ndimande PhD
(Politics of curriculum Policies and practices in post-apartheid desegregated schools)
Assistant Professor Curriculum amp Instruction
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Education
315 Education Building
1310 S 6th St MC 708
Champaign IL 61820
(217) 244-5556
ndimandeillinoisedu
Dr Emma Theuri
County Extension Director
University of Illinois Extension
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Will County Unit
100 Manhattan Rd
Joliet IL 60433
(815) 727-9296
emmatillinoisedu
wwwextensionuiuceduwill
Foreign Languages Linguistics
Dr Eyamba G Bokamba
Professor of Linguistics
Director Program in African Languages (PAL)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Linguistics
3154 Foreign Language Building
707 S Mathews Avenue MC-168
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-3051
bokambaillinoisedu
Dr Khadija Bounou
Loyola University Chicago
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (French)
Dame Hall Room 305
6525 N Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-2861
kbounoulucedu
Dr Evans Mwangi
Assistant Professor of English
Northwestern University
1897 Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60208
English Department
Office UH 326
(847) 491-3529 [Office]
Fax 847-467-1545
evan-mwanginorthwesternedu
Humanities
Literature Oral Traditions Poetry
Waiumll Hassan PhD
(Modern Arabic Anglophone and Francophone literatures)
Associate Professor Comparative and World Literature
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3072 Foreign Languages Building
MC-160
707 S Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 333-4987
whassanillinoisedu
Abdul-Rasheed NarsquoAllah PhD
Professor and Department Chair
Director Indigenous Africa and Diaspora Discourse Project (IADDP)
Western Illinois University
Department of African American Studies
Morgan Hall 232
1 University Circle
Macomb IL 61455-1390
(309) 298-1181
A-NaAllahwiuedu
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Michel Nguessan PhD
Associate Professor
Library amp Information Science
Associate Editor-In-Chief of International Journal of Library Science
Governors State University
University Library
Office D2407
University Park IL 60466-0975
(708) 235-2143
mnguessangovstedu
wwwgovstedulibrarynguessan
Dr Patricia Ogedengbe
Librarian of Africana
University Library
Northwestern University
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300
(847) 491-2936
p-ogedengbenorthwesternedu
Mathematics
Aboubacar Sidy-Sow
Harold Washington College
30 E Lake St 730
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-3411
saboubacar-sidycccedu
Public Affairs
George O Assibey-Mensah PhD
Associate Professor
Public Finance and Policy Analysis
Indiana University Northwest
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
OFFICE Lindenwood Hall 108
3400 Broadway
Gary IN 46408-1197
(219) 980-7102
gassibeyiunedu
Fassil Demissie PhD
(Urban Planning)
Associate Professor
Public Policy Studies
DePaul University
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2352 N Clifton Ave Suite 1501
Chicago IL 60614
Phone (773) 325-7356
Fax (773) 325-4062
fdemissidepauledu
Religion
M Sani Umar PhD
Associate Professor of Religion
Director ndash Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
Northwestern University
Program of African Studies
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 467-0692
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m-umarnorthwesternedu
Social Sciences
History Misbahudeen Ahmed-Rufai
Assistant Professor
History and Social Sciences
Harold Washington College
30 East Lake St
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-5747
mahmed-rufaicccedu
Dr Theodora Ayot
North Park University
History Department
3225 West Foster Ave
Chicago IL 60625-4895
(773) 244-5744
tayotnorthparkedu
Ismael M Montana
Assistant Professor of History
Northern Illinois University
Department of History
DeKalb IL 60115-2893
(815) 753 8420
montananiuedu
ismaelmontanayahooca
Saidou Mohamed NrsquoDaou PhD
Professor of History
Chicago State University
William Science Building Room 315
9501 South King Drive
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2973
sndaouaolcom
Ogenga Otunnu PhD
(African History Immigration and Refugee Studies)
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of History
2320 N Kenmore Ave
Chicago IL 60614-3250
(773) 325-1555
ootunnudepauledu
Geography
Ezekiel Kalipeni PhD
(Medical Geography Population Studies Environmental Issues Health Care Africa)
Professor of Geography and African Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Geography
220 Davenport Hall MC-150
607 South Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-7708
kalipeniillinoisedu
Sociology
Abu Bakarr Bah PhD
Associate Professor
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Northern Illinois University
Department of Sociology
DeKalb IL 60115-2854
(815) 753-6427
(815) 753-0365
abahniuedu
Anthropology
Chapurukha M Kusimba
Curator of Anthropology
The Field Museum
1400 S Lake Shore Dr
Chicago IL 60605-2496
(312) 922-9410 [main]
ckusimbafieldmuseumorg
Political Science
Clement Eme Adibe PhD
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of Political Science
990 W Fullerton Suite 2200
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 325-1981
cadibedepauledu
Joseph K Hoereth
Associate Director
Institute of Policy and Civic Engagement (MC 097)
UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago)
1253 S Halsted Street Room 310
Chicago IL 60607
Ph (312) 355-0096
Fax (312) 355-0545
jhoerethuicedu
Edward Kasule PhD
Full-Time Instructor
Northeastern Illinois University
Department of Political Science
5500 N St Louis Ave CLS 2069
Chicago IL 60625
s-kasuleneiuedu
[2] Adjunct Faculty
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4739
skasulecccedu
STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS
African Student Organization
Illinois Institute of Technology
Jong Massaqoui (president)
3300 South Federal Street
Chicago IL 60616-3793
(312) 567-3000
asoiitedu
African Student Alliance
Loyola University Chicago
President Afia Ohemeng
Department of Student Diversity and Multicultural Affairs
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Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-3909
(773) 508-3895 [fax]
asaloyolaugmailcom
httpwwwfreewebscomlucafricanstudents
African Student Association
Northern Illinois University
Location Campus Life Building Suite 180
Phone (815) 753-0483
FAX (815) 753-0481
E-Mail studentassociationniuedu
wwwsaniuedu
Program of African Studies (PAS)
Northwestern University
Co-president Ama M Appenteng
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 491-7323
asanorthwesterngmailcom
wwwgroupsnorthwesterneduasa
International Student Services and Activities
Notre Dame University
100 Main Building
Notre Dame Indiana 46556 USA
Phone (574) 631-1138
Immigration Questions (574) 631-5243
Fax (574) 631-3162
E-mail issandedu
E-mail ndintlndedu
wwwissandedu
African Student Council
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
President Alpha Marwa
International student council
(618) 453-5264
wwwafscrsosiucedu
African and Caribbean Student Association
University of Chicago
Judith Kituku ndash President
kitukuuchicagoedu
Jennifer Kennedy ndash Advisor
jkennedyuchicagoedu
(773) 834-8252
African Student Council (ASC)
University of Illinois at Chicago
750 SHalsted Street (Student Center East Building Room 473)
Chicago IL 60607
President Adedrian Adeleke
asxuicgmailcom
COMMUNITY MEDIA
African Advocate
United African Organization
3424 S State St Suite 3C8-2
Chicago IL 60616
(312) 949-9980
(312) 949-9981
infouniteafricansorg
wwwuniteafricansorg
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AFRIQUE News Magazine
AFRIQUE Publishing Inc
6600 N Lincoln Ave Suite 240
Lincolnwood IL 60712
(773) 463 7200
OR
3525 W Peterson Ave Ste 200
Chicago Illinois 60659-3315 USA
(773) 250-7200
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African Spectrum
Spectrum Inc
481 W Boughton Rd 400
Bolingbrook IL 60440
(630) 771-9069
(630) 771-9074
(630) 771-1163
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Crsquoest la vie
Unity in Diversity
Azaka M Ajanaku
Producer Director
Francophone Television at Chicago Access Network TV 21 Every Sunday at 10pm
(312) 972-9252
Chicago Defender
4445 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Drive
Chicago IL 60653
(312) 225-2400
Fax (312) 225-9231
httpwwwchicagodefendercom
The Chicago Inquirer
Postal address The Chicago Inquirer
POBOX 17056 Chicago IL 60617
Tel 773-382-1638
Fax 773-221-4872
httpwwwchicagoinquirercom
Maudlyne Ihejirika (Reporter)
Chicago Sun-Times
350 N Orleans St
Chicago IL 60654
(312) 321-2825
mihejirikasuntimescom
Mashariki LEO
1449 E 72nd
Street
Chicago IL 60619
Postal Address PO BOX 19350
Chicago IL 60619
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FUNERAL HOMES
Nelson Funeral Homes
5149 N Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 561-5147
820 W Talcott Rd Park Ridge IL 60068
(847) 823-5122
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Leak and Sons Funeral Chapels
7838 S Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 846-6567
18400 S Pulaski Rd
Country Club hills IL 60478
(708) 206-0860
Golden Gate Funeral Home
2036 West 79th
Street
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 846-7900
wwwgolengate-funeralhomecom
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Congolese Kenyans etc)] Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6 Swanson Lorraine 2008 ldquoBrrrr Itrsquos Cold Refugees Prepare for their First Chicago Winterrdquo Chicago Journal October 22 II General Reference Overview Ethnography
Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
_____ (Bryce-Laporte Roy Simon) 1977 Visibility of the New Immigrants Society 1418-33 Chacko Elizabeth 2003 ldquoEthiopian Ethos and the Making of Ethnic Places in the Washington Metropolitan Areardquo Journal of Cultural Geography 20 Cunningham Jonathen and Sandra Svoboda 2006 ldquoThe New African-Americans Understanding a Wave of Immigration Battling Misperceptionsrdquo Metro Times November 1 Frazier Martin 2005 ldquoNew Dimensions ndash African immigrants in the USrdquo Peoplersquos Weekly World May 20
Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
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Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
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53
_____ 2007 Diaspora Dialogues Engagements Between Africa and its Diasporas at The New African Diaspora Assessing the Pains and Gains of Exile Binghamton University African ndash African-American Relations Racial ndash Ethnic Identity Black Diversity
Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
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54
DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
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55
Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
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Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
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Ethiopian
Demera Ethiopian Restaurant
4801 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 33 - 7 7
Website wwwdemeraethiopianrestaurantcom
Ethiopian Diamond Restaurant
6120 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60660
(773) 33 -6
Ethipian Diamond
7537 N Clerk St
Chicago IL 60626
773-764-2200
Websitewwwethiopiandiamondcuisinecom
Lalibela Ethiopian Restaurant
5633 N Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60660
(773) 944-0585
Website httpwwwallmenuscom
Ras Dashen Ethiopian Restaurant
5846 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60660
(773) 506-9601
Website httpwwwrasdashenchicagocom
Royal Coffee
6764 N Sheridan
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 761-8100
Website wwwroyalcoffeechicagocom
Ghanaian
race s African Restaurant
4409 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 7 -6
Nigerian
Mama Osas African Restaurant
1027 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
Phone (773) 561-2754
Senegal
Yassa African Restaurant
716 E 79th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 488-5599 or (773) 488-9630
httpwwwyassaafricanrestaurantcom
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GROCERY SHOPS
Abyssinia Market
5842 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60660
(773) 271-7133
infoabyssiniachicagocom
URL httpwwwabyssiniachicagocom
Aboasa International Market
221 S Green Bay Rd
Waukegan IL 60085
(888) 205-4868
(847) 596-2032 [fax]
Email accentafricaaolcom
URL wwwaboasaintmarketcom
Makola African Supermarket
1017 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
Phone (773) 878-3958
Old World Market
5129 N Broadway
Chicago IL 60640
Phone (773) 989-4440
FOOD IMPORTS
Asafo Corporation
Agriculture Commodities in Large quantities
735 Philadelphia Ave
Westmont IL 60559
(630) 327-2274
(630) 455-1755 [fax]
Email sydasafocorporationcom
MSN IM uncleyawhotmailcom
URL httpwwwasafocorporationcom
Golden Country Oriental Foods
2355 S Blue Island Ave
Chicago IL 60608
(773) 847-1700
(773) 847-1717 [fax]
Email infogoldencountrycom
URL httpwwwgoldencountrycom
La Fruiteriacutea
8909 S Commercial Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 768-4969
(773) 768-0734 [fax]
Email saleslafruterianet
URL httpwwwlafruterianet
ARTIFACTS
Afri-Ware
1701 S 1st Ave Suite 503
Maywood IL 60153
(708)-223-8081
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27
Email afriwareaolcom
Website wwwafriwarenet
Ethnic Fusion
Contact Sandra Mutisya
7524 N Paulina St
Chicago IL 60626
Tel (773) 319-7374
Fax (773) 305-1902
Email contactethnicfusionscom
URL httpwwwethnicfusionscom
Kayra Imports
African Fabric amp Clothing
1643 E 87th
Street
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 768-3003
(773) 768-3008 [fax]
Email kayraimportsmsncom
Djenne Collection
1759 W 95th
St
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 445-0525
(773) 445-0704 [fax]
Email djennecollectionyahoocom
Zambezi Designs
Contact Nii Oti Ankrah
6950 S Yale Ave
Chicago IL 60621
(773) 962-0931
(630) 739-9683 [fax]
Email infoniioticom
Website wwwniioticom
HAIR BRAIDING SALONS
North Side
AFI African Hair Braiding
5420 N Broadway
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 728-1771
(773) 983-2111
Afrikiko Hair Fashion Boutique
4635 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 878-4360
Artista Hair Braiding
4142 W Peterson Ave
Chicago IL 60646
(773) 725-5888
Bahrsquos Hair Braiding
309 W Howard St
Evanston IL 60202
(847) 869-7549
Clemrsquos African Hair Braiding
4629 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 769-1966
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28
First Impression Salon
4556 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 275-8977
(312) 953-3882
(773) 577-9957
Jackie amp Sisirsquos African Hair Braiding
4403 N Sheridan Road
Chicago IL 60640-5051
(773) 334-7423
Jeanne African Hair braiding
4554 North Broadway Avenue
Chicago Illinois 60640
(773) 769-3522
Paulina African Hair Braiding
4421 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 878-3369
Queen Hair Braiding Salon
952 W Montrose Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 293-2814
httpqueenhairwixcomchicagocontact-us
Afrikiko Hair amp Fashion Boutique
4635 N Broadway
Chicago IL 60640
Phone ( 773) 878-4360
South Side
African Braids amp Weaves by Koko
1636 W 95th St
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 238-4882
African Hair Braiding
102 E 47th
Street
Chicago IL 60653
(773) 624-4405
(773) 624-4423
African Hair Braiding by Mama
7857 S Avalon Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 375-5723
Aisha African Hair Braiding
837 E 79th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 651-0076
Akwaea Hair Braiding
7922 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 7 3-76
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29
AMA African American Hair Braiding
443 W 79th St
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 488-5479
Amyrsquos African Hair Braiding
7907 frac12 S Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 488-4511
Awa Professional Hair Braiding
237 E 115th
St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 785-1601
Braids by Fatou
1705 E 73th St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 978-1839
Braids by Safi
9046 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 238-2931
Braids amp Beauty
11132 Halsted St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 568-7960
Clarkersquos African Hair Braiding
2021 W 95th St
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 881-9655
Constance Hair Braiding
734 E 75th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 224-7073
Dakar African Hair Braiding
8159 S Stony Island Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 721-2071
Dorothy African Hair Braiding
1157 W 79th St
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 783-8922
Falou African Hair Braiding
447 E 79th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 651-8060
(773) 220-6771
httpfalouhairbraidingcom
Fatima African Hair Braiding amp Weaving
2444 W 63rd
St
Chicago IL 60629
(773) 863-9500
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Fatima African Hair Braiding
1127 W 95th St
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 429-0091
Fatima amp Sokhna African hair braiding
Including clothes amp jewelry
(773) 563-7738
(773) 879-3360
Fatou African Hair Braiding
955 W 87th St
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 651-7132
Fatou Hair Braiding
7124 S Jeffery Blvd
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 363-5834
Fifirsquos African Hair Braiding
1135 E Sibley Blvd middot
Dolton IL 60419
(708) 849-2860
Harmoni African Hair Braiding
8000 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 488-1003
Hassy Braiding
9449 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 298-1970
Ida African Hair Braiding
802 E 65th St
Chicago IL 60637
(773) 288-1910
Images Hair Braiding
16017 S Kedzie Ave
Markham IL 60428
(708) 333-8350
zuluimageaolcom
Isa Professional African Hair Braiding
746 E 79th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 224-9930
Jose African Hair Braiding
11750 S Michigan Ave
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-0647
Braids by Grace
5655 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
Contact Celestine Alomebla
(773) 889-5838
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31
Katucha African Hair Braiding
2445 E 79th St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 375-1700
Kena African Hair Braiding
4700 S Indiana Ave
Chicago IL 60615
(773) 373-3416
(773) 373-3435
Laurarsquos Hair Salon amp Braiding
9858 S Vincennes Ave
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 881-0066
Linda African Hair Braiding
7902 S Langley Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 488-7811
Louise African Hair Braiding
9512 S Lowe Ave
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 881-7414
Lucyrsquos African Hair Braiding
11121 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-0797
LYS African Braiding
2356 W 63rd
St
Chicago IL 60636
(773) 925-6386
Maggiersquos African Braiding
2421 W 63rd
Street
Chicago IL 60629
(773) 863-9010
Mama Hair Braiding
2410 W 71st St
Chicago IL 60629
(773) 436-3518
(773) 436-3589
Marie Hair Braiding
725 E 79
th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 651-1300
Les Petits Marseillais Hair Braiding
2602 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 731-5955
Monarsquos African Hair Braiding
5525 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60636
(773) 476-1125
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32
Nado African Hair Braiding
6433 S Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago IL 60637
(773) 947-8202
Nene African Hair Braiding African Shipping
755 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 723-7137
(773) 440-8100
Netty Hair Braiding
8442 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 263-2809
Nassi Hair Braiding
109 E 111th
St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 928-5841
Original African Hair Braiding
2008 S Pulaski Rd
Chicago IL 60623
(773) 522-5161
Pretty Lady African Hair Braiding amp Weaving
9304 S Halsted
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 779-4905
Strandz African Hair Braiding
9141 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 238-1236
Sarafina African Hair Braiding
11257 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 568-4181
Sisterrsquos African hair Braiding
104 E 51st St
Chicago IL 60615
(773) 268-3070
Tata African Hair Braiding
12255 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 821-1150
Benkady African Hair Braiding
1756 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
Phone ( 312) 731-1138
Francis African Hair Braiding
2544 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
Phone (773)-731-8524
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Nassi African Hair Braiding
2730 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
Phone (773) 374-1753
Sandrarsquos African Hair Braiding
507 E 79th
St
ChicagoIL 60619
Phone (773) 783-5670
A-African Hair Braiding
1378 W 79th
St
Chicago Il 60620
Phone (773) 488-5507
Lagos African Braiding amp Weaving
14209 Chicago Rd Ste S
Dolton IL 60429
Phone (708) 849-3335
Amy African Hair Braiding
15023 Woodlawn Ave
Dolton IL 60419
(708) 201-0660
West Side
Tawa African Hair Braiding
2047 W 79th St
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 488-2319
mbatchouattnet
Aicha Hair Braiding
5103 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 836-8687
African Hair Braiding
3922 W Chicago Ave
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 342-7350
Angelrsquos African Hair Braiding
5937 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 622-4179
Anti Hair Braiding
5013 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
Contact Angie Seck
(773) 622-9000
Black Imagersquos African Hair Braiding
5602 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 378-8685
Bintou K professional Hair Braiding
4048 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 227-9940
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Brsquos African Hair Braiding
5620 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 626-9007
Blandine African Hair Braiding
4203 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 252-9792
Dee African Hair Braiding
4129 W Madison St
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 722-0921
Diallo African Hair Braiding
4203 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 489-1629
Diallo African Hair Braiding
4737 West North Avenue
Chicago IL 60639
Phone (773) 645-0072
Fatima Africa Hair Braiding
5426 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 237-7200
Fatima Hair Braiding
2603 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60647
(773) 862-9739
G G African Hair Braiding
1143 S Pulaski Rd
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 722-2551
Latou Hair Braiding
3721 W Chicago Ave
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 265-6799
Maggyrsquos Hair Braiding
5524 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) -
Rama Hair Braiding
5030 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 237-0177
Sarafina Hair Braiding
34 N Pulaski Rd
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 265-1166
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Sebbeb African Hair Braiding
1017 S Western Ave
Chicago IL 60612
Tel (312) 226-6460
Sister African Hair Braiding
3950 W Grand Ave
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 384 2272
(773) 678 1811
Bijou Hair Braiding
2114 E 71st St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 324-4405
Friendly African Hair Braiding
1738 E 87th St
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 375-9800
Ivoire African Hair Braiding
8482 S Commercial Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 933-0377
Laure African Hair Braiding
2050 12 E 71st St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 241-5169
Maryrsquos African Hair Braiding
2146 E 75th St Chicago IL 60649
(773) 363-3220
Rama Signature Braiding
8027 S Stony Island Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 768-7909
Chattorsquos Salon
65 E Oak St
Chicago IL 60611
(312) 640-0003
Emailchattogmailcom
URL wwwchattocom
Star Hair Braiding
6317 S King Drive
Chicago IL 60637
(773) 288-8188
SHIPPING COMPANIES
Odessey International
Worldwide Transport Specialist
P O Box 490420
Chicago IL 60617
Office (877) 633-7735
Fax (773) 375-2764
wwwodesseyinternationalnet
Email desseyinternationalcom
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Director HIVAIDS Research amp Policy Institute (HARPI)
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2046
aadefuyecsuedu
Akinmoladun Tunde PhD
Associate Professor Health sciences
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-3287
takincsuedu
Shaffdeen A Amuwo PhD MPH
Associate Dean
Clinical Associate Professor
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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43
Office of Urban Health and Diversity Program
University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health (MC 923)
1603 West Taylor Suite 1185
Chicago IL 60612-4394
(312) 996-1410
amuwouicedu
William Ebomoyi PhD
Professor Health Studies
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2527
eebomoyicsuedu
Veterinary Medicine
Ibulaimu Kakoma PhD
Associate Professor Pathobiology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Veterinary Medicine
3505 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Bd
2001 South Lincoln Ave
Urbana IL 61802
(217) 333-2449
[f] (217)244-7421
kakomaiuiucedu
Fine Arts
Samuel Akainyah
Instructor Humanities Fine Arts amp Theater
Kennedy King College
6301 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60621
(773) 602-5185
sakainyahcccedu
Education
Anghesom Atsbaha EdD
(Adult Education)
Assistant Professor Social Sciences
Director Truman-DePaul Adult Bridge Program
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4067
aatsbahacccedu
Bekisizwe Ndimande PhD
(Politics of curriculum Policies and practices in post-apartheid desegregated schools)
Assistant Professor Curriculum amp Instruction
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Education
315 Education Building
1310 S 6th St MC 708
Champaign IL 61820
(217) 244-5556
ndimandeillinoisedu
Dr Emma Theuri
County Extension Director
University of Illinois Extension
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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Will County Unit
100 Manhattan Rd
Joliet IL 60433
(815) 727-9296
emmatillinoisedu
wwwextensionuiuceduwill
Foreign Languages Linguistics
Dr Eyamba G Bokamba
Professor of Linguistics
Director Program in African Languages (PAL)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Linguistics
3154 Foreign Language Building
707 S Mathews Avenue MC-168
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-3051
bokambaillinoisedu
Dr Khadija Bounou
Loyola University Chicago
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (French)
Dame Hall Room 305
6525 N Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-2861
kbounoulucedu
Dr Evans Mwangi
Assistant Professor of English
Northwestern University
1897 Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60208
English Department
Office UH 326
(847) 491-3529 [Office]
Fax 847-467-1545
evan-mwanginorthwesternedu
Humanities
Literature Oral Traditions Poetry
Waiumll Hassan PhD
(Modern Arabic Anglophone and Francophone literatures)
Associate Professor Comparative and World Literature
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3072 Foreign Languages Building
MC-160
707 S Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 333-4987
whassanillinoisedu
Abdul-Rasheed NarsquoAllah PhD
Professor and Department Chair
Director Indigenous Africa and Diaspora Discourse Project (IADDP)
Western Illinois University
Department of African American Studies
Morgan Hall 232
1 University Circle
Macomb IL 61455-1390
(309) 298-1181
A-NaAllahwiuedu
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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Michel Nguessan PhD
Associate Professor
Library amp Information Science
Associate Editor-In-Chief of International Journal of Library Science
Governors State University
University Library
Office D2407
University Park IL 60466-0975
(708) 235-2143
mnguessangovstedu
wwwgovstedulibrarynguessan
Dr Patricia Ogedengbe
Librarian of Africana
University Library
Northwestern University
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300
(847) 491-2936
p-ogedengbenorthwesternedu
Mathematics
Aboubacar Sidy-Sow
Harold Washington College
30 E Lake St 730
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-3411
saboubacar-sidycccedu
Public Affairs
George O Assibey-Mensah PhD
Associate Professor
Public Finance and Policy Analysis
Indiana University Northwest
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
OFFICE Lindenwood Hall 108
3400 Broadway
Gary IN 46408-1197
(219) 980-7102
gassibeyiunedu
Fassil Demissie PhD
(Urban Planning)
Associate Professor
Public Policy Studies
DePaul University
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2352 N Clifton Ave Suite 1501
Chicago IL 60614
Phone (773) 325-7356
Fax (773) 325-4062
fdemissidepauledu
Religion
M Sani Umar PhD
Associate Professor of Religion
Director ndash Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
Northwestern University
Program of African Studies
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 467-0692
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m-umarnorthwesternedu
Social Sciences
History Misbahudeen Ahmed-Rufai
Assistant Professor
History and Social Sciences
Harold Washington College
30 East Lake St
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-5747
mahmed-rufaicccedu
Dr Theodora Ayot
North Park University
History Department
3225 West Foster Ave
Chicago IL 60625-4895
(773) 244-5744
tayotnorthparkedu
Ismael M Montana
Assistant Professor of History
Northern Illinois University
Department of History
DeKalb IL 60115-2893
(815) 753 8420
montananiuedu
ismaelmontanayahooca
Saidou Mohamed NrsquoDaou PhD
Professor of History
Chicago State University
William Science Building Room 315
9501 South King Drive
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2973
sndaouaolcom
Ogenga Otunnu PhD
(African History Immigration and Refugee Studies)
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of History
2320 N Kenmore Ave
Chicago IL 60614-3250
(773) 325-1555
ootunnudepauledu
Geography
Ezekiel Kalipeni PhD
(Medical Geography Population Studies Environmental Issues Health Care Africa)
Professor of Geography and African Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Geography
220 Davenport Hall MC-150
607 South Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-7708
kalipeniillinoisedu
Sociology
Abu Bakarr Bah PhD
Associate Professor
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Department of Sociology
DeKalb IL 60115-2854
(815) 753-6427
(815) 753-0365
abahniuedu
Anthropology
Chapurukha M Kusimba
Curator of Anthropology
The Field Museum
1400 S Lake Shore Dr
Chicago IL 60605-2496
(312) 922-9410 [main]
ckusimbafieldmuseumorg
Political Science
Clement Eme Adibe PhD
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of Political Science
990 W Fullerton Suite 2200
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 325-1981
cadibedepauledu
Joseph K Hoereth
Associate Director
Institute of Policy and Civic Engagement (MC 097)
UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago)
1253 S Halsted Street Room 310
Chicago IL 60607
Ph (312) 355-0096
Fax (312) 355-0545
jhoerethuicedu
Edward Kasule PhD
Full-Time Instructor
Northeastern Illinois University
Department of Political Science
5500 N St Louis Ave CLS 2069
Chicago IL 60625
s-kasuleneiuedu
[2] Adjunct Faculty
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4739
skasulecccedu
STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS
African Student Organization
Illinois Institute of Technology
Jong Massaqoui (president)
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Chicago IL 60616-3793
(312) 567-3000
asoiitedu
African Student Alliance
Loyola University Chicago
President Afia Ohemeng
Department of Student Diversity and Multicultural Affairs
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Phone (815) 753-0483
FAX (815) 753-0481
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wwwsaniuedu
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Northwestern University
Co-president Ama M Appenteng
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 491-7323
asanorthwesterngmailcom
wwwgroupsnorthwesterneduasa
International Student Services and Activities
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100 Main Building
Notre Dame Indiana 46556 USA
Phone (574) 631-1138
Immigration Questions (574) 631-5243
Fax (574) 631-3162
E-mail issandedu
E-mail ndintlndedu
wwwissandedu
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Southern Illinois University Carbondale
President Alpha Marwa
International student council
(618) 453-5264
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University of Chicago
Judith Kituku ndash President
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Jennifer Kennedy ndash Advisor
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(773) 834-8252
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University of Illinois at Chicago
750 SHalsted Street (Student Center East Building Room 473)
Chicago IL 60607
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United African Organization
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Chicago IL 60616
(312) 949-9980
(312) 949-9981
infouniteafricansorg
wwwuniteafricansorg
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Lincolnwood IL 60712
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OR
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(630) 771-9074
(630) 771-1163
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Crsquoest la vie
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Producer Director
Francophone Television at Chicago Access Network TV 21 Every Sunday at 10pm
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Fax (312) 225-9231
httpwwwchicagodefendercom
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Tel 773-382-1638
Fax 773-221-4872
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Chicago Sun-Times
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Chicago IL 60654
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1449 E 72nd
Street
Chicago IL 60619
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Chicago IL 60619
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Chicago IL 60619
(773) 846-6567
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(708) 206-0860
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2036 West 79th
Street
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 846-7900
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Congolese Kenyans etc)] Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6 Swanson Lorraine 2008 ldquoBrrrr Itrsquos Cold Refugees Prepare for their First Chicago Winterrdquo Chicago Journal October 22 II General Reference Overview Ethnography
Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
_____ (Bryce-Laporte Roy Simon) 1977 Visibility of the New Immigrants Society 1418-33 Chacko Elizabeth 2003 ldquoEthiopian Ethos and the Making of Ethnic Places in the Washington Metropolitan Areardquo Journal of Cultural Geography 20 Cunningham Jonathen and Sandra Svoboda 2006 ldquoThe New African-Americans Understanding a Wave of Immigration Battling Misperceptionsrdquo Metro Times November 1 Frazier Martin 2005 ldquoNew Dimensions ndash African immigrants in the USrdquo Peoplersquos Weekly World May 20
Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
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52
Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
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53
_____ 2007 Diaspora Dialogues Engagements Between Africa and its Diasporas at The New African Diaspora Assessing the Pains and Gains of Exile Binghamton University African ndash African-American Relations Racial ndash Ethnic Identity Black Diversity
Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
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54
DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
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55
Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
56
Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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Abyssinia Market
5842 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60660
(773) 271-7133
infoabyssiniachicagocom
URL httpwwwabyssiniachicagocom
Aboasa International Market
221 S Green Bay Rd
Waukegan IL 60085
(888) 205-4868
(847) 596-2032 [fax]
Email accentafricaaolcom
URL wwwaboasaintmarketcom
Makola African Supermarket
1017 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
Phone (773) 878-3958
Old World Market
5129 N Broadway
Chicago IL 60640
Phone (773) 989-4440
FOOD IMPORTS
Asafo Corporation
Agriculture Commodities in Large quantities
735 Philadelphia Ave
Westmont IL 60559
(630) 327-2274
(630) 455-1755 [fax]
Email sydasafocorporationcom
MSN IM uncleyawhotmailcom
URL httpwwwasafocorporationcom
Golden Country Oriental Foods
2355 S Blue Island Ave
Chicago IL 60608
(773) 847-1700
(773) 847-1717 [fax]
Email infogoldencountrycom
URL httpwwwgoldencountrycom
La Fruiteriacutea
8909 S Commercial Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 768-4969
(773) 768-0734 [fax]
Email saleslafruterianet
URL httpwwwlafruterianet
ARTIFACTS
Afri-Ware
1701 S 1st Ave Suite 503
Maywood IL 60153
(708)-223-8081
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Email afriwareaolcom
Website wwwafriwarenet
Ethnic Fusion
Contact Sandra Mutisya
7524 N Paulina St
Chicago IL 60626
Tel (773) 319-7374
Fax (773) 305-1902
Email contactethnicfusionscom
URL httpwwwethnicfusionscom
Kayra Imports
African Fabric amp Clothing
1643 E 87th
Street
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 768-3003
(773) 768-3008 [fax]
Email kayraimportsmsncom
Djenne Collection
1759 W 95th
St
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 445-0525
(773) 445-0704 [fax]
Email djennecollectionyahoocom
Zambezi Designs
Contact Nii Oti Ankrah
6950 S Yale Ave
Chicago IL 60621
(773) 962-0931
(630) 739-9683 [fax]
Email infoniioticom
Website wwwniioticom
HAIR BRAIDING SALONS
North Side
AFI African Hair Braiding
5420 N Broadway
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 728-1771
(773) 983-2111
Afrikiko Hair Fashion Boutique
4635 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 878-4360
Artista Hair Braiding
4142 W Peterson Ave
Chicago IL 60646
(773) 725-5888
Bahrsquos Hair Braiding
309 W Howard St
Evanston IL 60202
(847) 869-7549
Clemrsquos African Hair Braiding
4629 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 769-1966
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28
First Impression Salon
4556 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 275-8977
(312) 953-3882
(773) 577-9957
Jackie amp Sisirsquos African Hair Braiding
4403 N Sheridan Road
Chicago IL 60640-5051
(773) 334-7423
Jeanne African Hair braiding
4554 North Broadway Avenue
Chicago Illinois 60640
(773) 769-3522
Paulina African Hair Braiding
4421 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 878-3369
Queen Hair Braiding Salon
952 W Montrose Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 293-2814
httpqueenhairwixcomchicagocontact-us
Afrikiko Hair amp Fashion Boutique
4635 N Broadway
Chicago IL 60640
Phone ( 773) 878-4360
South Side
African Braids amp Weaves by Koko
1636 W 95th St
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 238-4882
African Hair Braiding
102 E 47th
Street
Chicago IL 60653
(773) 624-4405
(773) 624-4423
African Hair Braiding by Mama
7857 S Avalon Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 375-5723
Aisha African Hair Braiding
837 E 79th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 651-0076
Akwaea Hair Braiding
7922 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 7 3-76
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AMA African American Hair Braiding
443 W 79th St
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 488-5479
Amyrsquos African Hair Braiding
7907 frac12 S Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 488-4511
Awa Professional Hair Braiding
237 E 115th
St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 785-1601
Braids by Fatou
1705 E 73th St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 978-1839
Braids by Safi
9046 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 238-2931
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11132 Halsted St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 568-7960
Clarkersquos African Hair Braiding
2021 W 95th St
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 881-9655
Constance Hair Braiding
734 E 75th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 224-7073
Dakar African Hair Braiding
8159 S Stony Island Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 721-2071
Dorothy African Hair Braiding
1157 W 79th St
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 783-8922
Falou African Hair Braiding
447 E 79th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 651-8060
(773) 220-6771
httpfalouhairbraidingcom
Fatima African Hair Braiding amp Weaving
2444 W 63rd
St
Chicago IL 60629
(773) 863-9500
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Fatima African Hair Braiding
1127 W 95th St
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 429-0091
Fatima amp Sokhna African hair braiding
Including clothes amp jewelry
(773) 563-7738
(773) 879-3360
Fatou African Hair Braiding
955 W 87th St
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 651-7132
Fatou Hair Braiding
7124 S Jeffery Blvd
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 363-5834
Fifirsquos African Hair Braiding
1135 E Sibley Blvd middot
Dolton IL 60419
(708) 849-2860
Harmoni African Hair Braiding
8000 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 488-1003
Hassy Braiding
9449 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 298-1970
Ida African Hair Braiding
802 E 65th St
Chicago IL 60637
(773) 288-1910
Images Hair Braiding
16017 S Kedzie Ave
Markham IL 60428
(708) 333-8350
zuluimageaolcom
Isa Professional African Hair Braiding
746 E 79th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 224-9930
Jose African Hair Braiding
11750 S Michigan Ave
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-0647
Braids by Grace
5655 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
Contact Celestine Alomebla
(773) 889-5838
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Katucha African Hair Braiding
2445 E 79th St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 375-1700
Kena African Hair Braiding
4700 S Indiana Ave
Chicago IL 60615
(773) 373-3416
(773) 373-3435
Laurarsquos Hair Salon amp Braiding
9858 S Vincennes Ave
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 881-0066
Linda African Hair Braiding
7902 S Langley Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 488-7811
Louise African Hair Braiding
9512 S Lowe Ave
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 881-7414
Lucyrsquos African Hair Braiding
11121 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-0797
LYS African Braiding
2356 W 63rd
St
Chicago IL 60636
(773) 925-6386
Maggiersquos African Braiding
2421 W 63rd
Street
Chicago IL 60629
(773) 863-9010
Mama Hair Braiding
2410 W 71st St
Chicago IL 60629
(773) 436-3518
(773) 436-3589
Marie Hair Braiding
725 E 79
th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 651-1300
Les Petits Marseillais Hair Braiding
2602 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 731-5955
Monarsquos African Hair Braiding
5525 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60636
(773) 476-1125
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Nado African Hair Braiding
6433 S Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago IL 60637
(773) 947-8202
Nene African Hair Braiding African Shipping
755 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 723-7137
(773) 440-8100
Netty Hair Braiding
8442 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 263-2809
Nassi Hair Braiding
109 E 111th
St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 928-5841
Original African Hair Braiding
2008 S Pulaski Rd
Chicago IL 60623
(773) 522-5161
Pretty Lady African Hair Braiding amp Weaving
9304 S Halsted
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 779-4905
Strandz African Hair Braiding
9141 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 238-1236
Sarafina African Hair Braiding
11257 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 568-4181
Sisterrsquos African hair Braiding
104 E 51st St
Chicago IL 60615
(773) 268-3070
Tata African Hair Braiding
12255 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 821-1150
Benkady African Hair Braiding
1756 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
Phone ( 312) 731-1138
Francis African Hair Braiding
2544 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
Phone (773)-731-8524
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Nassi African Hair Braiding
2730 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
Phone (773) 374-1753
Sandrarsquos African Hair Braiding
507 E 79th
St
ChicagoIL 60619
Phone (773) 783-5670
A-African Hair Braiding
1378 W 79th
St
Chicago Il 60620
Phone (773) 488-5507
Lagos African Braiding amp Weaving
14209 Chicago Rd Ste S
Dolton IL 60429
Phone (708) 849-3335
Amy African Hair Braiding
15023 Woodlawn Ave
Dolton IL 60419
(708) 201-0660
West Side
Tawa African Hair Braiding
2047 W 79th St
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 488-2319
mbatchouattnet
Aicha Hair Braiding
5103 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 836-8687
African Hair Braiding
3922 W Chicago Ave
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 342-7350
Angelrsquos African Hair Braiding
5937 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 622-4179
Anti Hair Braiding
5013 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
Contact Angie Seck
(773) 622-9000
Black Imagersquos African Hair Braiding
5602 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 378-8685
Bintou K professional Hair Braiding
4048 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 227-9940
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Brsquos African Hair Braiding
5620 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 626-9007
Blandine African Hair Braiding
4203 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 252-9792
Dee African Hair Braiding
4129 W Madison St
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 722-0921
Diallo African Hair Braiding
4203 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 489-1629
Diallo African Hair Braiding
4737 West North Avenue
Chicago IL 60639
Phone (773) 645-0072
Fatima Africa Hair Braiding
5426 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 237-7200
Fatima Hair Braiding
2603 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60647
(773) 862-9739
G G African Hair Braiding
1143 S Pulaski Rd
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 722-2551
Latou Hair Braiding
3721 W Chicago Ave
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 265-6799
Maggyrsquos Hair Braiding
5524 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) -
Rama Hair Braiding
5030 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 237-0177
Sarafina Hair Braiding
34 N Pulaski Rd
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 265-1166
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Sebbeb African Hair Braiding
1017 S Western Ave
Chicago IL 60612
Tel (312) 226-6460
Sister African Hair Braiding
3950 W Grand Ave
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 384 2272
(773) 678 1811
Bijou Hair Braiding
2114 E 71st St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 324-4405
Friendly African Hair Braiding
1738 E 87th St
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 375-9800
Ivoire African Hair Braiding
8482 S Commercial Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 933-0377
Laure African Hair Braiding
2050 12 E 71st St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 241-5169
Maryrsquos African Hair Braiding
2146 E 75th St Chicago IL 60649
(773) 363-3220
Rama Signature Braiding
8027 S Stony Island Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 768-7909
Chattorsquos Salon
65 E Oak St
Chicago IL 60611
(312) 640-0003
Emailchattogmailcom
URL wwwchattocom
Star Hair Braiding
6317 S King Drive
Chicago IL 60637
(773) 288-8188
SHIPPING COMPANIES
Odessey International
Worldwide Transport Specialist
P O Box 490420
Chicago IL 60617
Office (877) 633-7735
Fax (773) 375-2764
wwwodesseyinternationalnet
Email desseyinternationalcom
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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Director HIVAIDS Research amp Policy Institute (HARPI)
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2046
aadefuyecsuedu
Akinmoladun Tunde PhD
Associate Professor Health sciences
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-3287
takincsuedu
Shaffdeen A Amuwo PhD MPH
Associate Dean
Clinical Associate Professor
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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43
Office of Urban Health and Diversity Program
University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health (MC 923)
1603 West Taylor Suite 1185
Chicago IL 60612-4394
(312) 996-1410
amuwouicedu
William Ebomoyi PhD
Professor Health Studies
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2527
eebomoyicsuedu
Veterinary Medicine
Ibulaimu Kakoma PhD
Associate Professor Pathobiology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Veterinary Medicine
3505 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Bd
2001 South Lincoln Ave
Urbana IL 61802
(217) 333-2449
[f] (217)244-7421
kakomaiuiucedu
Fine Arts
Samuel Akainyah
Instructor Humanities Fine Arts amp Theater
Kennedy King College
6301 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60621
(773) 602-5185
sakainyahcccedu
Education
Anghesom Atsbaha EdD
(Adult Education)
Assistant Professor Social Sciences
Director Truman-DePaul Adult Bridge Program
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4067
aatsbahacccedu
Bekisizwe Ndimande PhD
(Politics of curriculum Policies and practices in post-apartheid desegregated schools)
Assistant Professor Curriculum amp Instruction
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Education
315 Education Building
1310 S 6th St MC 708
Champaign IL 61820
(217) 244-5556
ndimandeillinoisedu
Dr Emma Theuri
County Extension Director
University of Illinois Extension
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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44
Will County Unit
100 Manhattan Rd
Joliet IL 60433
(815) 727-9296
emmatillinoisedu
wwwextensionuiuceduwill
Foreign Languages Linguistics
Dr Eyamba G Bokamba
Professor of Linguistics
Director Program in African Languages (PAL)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Linguistics
3154 Foreign Language Building
707 S Mathews Avenue MC-168
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-3051
bokambaillinoisedu
Dr Khadija Bounou
Loyola University Chicago
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (French)
Dame Hall Room 305
6525 N Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-2861
kbounoulucedu
Dr Evans Mwangi
Assistant Professor of English
Northwestern University
1897 Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60208
English Department
Office UH 326
(847) 491-3529 [Office]
Fax 847-467-1545
evan-mwanginorthwesternedu
Humanities
Literature Oral Traditions Poetry
Waiumll Hassan PhD
(Modern Arabic Anglophone and Francophone literatures)
Associate Professor Comparative and World Literature
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3072 Foreign Languages Building
MC-160
707 S Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 333-4987
whassanillinoisedu
Abdul-Rasheed NarsquoAllah PhD
Professor and Department Chair
Director Indigenous Africa and Diaspora Discourse Project (IADDP)
Western Illinois University
Department of African American Studies
Morgan Hall 232
1 University Circle
Macomb IL 61455-1390
(309) 298-1181
A-NaAllahwiuedu
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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45
Michel Nguessan PhD
Associate Professor
Library amp Information Science
Associate Editor-In-Chief of International Journal of Library Science
Governors State University
University Library
Office D2407
University Park IL 60466-0975
(708) 235-2143
mnguessangovstedu
wwwgovstedulibrarynguessan
Dr Patricia Ogedengbe
Librarian of Africana
University Library
Northwestern University
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300
(847) 491-2936
p-ogedengbenorthwesternedu
Mathematics
Aboubacar Sidy-Sow
Harold Washington College
30 E Lake St 730
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-3411
saboubacar-sidycccedu
Public Affairs
George O Assibey-Mensah PhD
Associate Professor
Public Finance and Policy Analysis
Indiana University Northwest
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
OFFICE Lindenwood Hall 108
3400 Broadway
Gary IN 46408-1197
(219) 980-7102
gassibeyiunedu
Fassil Demissie PhD
(Urban Planning)
Associate Professor
Public Policy Studies
DePaul University
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2352 N Clifton Ave Suite 1501
Chicago IL 60614
Phone (773) 325-7356
Fax (773) 325-4062
fdemissidepauledu
Religion
M Sani Umar PhD
Associate Professor of Religion
Director ndash Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
Northwestern University
Program of African Studies
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 467-0692
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m-umarnorthwesternedu
Social Sciences
History Misbahudeen Ahmed-Rufai
Assistant Professor
History and Social Sciences
Harold Washington College
30 East Lake St
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-5747
mahmed-rufaicccedu
Dr Theodora Ayot
North Park University
History Department
3225 West Foster Ave
Chicago IL 60625-4895
(773) 244-5744
tayotnorthparkedu
Ismael M Montana
Assistant Professor of History
Northern Illinois University
Department of History
DeKalb IL 60115-2893
(815) 753 8420
montananiuedu
ismaelmontanayahooca
Saidou Mohamed NrsquoDaou PhD
Professor of History
Chicago State University
William Science Building Room 315
9501 South King Drive
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2973
sndaouaolcom
Ogenga Otunnu PhD
(African History Immigration and Refugee Studies)
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of History
2320 N Kenmore Ave
Chicago IL 60614-3250
(773) 325-1555
ootunnudepauledu
Geography
Ezekiel Kalipeni PhD
(Medical Geography Population Studies Environmental Issues Health Care Africa)
Professor of Geography and African Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Geography
220 Davenport Hall MC-150
607 South Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-7708
kalipeniillinoisedu
Sociology
Abu Bakarr Bah PhD
Associate Professor
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Northern Illinois University
Department of Sociology
DeKalb IL 60115-2854
(815) 753-6427
(815) 753-0365
abahniuedu
Anthropology
Chapurukha M Kusimba
Curator of Anthropology
The Field Museum
1400 S Lake Shore Dr
Chicago IL 60605-2496
(312) 922-9410 [main]
ckusimbafieldmuseumorg
Political Science
Clement Eme Adibe PhD
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of Political Science
990 W Fullerton Suite 2200
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 325-1981
cadibedepauledu
Joseph K Hoereth
Associate Director
Institute of Policy and Civic Engagement (MC 097)
UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago)
1253 S Halsted Street Room 310
Chicago IL 60607
Ph (312) 355-0096
Fax (312) 355-0545
jhoerethuicedu
Edward Kasule PhD
Full-Time Instructor
Northeastern Illinois University
Department of Political Science
5500 N St Louis Ave CLS 2069
Chicago IL 60625
s-kasuleneiuedu
[2] Adjunct Faculty
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4739
skasulecccedu
STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS
African Student Organization
Illinois Institute of Technology
Jong Massaqoui (president)
3300 South Federal Street
Chicago IL 60616-3793
(312) 567-3000
asoiitedu
African Student Alliance
Loyola University Chicago
President Afia Ohemeng
Department of Student Diversity and Multicultural Affairs
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1125 W Loyola Ave Mertz 200
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-3909
(773) 508-3895 [fax]
asaloyolaugmailcom
httpwwwfreewebscomlucafricanstudents
African Student Association
Northern Illinois University
Location Campus Life Building Suite 180
Phone (815) 753-0483
FAX (815) 753-0481
E-Mail studentassociationniuedu
wwwsaniuedu
Program of African Studies (PAS)
Northwestern University
Co-president Ama M Appenteng
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 491-7323
asanorthwesterngmailcom
wwwgroupsnorthwesterneduasa
International Student Services and Activities
Notre Dame University
100 Main Building
Notre Dame Indiana 46556 USA
Phone (574) 631-1138
Immigration Questions (574) 631-5243
Fax (574) 631-3162
E-mail issandedu
E-mail ndintlndedu
wwwissandedu
African Student Council
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
President Alpha Marwa
International student council
(618) 453-5264
wwwafscrsosiucedu
African and Caribbean Student Association
University of Chicago
Judith Kituku ndash President
kitukuuchicagoedu
Jennifer Kennedy ndash Advisor
jkennedyuchicagoedu
(773) 834-8252
African Student Council (ASC)
University of Illinois at Chicago
750 SHalsted Street (Student Center East Building Room 473)
Chicago IL 60607
President Adedrian Adeleke
asxuicgmailcom
COMMUNITY MEDIA
African Advocate
United African Organization
3424 S State St Suite 3C8-2
Chicago IL 60616
(312) 949-9980
(312) 949-9981
infouniteafricansorg
wwwuniteafricansorg
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AFRIQUE News Magazine
AFRIQUE Publishing Inc
6600 N Lincoln Ave Suite 240
Lincolnwood IL 60712
(773) 463 7200
OR
3525 W Peterson Ave Ste 200
Chicago Illinois 60659-3315 USA
(773) 250-7200
afriquepublishinggmailcom
httpwwwafriquenewsmagazinecom
African Spectrum
Spectrum Inc
481 W Boughton Rd 400
Bolingbrook IL 60440
(630) 771-9069
(630) 771-9074
(630) 771-1163
africanspectrumaolcom
Crsquoest la vie
Unity in Diversity
Azaka M Ajanaku
Producer Director
Francophone Television at Chicago Access Network TV 21 Every Sunday at 10pm
(312) 972-9252
Chicago Defender
4445 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Drive
Chicago IL 60653
(312) 225-2400
Fax (312) 225-9231
httpwwwchicagodefendercom
The Chicago Inquirer
Postal address The Chicago Inquirer
POBOX 17056 Chicago IL 60617
Tel 773-382-1638
Fax 773-221-4872
httpwwwchicagoinquirercom
Maudlyne Ihejirika (Reporter)
Chicago Sun-Times
350 N Orleans St
Chicago IL 60654
(312) 321-2825
mihejirikasuntimescom
Mashariki LEO
1449 E 72nd
Street
Chicago IL 60619
Postal Address PO BOX 19350
Chicago IL 60619
httpwwwmasharikileocom
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FUNERAL HOMES
Nelson Funeral Homes
5149 N Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 561-5147
820 W Talcott Rd Park Ridge IL 60068
(847) 823-5122
wwwnelsonfuneralscom
Leak and Sons Funeral Chapels
7838 S Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 846-6567
18400 S Pulaski Rd
Country Club hills IL 60478
(708) 206-0860
Golden Gate Funeral Home
2036 West 79th
Street
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 846-7900
wwwgolengate-funeralhomecom
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Congolese Kenyans etc)] Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6 Swanson Lorraine 2008 ldquoBrrrr Itrsquos Cold Refugees Prepare for their First Chicago Winterrdquo Chicago Journal October 22 II General Reference Overview Ethnography
Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
_____ (Bryce-Laporte Roy Simon) 1977 Visibility of the New Immigrants Society 1418-33 Chacko Elizabeth 2003 ldquoEthiopian Ethos and the Making of Ethnic Places in the Washington Metropolitan Areardquo Journal of Cultural Geography 20 Cunningham Jonathen and Sandra Svoboda 2006 ldquoThe New African-Americans Understanding a Wave of Immigration Battling Misperceptionsrdquo Metro Times November 1 Frazier Martin 2005 ldquoNew Dimensions ndash African immigrants in the USrdquo Peoplersquos Weekly World May 20
Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
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Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
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_____ 2007 Diaspora Dialogues Engagements Between Africa and its Diasporas at The New African Diaspora Assessing the Pains and Gains of Exile Binghamton University African ndash African-American Relations Racial ndash Ethnic Identity Black Diversity
Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
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54
DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
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Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
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3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
56
Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
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Email afriwareaolcom
Website wwwafriwarenet
Ethnic Fusion
Contact Sandra Mutisya
7524 N Paulina St
Chicago IL 60626
Tel (773) 319-7374
Fax (773) 305-1902
Email contactethnicfusionscom
URL httpwwwethnicfusionscom
Kayra Imports
African Fabric amp Clothing
1643 E 87th
Street
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 768-3003
(773) 768-3008 [fax]
Email kayraimportsmsncom
Djenne Collection
1759 W 95th
St
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 445-0525
(773) 445-0704 [fax]
Email djennecollectionyahoocom
Zambezi Designs
Contact Nii Oti Ankrah
6950 S Yale Ave
Chicago IL 60621
(773) 962-0931
(630) 739-9683 [fax]
Email infoniioticom
Website wwwniioticom
HAIR BRAIDING SALONS
North Side
AFI African Hair Braiding
5420 N Broadway
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 728-1771
(773) 983-2111
Afrikiko Hair Fashion Boutique
4635 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 878-4360
Artista Hair Braiding
4142 W Peterson Ave
Chicago IL 60646
(773) 725-5888
Bahrsquos Hair Braiding
309 W Howard St
Evanston IL 60202
(847) 869-7549
Clemrsquos African Hair Braiding
4629 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 769-1966
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28
First Impression Salon
4556 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 275-8977
(312) 953-3882
(773) 577-9957
Jackie amp Sisirsquos African Hair Braiding
4403 N Sheridan Road
Chicago IL 60640-5051
(773) 334-7423
Jeanne African Hair braiding
4554 North Broadway Avenue
Chicago Illinois 60640
(773) 769-3522
Paulina African Hair Braiding
4421 N Broadway St
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 878-3369
Queen Hair Braiding Salon
952 W Montrose Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 293-2814
httpqueenhairwixcomchicagocontact-us
Afrikiko Hair amp Fashion Boutique
4635 N Broadway
Chicago IL 60640
Phone ( 773) 878-4360
South Side
African Braids amp Weaves by Koko
1636 W 95th St
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 238-4882
African Hair Braiding
102 E 47th
Street
Chicago IL 60653
(773) 624-4405
(773) 624-4423
African Hair Braiding by Mama
7857 S Avalon Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 375-5723
Aisha African Hair Braiding
837 E 79th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 651-0076
Akwaea Hair Braiding
7922 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 7 3-76
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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29
AMA African American Hair Braiding
443 W 79th St
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 488-5479
Amyrsquos African Hair Braiding
7907 frac12 S Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 488-4511
Awa Professional Hair Braiding
237 E 115th
St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 785-1601
Braids by Fatou
1705 E 73th St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 978-1839
Braids by Safi
9046 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 238-2931
Braids amp Beauty
11132 Halsted St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 568-7960
Clarkersquos African Hair Braiding
2021 W 95th St
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 881-9655
Constance Hair Braiding
734 E 75th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 224-7073
Dakar African Hair Braiding
8159 S Stony Island Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 721-2071
Dorothy African Hair Braiding
1157 W 79th St
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 783-8922
Falou African Hair Braiding
447 E 79th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 651-8060
(773) 220-6771
httpfalouhairbraidingcom
Fatima African Hair Braiding amp Weaving
2444 W 63rd
St
Chicago IL 60629
(773) 863-9500
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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30
Fatima African Hair Braiding
1127 W 95th St
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 429-0091
Fatima amp Sokhna African hair braiding
Including clothes amp jewelry
(773) 563-7738
(773) 879-3360
Fatou African Hair Braiding
955 W 87th St
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 651-7132
Fatou Hair Braiding
7124 S Jeffery Blvd
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 363-5834
Fifirsquos African Hair Braiding
1135 E Sibley Blvd middot
Dolton IL 60419
(708) 849-2860
Harmoni African Hair Braiding
8000 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 488-1003
Hassy Braiding
9449 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 298-1970
Ida African Hair Braiding
802 E 65th St
Chicago IL 60637
(773) 288-1910
Images Hair Braiding
16017 S Kedzie Ave
Markham IL 60428
(708) 333-8350
zuluimageaolcom
Isa Professional African Hair Braiding
746 E 79th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 224-9930
Jose African Hair Braiding
11750 S Michigan Ave
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-0647
Braids by Grace
5655 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
Contact Celestine Alomebla
(773) 889-5838
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3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
31
Katucha African Hair Braiding
2445 E 79th St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 375-1700
Kena African Hair Braiding
4700 S Indiana Ave
Chicago IL 60615
(773) 373-3416
(773) 373-3435
Laurarsquos Hair Salon amp Braiding
9858 S Vincennes Ave
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 881-0066
Linda African Hair Braiding
7902 S Langley Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 488-7811
Louise African Hair Braiding
9512 S Lowe Ave
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 881-7414
Lucyrsquos African Hair Braiding
11121 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-0797
LYS African Braiding
2356 W 63rd
St
Chicago IL 60636
(773) 925-6386
Maggiersquos African Braiding
2421 W 63rd
Street
Chicago IL 60629
(773) 863-9010
Mama Hair Braiding
2410 W 71st St
Chicago IL 60629
(773) 436-3518
(773) 436-3589
Marie Hair Braiding
725 E 79
th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 651-1300
Les Petits Marseillais Hair Braiding
2602 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 731-5955
Monarsquos African Hair Braiding
5525 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60636
(773) 476-1125
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
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Nado African Hair Braiding
6433 S Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago IL 60637
(773) 947-8202
Nene African Hair Braiding African Shipping
755 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 723-7137
(773) 440-8100
Netty Hair Braiding
8442 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 263-2809
Nassi Hair Braiding
109 E 111th
St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 928-5841
Original African Hair Braiding
2008 S Pulaski Rd
Chicago IL 60623
(773) 522-5161
Pretty Lady African Hair Braiding amp Weaving
9304 S Halsted
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 779-4905
Strandz African Hair Braiding
9141 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 238-1236
Sarafina African Hair Braiding
11257 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 568-4181
Sisterrsquos African hair Braiding
104 E 51st St
Chicago IL 60615
(773) 268-3070
Tata African Hair Braiding
12255 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 821-1150
Benkady African Hair Braiding
1756 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
Phone ( 312) 731-1138
Francis African Hair Braiding
2544 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
Phone (773)-731-8524
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
33
Nassi African Hair Braiding
2730 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
Phone (773) 374-1753
Sandrarsquos African Hair Braiding
507 E 79th
St
ChicagoIL 60619
Phone (773) 783-5670
A-African Hair Braiding
1378 W 79th
St
Chicago Il 60620
Phone (773) 488-5507
Lagos African Braiding amp Weaving
14209 Chicago Rd Ste S
Dolton IL 60429
Phone (708) 849-3335
Amy African Hair Braiding
15023 Woodlawn Ave
Dolton IL 60419
(708) 201-0660
West Side
Tawa African Hair Braiding
2047 W 79th St
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 488-2319
mbatchouattnet
Aicha Hair Braiding
5103 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 836-8687
African Hair Braiding
3922 W Chicago Ave
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 342-7350
Angelrsquos African Hair Braiding
5937 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 622-4179
Anti Hair Braiding
5013 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
Contact Angie Seck
(773) 622-9000
Black Imagersquos African Hair Braiding
5602 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 378-8685
Bintou K professional Hair Braiding
4048 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 227-9940
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
34
Brsquos African Hair Braiding
5620 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 626-9007
Blandine African Hair Braiding
4203 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 252-9792
Dee African Hair Braiding
4129 W Madison St
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 722-0921
Diallo African Hair Braiding
4203 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 489-1629
Diallo African Hair Braiding
4737 West North Avenue
Chicago IL 60639
Phone (773) 645-0072
Fatima Africa Hair Braiding
5426 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 237-7200
Fatima Hair Braiding
2603 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60647
(773) 862-9739
G G African Hair Braiding
1143 S Pulaski Rd
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 722-2551
Latou Hair Braiding
3721 W Chicago Ave
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 265-6799
Maggyrsquos Hair Braiding
5524 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) -
Rama Hair Braiding
5030 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 237-0177
Sarafina Hair Braiding
34 N Pulaski Rd
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 265-1166
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
35
Sebbeb African Hair Braiding
1017 S Western Ave
Chicago IL 60612
Tel (312) 226-6460
Sister African Hair Braiding
3950 W Grand Ave
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 384 2272
(773) 678 1811
Bijou Hair Braiding
2114 E 71st St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 324-4405
Friendly African Hair Braiding
1738 E 87th St
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 375-9800
Ivoire African Hair Braiding
8482 S Commercial Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 933-0377
Laure African Hair Braiding
2050 12 E 71st St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 241-5169
Maryrsquos African Hair Braiding
2146 E 75th St Chicago IL 60649
(773) 363-3220
Rama Signature Braiding
8027 S Stony Island Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 768-7909
Chattorsquos Salon
65 E Oak St
Chicago IL 60611
(312) 640-0003
Emailchattogmailcom
URL wwwchattocom
Star Hair Braiding
6317 S King Drive
Chicago IL 60637
(773) 288-8188
SHIPPING COMPANIES
Odessey International
Worldwide Transport Specialist
P O Box 490420
Chicago IL 60617
Office (877) 633-7735
Fax (773) 375-2764
wwwodesseyinternationalnet
Email desseyinternationalcom
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
Director HIVAIDS Research amp Policy Institute (HARPI)
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2046
aadefuyecsuedu
Akinmoladun Tunde PhD
Associate Professor Health sciences
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-3287
takincsuedu
Shaffdeen A Amuwo PhD MPH
Associate Dean
Clinical Associate Professor
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
43
Office of Urban Health and Diversity Program
University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health (MC 923)
1603 West Taylor Suite 1185
Chicago IL 60612-4394
(312) 996-1410
amuwouicedu
William Ebomoyi PhD
Professor Health Studies
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2527
eebomoyicsuedu
Veterinary Medicine
Ibulaimu Kakoma PhD
Associate Professor Pathobiology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Veterinary Medicine
3505 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Bd
2001 South Lincoln Ave
Urbana IL 61802
(217) 333-2449
[f] (217)244-7421
kakomaiuiucedu
Fine Arts
Samuel Akainyah
Instructor Humanities Fine Arts amp Theater
Kennedy King College
6301 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60621
(773) 602-5185
sakainyahcccedu
Education
Anghesom Atsbaha EdD
(Adult Education)
Assistant Professor Social Sciences
Director Truman-DePaul Adult Bridge Program
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4067
aatsbahacccedu
Bekisizwe Ndimande PhD
(Politics of curriculum Policies and practices in post-apartheid desegregated schools)
Assistant Professor Curriculum amp Instruction
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Education
315 Education Building
1310 S 6th St MC 708
Champaign IL 61820
(217) 244-5556
ndimandeillinoisedu
Dr Emma Theuri
County Extension Director
University of Illinois Extension
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
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44
Will County Unit
100 Manhattan Rd
Joliet IL 60433
(815) 727-9296
emmatillinoisedu
wwwextensionuiuceduwill
Foreign Languages Linguistics
Dr Eyamba G Bokamba
Professor of Linguistics
Director Program in African Languages (PAL)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Linguistics
3154 Foreign Language Building
707 S Mathews Avenue MC-168
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-3051
bokambaillinoisedu
Dr Khadija Bounou
Loyola University Chicago
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (French)
Dame Hall Room 305
6525 N Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-2861
kbounoulucedu
Dr Evans Mwangi
Assistant Professor of English
Northwestern University
1897 Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60208
English Department
Office UH 326
(847) 491-3529 [Office]
Fax 847-467-1545
evan-mwanginorthwesternedu
Humanities
Literature Oral Traditions Poetry
Waiumll Hassan PhD
(Modern Arabic Anglophone and Francophone literatures)
Associate Professor Comparative and World Literature
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3072 Foreign Languages Building
MC-160
707 S Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 333-4987
whassanillinoisedu
Abdul-Rasheed NarsquoAllah PhD
Professor and Department Chair
Director Indigenous Africa and Diaspora Discourse Project (IADDP)
Western Illinois University
Department of African American Studies
Morgan Hall 232
1 University Circle
Macomb IL 61455-1390
(309) 298-1181
A-NaAllahwiuedu
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Michel Nguessan PhD
Associate Professor
Library amp Information Science
Associate Editor-In-Chief of International Journal of Library Science
Governors State University
University Library
Office D2407
University Park IL 60466-0975
(708) 235-2143
mnguessangovstedu
wwwgovstedulibrarynguessan
Dr Patricia Ogedengbe
Librarian of Africana
University Library
Northwestern University
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300
(847) 491-2936
p-ogedengbenorthwesternedu
Mathematics
Aboubacar Sidy-Sow
Harold Washington College
30 E Lake St 730
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-3411
saboubacar-sidycccedu
Public Affairs
George O Assibey-Mensah PhD
Associate Professor
Public Finance and Policy Analysis
Indiana University Northwest
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
OFFICE Lindenwood Hall 108
3400 Broadway
Gary IN 46408-1197
(219) 980-7102
gassibeyiunedu
Fassil Demissie PhD
(Urban Planning)
Associate Professor
Public Policy Studies
DePaul University
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2352 N Clifton Ave Suite 1501
Chicago IL 60614
Phone (773) 325-7356
Fax (773) 325-4062
fdemissidepauledu
Religion
M Sani Umar PhD
Associate Professor of Religion
Director ndash Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
Northwestern University
Program of African Studies
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 467-0692
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m-umarnorthwesternedu
Social Sciences
History Misbahudeen Ahmed-Rufai
Assistant Professor
History and Social Sciences
Harold Washington College
30 East Lake St
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-5747
mahmed-rufaicccedu
Dr Theodora Ayot
North Park University
History Department
3225 West Foster Ave
Chicago IL 60625-4895
(773) 244-5744
tayotnorthparkedu
Ismael M Montana
Assistant Professor of History
Northern Illinois University
Department of History
DeKalb IL 60115-2893
(815) 753 8420
montananiuedu
ismaelmontanayahooca
Saidou Mohamed NrsquoDaou PhD
Professor of History
Chicago State University
William Science Building Room 315
9501 South King Drive
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2973
sndaouaolcom
Ogenga Otunnu PhD
(African History Immigration and Refugee Studies)
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of History
2320 N Kenmore Ave
Chicago IL 60614-3250
(773) 325-1555
ootunnudepauledu
Geography
Ezekiel Kalipeni PhD
(Medical Geography Population Studies Environmental Issues Health Care Africa)
Professor of Geography and African Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Geography
220 Davenport Hall MC-150
607 South Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-7708
kalipeniillinoisedu
Sociology
Abu Bakarr Bah PhD
Associate Professor
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Department of Sociology
DeKalb IL 60115-2854
(815) 753-6427
(815) 753-0365
abahniuedu
Anthropology
Chapurukha M Kusimba
Curator of Anthropology
The Field Museum
1400 S Lake Shore Dr
Chicago IL 60605-2496
(312) 922-9410 [main]
ckusimbafieldmuseumorg
Political Science
Clement Eme Adibe PhD
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of Political Science
990 W Fullerton Suite 2200
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 325-1981
cadibedepauledu
Joseph K Hoereth
Associate Director
Institute of Policy and Civic Engagement (MC 097)
UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago)
1253 S Halsted Street Room 310
Chicago IL 60607
Ph (312) 355-0096
Fax (312) 355-0545
jhoerethuicedu
Edward Kasule PhD
Full-Time Instructor
Northeastern Illinois University
Department of Political Science
5500 N St Louis Ave CLS 2069
Chicago IL 60625
s-kasuleneiuedu
[2] Adjunct Faculty
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4739
skasulecccedu
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African Student Organization
Illinois Institute of Technology
Jong Massaqoui (president)
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(312) 567-3000
asoiitedu
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Loyola University Chicago
President Afia Ohemeng
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Location Campus Life Building Suite 180
Phone (815) 753-0483
FAX (815) 753-0481
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wwwsaniuedu
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Evanston IL 60208
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wwwgroupsnorthwesterneduasa
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Immigration Questions (574) 631-5243
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President Alpha Marwa
International student council
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Judith Kituku ndash President
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(773) 834-8252
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University of Illinois at Chicago
750 SHalsted Street (Student Center East Building Room 473)
Chicago IL 60607
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(312) 949-9981
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wwwuniteafricansorg
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Crsquoest la vie
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Francophone Television at Chicago Access Network TV 21 Every Sunday at 10pm
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Chicago IL 60619
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I Illinois-specific Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant Women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois Capehart Adrian S 2004 The Migration of Africans to the United States since 1960 Contexts Responses and Communities PhD Thesis Department of History University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago Illinois Encyclopedia of Chicago 2004 The Newberry Library wwwencyclopediachicagohistoryorg [Profiles of the African immigrant and refugee community are divided by nationality (eg Beninese Angolans
Congolese Kenyans etc)] Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6 Swanson Lorraine 2008 ldquoBrrrr Itrsquos Cold Refugees Prepare for their First Chicago Winterrdquo Chicago Journal October 22 II General Reference Overview Ethnography
Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
_____ (Bryce-Laporte Roy Simon) 1977 Visibility of the New Immigrants Society 1418-33 Chacko Elizabeth 2003 ldquoEthiopian Ethos and the Making of Ethnic Places in the Washington Metropolitan Areardquo Journal of Cultural Geography 20 Cunningham Jonathen and Sandra Svoboda 2006 ldquoThe New African-Americans Understanding a Wave of Immigration Battling Misperceptionsrdquo Metro Times November 1 Frazier Martin 2005 ldquoNew Dimensions ndash African immigrants in the USrdquo Peoplersquos Weekly World May 20
Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
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52
Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
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53
_____ 2007 Diaspora Dialogues Engagements Between Africa and its Diasporas at The New African Diaspora Assessing the Pains and Gains of Exile Binghamton University African ndash African-American Relations Racial ndash Ethnic Identity Black Diversity
Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
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54
DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
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55
Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
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infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
56
Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
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Chicago IL 60640-5051
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Chicago Illinois 60640
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Chicago IL 60640
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Chicago IL 60640
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Chicago IL 60640
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South Side
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Chicago IL 60643
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102 E 47th
Street
Chicago IL 60653
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Chicago IL 60619
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Chicago IL 60619
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Chicago IL 60619
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237 E 115th
St
Chicago IL 60628
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Chicago IL 60620
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Chicago IL 60643
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1157 W 79th St
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 783-8922
Falou African Hair Braiding
447 E 79th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 651-8060
(773) 220-6771
httpfalouhairbraidingcom
Fatima African Hair Braiding amp Weaving
2444 W 63rd
St
Chicago IL 60629
(773) 863-9500
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Fatima African Hair Braiding
1127 W 95th St
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 429-0091
Fatima amp Sokhna African hair braiding
Including clothes amp jewelry
(773) 563-7738
(773) 879-3360
Fatou African Hair Braiding
955 W 87th St
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 651-7132
Fatou Hair Braiding
7124 S Jeffery Blvd
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 363-5834
Fifirsquos African Hair Braiding
1135 E Sibley Blvd middot
Dolton IL 60419
(708) 849-2860
Harmoni African Hair Braiding
8000 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 488-1003
Hassy Braiding
9449 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 298-1970
Ida African Hair Braiding
802 E 65th St
Chicago IL 60637
(773) 288-1910
Images Hair Braiding
16017 S Kedzie Ave
Markham IL 60428
(708) 333-8350
zuluimageaolcom
Isa Professional African Hair Braiding
746 E 79th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 224-9930
Jose African Hair Braiding
11750 S Michigan Ave
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-0647
Braids by Grace
5655 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
Contact Celestine Alomebla
(773) 889-5838
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Katucha African Hair Braiding
2445 E 79th St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 375-1700
Kena African Hair Braiding
4700 S Indiana Ave
Chicago IL 60615
(773) 373-3416
(773) 373-3435
Laurarsquos Hair Salon amp Braiding
9858 S Vincennes Ave
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 881-0066
Linda African Hair Braiding
7902 S Langley Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 488-7811
Louise African Hair Braiding
9512 S Lowe Ave
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 881-7414
Lucyrsquos African Hair Braiding
11121 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-0797
LYS African Braiding
2356 W 63rd
St
Chicago IL 60636
(773) 925-6386
Maggiersquos African Braiding
2421 W 63rd
Street
Chicago IL 60629
(773) 863-9010
Mama Hair Braiding
2410 W 71st St
Chicago IL 60629
(773) 436-3518
(773) 436-3589
Marie Hair Braiding
725 E 79
th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 651-1300
Les Petits Marseillais Hair Braiding
2602 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 731-5955
Monarsquos African Hair Braiding
5525 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60636
(773) 476-1125
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Nado African Hair Braiding
6433 S Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago IL 60637
(773) 947-8202
Nene African Hair Braiding African Shipping
755 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 723-7137
(773) 440-8100
Netty Hair Braiding
8442 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 263-2809
Nassi Hair Braiding
109 E 111th
St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 928-5841
Original African Hair Braiding
2008 S Pulaski Rd
Chicago IL 60623
(773) 522-5161
Pretty Lady African Hair Braiding amp Weaving
9304 S Halsted
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 779-4905
Strandz African Hair Braiding
9141 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 238-1236
Sarafina African Hair Braiding
11257 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 568-4181
Sisterrsquos African hair Braiding
104 E 51st St
Chicago IL 60615
(773) 268-3070
Tata African Hair Braiding
12255 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 821-1150
Benkady African Hair Braiding
1756 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
Phone ( 312) 731-1138
Francis African Hair Braiding
2544 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
Phone (773)-731-8524
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Nassi African Hair Braiding
2730 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
Phone (773) 374-1753
Sandrarsquos African Hair Braiding
507 E 79th
St
ChicagoIL 60619
Phone (773) 783-5670
A-African Hair Braiding
1378 W 79th
St
Chicago Il 60620
Phone (773) 488-5507
Lagos African Braiding amp Weaving
14209 Chicago Rd Ste S
Dolton IL 60429
Phone (708) 849-3335
Amy African Hair Braiding
15023 Woodlawn Ave
Dolton IL 60419
(708) 201-0660
West Side
Tawa African Hair Braiding
2047 W 79th St
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 488-2319
mbatchouattnet
Aicha Hair Braiding
5103 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 836-8687
African Hair Braiding
3922 W Chicago Ave
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 342-7350
Angelrsquos African Hair Braiding
5937 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 622-4179
Anti Hair Braiding
5013 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
Contact Angie Seck
(773) 622-9000
Black Imagersquos African Hair Braiding
5602 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 378-8685
Bintou K professional Hair Braiding
4048 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 227-9940
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Brsquos African Hair Braiding
5620 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 626-9007
Blandine African Hair Braiding
4203 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 252-9792
Dee African Hair Braiding
4129 W Madison St
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 722-0921
Diallo African Hair Braiding
4203 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 489-1629
Diallo African Hair Braiding
4737 West North Avenue
Chicago IL 60639
Phone (773) 645-0072
Fatima Africa Hair Braiding
5426 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 237-7200
Fatima Hair Braiding
2603 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60647
(773) 862-9739
G G African Hair Braiding
1143 S Pulaski Rd
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 722-2551
Latou Hair Braiding
3721 W Chicago Ave
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 265-6799
Maggyrsquos Hair Braiding
5524 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) -
Rama Hair Braiding
5030 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 237-0177
Sarafina Hair Braiding
34 N Pulaski Rd
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 265-1166
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Sebbeb African Hair Braiding
1017 S Western Ave
Chicago IL 60612
Tel (312) 226-6460
Sister African Hair Braiding
3950 W Grand Ave
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 384 2272
(773) 678 1811
Bijou Hair Braiding
2114 E 71st St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 324-4405
Friendly African Hair Braiding
1738 E 87th St
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 375-9800
Ivoire African Hair Braiding
8482 S Commercial Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 933-0377
Laure African Hair Braiding
2050 12 E 71st St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 241-5169
Maryrsquos African Hair Braiding
2146 E 75th St Chicago IL 60649
(773) 363-3220
Rama Signature Braiding
8027 S Stony Island Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 768-7909
Chattorsquos Salon
65 E Oak St
Chicago IL 60611
(312) 640-0003
Emailchattogmailcom
URL wwwchattocom
Star Hair Braiding
6317 S King Drive
Chicago IL 60637
(773) 288-8188
SHIPPING COMPANIES
Odessey International
Worldwide Transport Specialist
P O Box 490420
Chicago IL 60617
Office (877) 633-7735
Fax (773) 375-2764
wwwodesseyinternationalnet
Email desseyinternationalcom
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Director HIVAIDS Research amp Policy Institute (HARPI)
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2046
aadefuyecsuedu
Akinmoladun Tunde PhD
Associate Professor Health sciences
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-3287
takincsuedu
Shaffdeen A Amuwo PhD MPH
Associate Dean
Clinical Associate Professor
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43
Office of Urban Health and Diversity Program
University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health (MC 923)
1603 West Taylor Suite 1185
Chicago IL 60612-4394
(312) 996-1410
amuwouicedu
William Ebomoyi PhD
Professor Health Studies
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2527
eebomoyicsuedu
Veterinary Medicine
Ibulaimu Kakoma PhD
Associate Professor Pathobiology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Veterinary Medicine
3505 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Bd
2001 South Lincoln Ave
Urbana IL 61802
(217) 333-2449
[f] (217)244-7421
kakomaiuiucedu
Fine Arts
Samuel Akainyah
Instructor Humanities Fine Arts amp Theater
Kennedy King College
6301 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60621
(773) 602-5185
sakainyahcccedu
Education
Anghesom Atsbaha EdD
(Adult Education)
Assistant Professor Social Sciences
Director Truman-DePaul Adult Bridge Program
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4067
aatsbahacccedu
Bekisizwe Ndimande PhD
(Politics of curriculum Policies and practices in post-apartheid desegregated schools)
Assistant Professor Curriculum amp Instruction
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Education
315 Education Building
1310 S 6th St MC 708
Champaign IL 61820
(217) 244-5556
ndimandeillinoisedu
Dr Emma Theuri
County Extension Director
University of Illinois Extension
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44
Will County Unit
100 Manhattan Rd
Joliet IL 60433
(815) 727-9296
emmatillinoisedu
wwwextensionuiuceduwill
Foreign Languages Linguistics
Dr Eyamba G Bokamba
Professor of Linguistics
Director Program in African Languages (PAL)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Linguistics
3154 Foreign Language Building
707 S Mathews Avenue MC-168
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-3051
bokambaillinoisedu
Dr Khadija Bounou
Loyola University Chicago
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (French)
Dame Hall Room 305
6525 N Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-2861
kbounoulucedu
Dr Evans Mwangi
Assistant Professor of English
Northwestern University
1897 Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60208
English Department
Office UH 326
(847) 491-3529 [Office]
Fax 847-467-1545
evan-mwanginorthwesternedu
Humanities
Literature Oral Traditions Poetry
Waiumll Hassan PhD
(Modern Arabic Anglophone and Francophone literatures)
Associate Professor Comparative and World Literature
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3072 Foreign Languages Building
MC-160
707 S Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 333-4987
whassanillinoisedu
Abdul-Rasheed NarsquoAllah PhD
Professor and Department Chair
Director Indigenous Africa and Diaspora Discourse Project (IADDP)
Western Illinois University
Department of African American Studies
Morgan Hall 232
1 University Circle
Macomb IL 61455-1390
(309) 298-1181
A-NaAllahwiuedu
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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45
Michel Nguessan PhD
Associate Professor
Library amp Information Science
Associate Editor-In-Chief of International Journal of Library Science
Governors State University
University Library
Office D2407
University Park IL 60466-0975
(708) 235-2143
mnguessangovstedu
wwwgovstedulibrarynguessan
Dr Patricia Ogedengbe
Librarian of Africana
University Library
Northwestern University
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300
(847) 491-2936
p-ogedengbenorthwesternedu
Mathematics
Aboubacar Sidy-Sow
Harold Washington College
30 E Lake St 730
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-3411
saboubacar-sidycccedu
Public Affairs
George O Assibey-Mensah PhD
Associate Professor
Public Finance and Policy Analysis
Indiana University Northwest
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
OFFICE Lindenwood Hall 108
3400 Broadway
Gary IN 46408-1197
(219) 980-7102
gassibeyiunedu
Fassil Demissie PhD
(Urban Planning)
Associate Professor
Public Policy Studies
DePaul University
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2352 N Clifton Ave Suite 1501
Chicago IL 60614
Phone (773) 325-7356
Fax (773) 325-4062
fdemissidepauledu
Religion
M Sani Umar PhD
Associate Professor of Religion
Director ndash Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
Northwestern University
Program of African Studies
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 467-0692
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m-umarnorthwesternedu
Social Sciences
History Misbahudeen Ahmed-Rufai
Assistant Professor
History and Social Sciences
Harold Washington College
30 East Lake St
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-5747
mahmed-rufaicccedu
Dr Theodora Ayot
North Park University
History Department
3225 West Foster Ave
Chicago IL 60625-4895
(773) 244-5744
tayotnorthparkedu
Ismael M Montana
Assistant Professor of History
Northern Illinois University
Department of History
DeKalb IL 60115-2893
(815) 753 8420
montananiuedu
ismaelmontanayahooca
Saidou Mohamed NrsquoDaou PhD
Professor of History
Chicago State University
William Science Building Room 315
9501 South King Drive
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2973
sndaouaolcom
Ogenga Otunnu PhD
(African History Immigration and Refugee Studies)
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of History
2320 N Kenmore Ave
Chicago IL 60614-3250
(773) 325-1555
ootunnudepauledu
Geography
Ezekiel Kalipeni PhD
(Medical Geography Population Studies Environmental Issues Health Care Africa)
Professor of Geography and African Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Geography
220 Davenport Hall MC-150
607 South Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-7708
kalipeniillinoisedu
Sociology
Abu Bakarr Bah PhD
Associate Professor
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Northern Illinois University
Department of Sociology
DeKalb IL 60115-2854
(815) 753-6427
(815) 753-0365
abahniuedu
Anthropology
Chapurukha M Kusimba
Curator of Anthropology
The Field Museum
1400 S Lake Shore Dr
Chicago IL 60605-2496
(312) 922-9410 [main]
ckusimbafieldmuseumorg
Political Science
Clement Eme Adibe PhD
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of Political Science
990 W Fullerton Suite 2200
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 325-1981
cadibedepauledu
Joseph K Hoereth
Associate Director
Institute of Policy and Civic Engagement (MC 097)
UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago)
1253 S Halsted Street Room 310
Chicago IL 60607
Ph (312) 355-0096
Fax (312) 355-0545
jhoerethuicedu
Edward Kasule PhD
Full-Time Instructor
Northeastern Illinois University
Department of Political Science
5500 N St Louis Ave CLS 2069
Chicago IL 60625
s-kasuleneiuedu
[2] Adjunct Faculty
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4739
skasulecccedu
STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS
African Student Organization
Illinois Institute of Technology
Jong Massaqoui (president)
3300 South Federal Street
Chicago IL 60616-3793
(312) 567-3000
asoiitedu
African Student Alliance
Loyola University Chicago
President Afia Ohemeng
Department of Student Diversity and Multicultural Affairs
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1125 W Loyola Ave Mertz 200
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-3909
(773) 508-3895 [fax]
asaloyolaugmailcom
httpwwwfreewebscomlucafricanstudents
African Student Association
Northern Illinois University
Location Campus Life Building Suite 180
Phone (815) 753-0483
FAX (815) 753-0481
E-Mail studentassociationniuedu
wwwsaniuedu
Program of African Studies (PAS)
Northwestern University
Co-president Ama M Appenteng
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 491-7323
asanorthwesterngmailcom
wwwgroupsnorthwesterneduasa
International Student Services and Activities
Notre Dame University
100 Main Building
Notre Dame Indiana 46556 USA
Phone (574) 631-1138
Immigration Questions (574) 631-5243
Fax (574) 631-3162
E-mail issandedu
E-mail ndintlndedu
wwwissandedu
African Student Council
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
President Alpha Marwa
International student council
(618) 453-5264
wwwafscrsosiucedu
African and Caribbean Student Association
University of Chicago
Judith Kituku ndash President
kitukuuchicagoedu
Jennifer Kennedy ndash Advisor
jkennedyuchicagoedu
(773) 834-8252
African Student Council (ASC)
University of Illinois at Chicago
750 SHalsted Street (Student Center East Building Room 473)
Chicago IL 60607
President Adedrian Adeleke
asxuicgmailcom
COMMUNITY MEDIA
African Advocate
United African Organization
3424 S State St Suite 3C8-2
Chicago IL 60616
(312) 949-9980
(312) 949-9981
infouniteafricansorg
wwwuniteafricansorg
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AFRIQUE News Magazine
AFRIQUE Publishing Inc
6600 N Lincoln Ave Suite 240
Lincolnwood IL 60712
(773) 463 7200
OR
3525 W Peterson Ave Ste 200
Chicago Illinois 60659-3315 USA
(773) 250-7200
afriquepublishinggmailcom
httpwwwafriquenewsmagazinecom
African Spectrum
Spectrum Inc
481 W Boughton Rd 400
Bolingbrook IL 60440
(630) 771-9069
(630) 771-9074
(630) 771-1163
africanspectrumaolcom
Crsquoest la vie
Unity in Diversity
Azaka M Ajanaku
Producer Director
Francophone Television at Chicago Access Network TV 21 Every Sunday at 10pm
(312) 972-9252
Chicago Defender
4445 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Drive
Chicago IL 60653
(312) 225-2400
Fax (312) 225-9231
httpwwwchicagodefendercom
The Chicago Inquirer
Postal address The Chicago Inquirer
POBOX 17056 Chicago IL 60617
Tel 773-382-1638
Fax 773-221-4872
httpwwwchicagoinquirercom
Maudlyne Ihejirika (Reporter)
Chicago Sun-Times
350 N Orleans St
Chicago IL 60654
(312) 321-2825
mihejirikasuntimescom
Mashariki LEO
1449 E 72nd
Street
Chicago IL 60619
Postal Address PO BOX 19350
Chicago IL 60619
httpwwwmasharikileocom
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FUNERAL HOMES
Nelson Funeral Homes
5149 N Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 561-5147
820 W Talcott Rd Park Ridge IL 60068
(847) 823-5122
wwwnelsonfuneralscom
Leak and Sons Funeral Chapels
7838 S Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 846-6567
18400 S Pulaski Rd
Country Club hills IL 60478
(708) 206-0860
Golden Gate Funeral Home
2036 West 79th
Street
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 846-7900
wwwgolengate-funeralhomecom
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I Illinois-specific Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant Women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois Capehart Adrian S 2004 The Migration of Africans to the United States since 1960 Contexts Responses and Communities PhD Thesis Department of History University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago Illinois Encyclopedia of Chicago 2004 The Newberry Library wwwencyclopediachicagohistoryorg [Profiles of the African immigrant and refugee community are divided by nationality (eg Beninese Angolans
Congolese Kenyans etc)] Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6 Swanson Lorraine 2008 ldquoBrrrr Itrsquos Cold Refugees Prepare for their First Chicago Winterrdquo Chicago Journal October 22 II General Reference Overview Ethnography
Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
_____ (Bryce-Laporte Roy Simon) 1977 Visibility of the New Immigrants Society 1418-33 Chacko Elizabeth 2003 ldquoEthiopian Ethos and the Making of Ethnic Places in the Washington Metropolitan Areardquo Journal of Cultural Geography 20 Cunningham Jonathen and Sandra Svoboda 2006 ldquoThe New African-Americans Understanding a Wave of Immigration Battling Misperceptionsrdquo Metro Times November 1 Frazier Martin 2005 ldquoNew Dimensions ndash African immigrants in the USrdquo Peoplersquos Weekly World May 20
Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
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Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
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_____ 2007 Diaspora Dialogues Engagements Between Africa and its Diasporas at The New African Diaspora Assessing the Pains and Gains of Exile Binghamton University African ndash African-American Relations Racial ndash Ethnic Identity Black Diversity
Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
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DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
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Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
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56
Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
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AMA African American Hair Braiding
443 W 79th St
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 488-5479
Amyrsquos African Hair Braiding
7907 frac12 S Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 488-4511
Awa Professional Hair Braiding
237 E 115th
St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 785-1601
Braids by Fatou
1705 E 73th St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 978-1839
Braids by Safi
9046 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 238-2931
Braids amp Beauty
11132 Halsted St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 568-7960
Clarkersquos African Hair Braiding
2021 W 95th St
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 881-9655
Constance Hair Braiding
734 E 75th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 224-7073
Dakar African Hair Braiding
8159 S Stony Island Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 721-2071
Dorothy African Hair Braiding
1157 W 79th St
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 783-8922
Falou African Hair Braiding
447 E 79th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 651-8060
(773) 220-6771
httpfalouhairbraidingcom
Fatima African Hair Braiding amp Weaving
2444 W 63rd
St
Chicago IL 60629
(773) 863-9500
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Fatima African Hair Braiding
1127 W 95th St
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 429-0091
Fatima amp Sokhna African hair braiding
Including clothes amp jewelry
(773) 563-7738
(773) 879-3360
Fatou African Hair Braiding
955 W 87th St
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 651-7132
Fatou Hair Braiding
7124 S Jeffery Blvd
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 363-5834
Fifirsquos African Hair Braiding
1135 E Sibley Blvd middot
Dolton IL 60419
(708) 849-2860
Harmoni African Hair Braiding
8000 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 488-1003
Hassy Braiding
9449 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 298-1970
Ida African Hair Braiding
802 E 65th St
Chicago IL 60637
(773) 288-1910
Images Hair Braiding
16017 S Kedzie Ave
Markham IL 60428
(708) 333-8350
zuluimageaolcom
Isa Professional African Hair Braiding
746 E 79th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 224-9930
Jose African Hair Braiding
11750 S Michigan Ave
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-0647
Braids by Grace
5655 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
Contact Celestine Alomebla
(773) 889-5838
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Katucha African Hair Braiding
2445 E 79th St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 375-1700
Kena African Hair Braiding
4700 S Indiana Ave
Chicago IL 60615
(773) 373-3416
(773) 373-3435
Laurarsquos Hair Salon amp Braiding
9858 S Vincennes Ave
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 881-0066
Linda African Hair Braiding
7902 S Langley Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 488-7811
Louise African Hair Braiding
9512 S Lowe Ave
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 881-7414
Lucyrsquos African Hair Braiding
11121 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-0797
LYS African Braiding
2356 W 63rd
St
Chicago IL 60636
(773) 925-6386
Maggiersquos African Braiding
2421 W 63rd
Street
Chicago IL 60629
(773) 863-9010
Mama Hair Braiding
2410 W 71st St
Chicago IL 60629
(773) 436-3518
(773) 436-3589
Marie Hair Braiding
725 E 79
th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 651-1300
Les Petits Marseillais Hair Braiding
2602 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 731-5955
Monarsquos African Hair Braiding
5525 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60636
(773) 476-1125
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32
Nado African Hair Braiding
6433 S Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago IL 60637
(773) 947-8202
Nene African Hair Braiding African Shipping
755 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 723-7137
(773) 440-8100
Netty Hair Braiding
8442 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 263-2809
Nassi Hair Braiding
109 E 111th
St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 928-5841
Original African Hair Braiding
2008 S Pulaski Rd
Chicago IL 60623
(773) 522-5161
Pretty Lady African Hair Braiding amp Weaving
9304 S Halsted
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 779-4905
Strandz African Hair Braiding
9141 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 238-1236
Sarafina African Hair Braiding
11257 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 568-4181
Sisterrsquos African hair Braiding
104 E 51st St
Chicago IL 60615
(773) 268-3070
Tata African Hair Braiding
12255 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 821-1150
Benkady African Hair Braiding
1756 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
Phone ( 312) 731-1138
Francis African Hair Braiding
2544 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
Phone (773)-731-8524
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Nassi African Hair Braiding
2730 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
Phone (773) 374-1753
Sandrarsquos African Hair Braiding
507 E 79th
St
ChicagoIL 60619
Phone (773) 783-5670
A-African Hair Braiding
1378 W 79th
St
Chicago Il 60620
Phone (773) 488-5507
Lagos African Braiding amp Weaving
14209 Chicago Rd Ste S
Dolton IL 60429
Phone (708) 849-3335
Amy African Hair Braiding
15023 Woodlawn Ave
Dolton IL 60419
(708) 201-0660
West Side
Tawa African Hair Braiding
2047 W 79th St
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 488-2319
mbatchouattnet
Aicha Hair Braiding
5103 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 836-8687
African Hair Braiding
3922 W Chicago Ave
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 342-7350
Angelrsquos African Hair Braiding
5937 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 622-4179
Anti Hair Braiding
5013 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
Contact Angie Seck
(773) 622-9000
Black Imagersquos African Hair Braiding
5602 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 378-8685
Bintou K professional Hair Braiding
4048 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 227-9940
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Brsquos African Hair Braiding
5620 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 626-9007
Blandine African Hair Braiding
4203 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 252-9792
Dee African Hair Braiding
4129 W Madison St
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 722-0921
Diallo African Hair Braiding
4203 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 489-1629
Diallo African Hair Braiding
4737 West North Avenue
Chicago IL 60639
Phone (773) 645-0072
Fatima Africa Hair Braiding
5426 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 237-7200
Fatima Hair Braiding
2603 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60647
(773) 862-9739
G G African Hair Braiding
1143 S Pulaski Rd
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 722-2551
Latou Hair Braiding
3721 W Chicago Ave
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 265-6799
Maggyrsquos Hair Braiding
5524 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) -
Rama Hair Braiding
5030 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 237-0177
Sarafina Hair Braiding
34 N Pulaski Rd
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 265-1166
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3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
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35
Sebbeb African Hair Braiding
1017 S Western Ave
Chicago IL 60612
Tel (312) 226-6460
Sister African Hair Braiding
3950 W Grand Ave
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 384 2272
(773) 678 1811
Bijou Hair Braiding
2114 E 71st St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 324-4405
Friendly African Hair Braiding
1738 E 87th St
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 375-9800
Ivoire African Hair Braiding
8482 S Commercial Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 933-0377
Laure African Hair Braiding
2050 12 E 71st St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 241-5169
Maryrsquos African Hair Braiding
2146 E 75th St Chicago IL 60649
(773) 363-3220
Rama Signature Braiding
8027 S Stony Island Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 768-7909
Chattorsquos Salon
65 E Oak St
Chicago IL 60611
(312) 640-0003
Emailchattogmailcom
URL wwwchattocom
Star Hair Braiding
6317 S King Drive
Chicago IL 60637
(773) 288-8188
SHIPPING COMPANIES
Odessey International
Worldwide Transport Specialist
P O Box 490420
Chicago IL 60617
Office (877) 633-7735
Fax (773) 375-2764
wwwodesseyinternationalnet
Email desseyinternationalcom
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
Director HIVAIDS Research amp Policy Institute (HARPI)
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2046
aadefuyecsuedu
Akinmoladun Tunde PhD
Associate Professor Health sciences
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-3287
takincsuedu
Shaffdeen A Amuwo PhD MPH
Associate Dean
Clinical Associate Professor
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
43
Office of Urban Health and Diversity Program
University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health (MC 923)
1603 West Taylor Suite 1185
Chicago IL 60612-4394
(312) 996-1410
amuwouicedu
William Ebomoyi PhD
Professor Health Studies
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2527
eebomoyicsuedu
Veterinary Medicine
Ibulaimu Kakoma PhD
Associate Professor Pathobiology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Veterinary Medicine
3505 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Bd
2001 South Lincoln Ave
Urbana IL 61802
(217) 333-2449
[f] (217)244-7421
kakomaiuiucedu
Fine Arts
Samuel Akainyah
Instructor Humanities Fine Arts amp Theater
Kennedy King College
6301 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60621
(773) 602-5185
sakainyahcccedu
Education
Anghesom Atsbaha EdD
(Adult Education)
Assistant Professor Social Sciences
Director Truman-DePaul Adult Bridge Program
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4067
aatsbahacccedu
Bekisizwe Ndimande PhD
(Politics of curriculum Policies and practices in post-apartheid desegregated schools)
Assistant Professor Curriculum amp Instruction
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Education
315 Education Building
1310 S 6th St MC 708
Champaign IL 61820
(217) 244-5556
ndimandeillinoisedu
Dr Emma Theuri
County Extension Director
University of Illinois Extension
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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44
Will County Unit
100 Manhattan Rd
Joliet IL 60433
(815) 727-9296
emmatillinoisedu
wwwextensionuiuceduwill
Foreign Languages Linguistics
Dr Eyamba G Bokamba
Professor of Linguistics
Director Program in African Languages (PAL)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Linguistics
3154 Foreign Language Building
707 S Mathews Avenue MC-168
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-3051
bokambaillinoisedu
Dr Khadija Bounou
Loyola University Chicago
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (French)
Dame Hall Room 305
6525 N Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-2861
kbounoulucedu
Dr Evans Mwangi
Assistant Professor of English
Northwestern University
1897 Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60208
English Department
Office UH 326
(847) 491-3529 [Office]
Fax 847-467-1545
evan-mwanginorthwesternedu
Humanities
Literature Oral Traditions Poetry
Waiumll Hassan PhD
(Modern Arabic Anglophone and Francophone literatures)
Associate Professor Comparative and World Literature
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3072 Foreign Languages Building
MC-160
707 S Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 333-4987
whassanillinoisedu
Abdul-Rasheed NarsquoAllah PhD
Professor and Department Chair
Director Indigenous Africa and Diaspora Discourse Project (IADDP)
Western Illinois University
Department of African American Studies
Morgan Hall 232
1 University Circle
Macomb IL 61455-1390
(309) 298-1181
A-NaAllahwiuedu
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
45
Michel Nguessan PhD
Associate Professor
Library amp Information Science
Associate Editor-In-Chief of International Journal of Library Science
Governors State University
University Library
Office D2407
University Park IL 60466-0975
(708) 235-2143
mnguessangovstedu
wwwgovstedulibrarynguessan
Dr Patricia Ogedengbe
Librarian of Africana
University Library
Northwestern University
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300
(847) 491-2936
p-ogedengbenorthwesternedu
Mathematics
Aboubacar Sidy-Sow
Harold Washington College
30 E Lake St 730
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-3411
saboubacar-sidycccedu
Public Affairs
George O Assibey-Mensah PhD
Associate Professor
Public Finance and Policy Analysis
Indiana University Northwest
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
OFFICE Lindenwood Hall 108
3400 Broadway
Gary IN 46408-1197
(219) 980-7102
gassibeyiunedu
Fassil Demissie PhD
(Urban Planning)
Associate Professor
Public Policy Studies
DePaul University
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2352 N Clifton Ave Suite 1501
Chicago IL 60614
Phone (773) 325-7356
Fax (773) 325-4062
fdemissidepauledu
Religion
M Sani Umar PhD
Associate Professor of Religion
Director ndash Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
Northwestern University
Program of African Studies
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 467-0692
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m-umarnorthwesternedu
Social Sciences
History Misbahudeen Ahmed-Rufai
Assistant Professor
History and Social Sciences
Harold Washington College
30 East Lake St
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-5747
mahmed-rufaicccedu
Dr Theodora Ayot
North Park University
History Department
3225 West Foster Ave
Chicago IL 60625-4895
(773) 244-5744
tayotnorthparkedu
Ismael M Montana
Assistant Professor of History
Northern Illinois University
Department of History
DeKalb IL 60115-2893
(815) 753 8420
montananiuedu
ismaelmontanayahooca
Saidou Mohamed NrsquoDaou PhD
Professor of History
Chicago State University
William Science Building Room 315
9501 South King Drive
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2973
sndaouaolcom
Ogenga Otunnu PhD
(African History Immigration and Refugee Studies)
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of History
2320 N Kenmore Ave
Chicago IL 60614-3250
(773) 325-1555
ootunnudepauledu
Geography
Ezekiel Kalipeni PhD
(Medical Geography Population Studies Environmental Issues Health Care Africa)
Professor of Geography and African Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Geography
220 Davenport Hall MC-150
607 South Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-7708
kalipeniillinoisedu
Sociology
Abu Bakarr Bah PhD
Associate Professor
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Department of Sociology
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(815) 753-6427
(815) 753-0365
abahniuedu
Anthropology
Chapurukha M Kusimba
Curator of Anthropology
The Field Museum
1400 S Lake Shore Dr
Chicago IL 60605-2496
(312) 922-9410 [main]
ckusimbafieldmuseumorg
Political Science
Clement Eme Adibe PhD
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of Political Science
990 W Fullerton Suite 2200
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 325-1981
cadibedepauledu
Joseph K Hoereth
Associate Director
Institute of Policy and Civic Engagement (MC 097)
UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago)
1253 S Halsted Street Room 310
Chicago IL 60607
Ph (312) 355-0096
Fax (312) 355-0545
jhoerethuicedu
Edward Kasule PhD
Full-Time Instructor
Northeastern Illinois University
Department of Political Science
5500 N St Louis Ave CLS 2069
Chicago IL 60625
s-kasuleneiuedu
[2] Adjunct Faculty
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4739
skasulecccedu
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Illinois Institute of Technology
Jong Massaqoui (president)
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President Afia Ohemeng
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Phone (815) 753-0483
FAX (815) 753-0481
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wwwsaniuedu
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Northwestern University
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Evanston IL 60208
(847) 491-7323
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wwwgroupsnorthwesterneduasa
International Student Services and Activities
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Immigration Questions (574) 631-5243
Fax (574) 631-3162
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President Alpha Marwa
International student council
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Judith Kituku ndash President
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Chicago IL 60607
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wwwuniteafricansorg
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OR
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Crsquoest la vie
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Chicago IL 60619
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Chicago IL 60619
(773) 846-6567
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Country Club hills IL 60478
(708) 206-0860
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2036 West 79th
Street
Chicago IL 60620
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Congolese Kenyans etc)] Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6 Swanson Lorraine 2008 ldquoBrrrr Itrsquos Cold Refugees Prepare for their First Chicago Winterrdquo Chicago Journal October 22 II General Reference Overview Ethnography
Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
_____ (Bryce-Laporte Roy Simon) 1977 Visibility of the New Immigrants Society 1418-33 Chacko Elizabeth 2003 ldquoEthiopian Ethos and the Making of Ethnic Places in the Washington Metropolitan Areardquo Journal of Cultural Geography 20 Cunningham Jonathen and Sandra Svoboda 2006 ldquoThe New African-Americans Understanding a Wave of Immigration Battling Misperceptionsrdquo Metro Times November 1 Frazier Martin 2005 ldquoNew Dimensions ndash African immigrants in the USrdquo Peoplersquos Weekly World May 20
Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
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52
Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
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53
_____ 2007 Diaspora Dialogues Engagements Between Africa and its Diasporas at The New African Diaspora Assessing the Pains and Gains of Exile Binghamton University African ndash African-American Relations Racial ndash Ethnic Identity Black Diversity
Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
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54
DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
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55
Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
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infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
56
Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
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Fatima African Hair Braiding
1127 W 95th St
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 429-0091
Fatima amp Sokhna African hair braiding
Including clothes amp jewelry
(773) 563-7738
(773) 879-3360
Fatou African Hair Braiding
955 W 87th St
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 651-7132
Fatou Hair Braiding
7124 S Jeffery Blvd
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 363-5834
Fifirsquos African Hair Braiding
1135 E Sibley Blvd middot
Dolton IL 60419
(708) 849-2860
Harmoni African Hair Braiding
8000 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 488-1003
Hassy Braiding
9449 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 298-1970
Ida African Hair Braiding
802 E 65th St
Chicago IL 60637
(773) 288-1910
Images Hair Braiding
16017 S Kedzie Ave
Markham IL 60428
(708) 333-8350
zuluimageaolcom
Isa Professional African Hair Braiding
746 E 79th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 224-9930
Jose African Hair Braiding
11750 S Michigan Ave
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-0647
Braids by Grace
5655 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
Contact Celestine Alomebla
(773) 889-5838
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Katucha African Hair Braiding
2445 E 79th St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 375-1700
Kena African Hair Braiding
4700 S Indiana Ave
Chicago IL 60615
(773) 373-3416
(773) 373-3435
Laurarsquos Hair Salon amp Braiding
9858 S Vincennes Ave
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 881-0066
Linda African Hair Braiding
7902 S Langley Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 488-7811
Louise African Hair Braiding
9512 S Lowe Ave
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 881-7414
Lucyrsquos African Hair Braiding
11121 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-0797
LYS African Braiding
2356 W 63rd
St
Chicago IL 60636
(773) 925-6386
Maggiersquos African Braiding
2421 W 63rd
Street
Chicago IL 60629
(773) 863-9010
Mama Hair Braiding
2410 W 71st St
Chicago IL 60629
(773) 436-3518
(773) 436-3589
Marie Hair Braiding
725 E 79
th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 651-1300
Les Petits Marseillais Hair Braiding
2602 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 731-5955
Monarsquos African Hair Braiding
5525 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60636
(773) 476-1125
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Nado African Hair Braiding
6433 S Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago IL 60637
(773) 947-8202
Nene African Hair Braiding African Shipping
755 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 723-7137
(773) 440-8100
Netty Hair Braiding
8442 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 263-2809
Nassi Hair Braiding
109 E 111th
St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 928-5841
Original African Hair Braiding
2008 S Pulaski Rd
Chicago IL 60623
(773) 522-5161
Pretty Lady African Hair Braiding amp Weaving
9304 S Halsted
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 779-4905
Strandz African Hair Braiding
9141 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 238-1236
Sarafina African Hair Braiding
11257 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 568-4181
Sisterrsquos African hair Braiding
104 E 51st St
Chicago IL 60615
(773) 268-3070
Tata African Hair Braiding
12255 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 821-1150
Benkady African Hair Braiding
1756 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
Phone ( 312) 731-1138
Francis African Hair Braiding
2544 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
Phone (773)-731-8524
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Nassi African Hair Braiding
2730 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
Phone (773) 374-1753
Sandrarsquos African Hair Braiding
507 E 79th
St
ChicagoIL 60619
Phone (773) 783-5670
A-African Hair Braiding
1378 W 79th
St
Chicago Il 60620
Phone (773) 488-5507
Lagos African Braiding amp Weaving
14209 Chicago Rd Ste S
Dolton IL 60429
Phone (708) 849-3335
Amy African Hair Braiding
15023 Woodlawn Ave
Dolton IL 60419
(708) 201-0660
West Side
Tawa African Hair Braiding
2047 W 79th St
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 488-2319
mbatchouattnet
Aicha Hair Braiding
5103 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 836-8687
African Hair Braiding
3922 W Chicago Ave
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 342-7350
Angelrsquos African Hair Braiding
5937 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 622-4179
Anti Hair Braiding
5013 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
Contact Angie Seck
(773) 622-9000
Black Imagersquos African Hair Braiding
5602 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 378-8685
Bintou K professional Hair Braiding
4048 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 227-9940
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Brsquos African Hair Braiding
5620 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 626-9007
Blandine African Hair Braiding
4203 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 252-9792
Dee African Hair Braiding
4129 W Madison St
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 722-0921
Diallo African Hair Braiding
4203 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 489-1629
Diallo African Hair Braiding
4737 West North Avenue
Chicago IL 60639
Phone (773) 645-0072
Fatima Africa Hair Braiding
5426 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 237-7200
Fatima Hair Braiding
2603 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60647
(773) 862-9739
G G African Hair Braiding
1143 S Pulaski Rd
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 722-2551
Latou Hair Braiding
3721 W Chicago Ave
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 265-6799
Maggyrsquos Hair Braiding
5524 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) -
Rama Hair Braiding
5030 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 237-0177
Sarafina Hair Braiding
34 N Pulaski Rd
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 265-1166
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Sebbeb African Hair Braiding
1017 S Western Ave
Chicago IL 60612
Tel (312) 226-6460
Sister African Hair Braiding
3950 W Grand Ave
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 384 2272
(773) 678 1811
Bijou Hair Braiding
2114 E 71st St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 324-4405
Friendly African Hair Braiding
1738 E 87th St
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 375-9800
Ivoire African Hair Braiding
8482 S Commercial Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 933-0377
Laure African Hair Braiding
2050 12 E 71st St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 241-5169
Maryrsquos African Hair Braiding
2146 E 75th St Chicago IL 60649
(773) 363-3220
Rama Signature Braiding
8027 S Stony Island Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 768-7909
Chattorsquos Salon
65 E Oak St
Chicago IL 60611
(312) 640-0003
Emailchattogmailcom
URL wwwchattocom
Star Hair Braiding
6317 S King Drive
Chicago IL 60637
(773) 288-8188
SHIPPING COMPANIES
Odessey International
Worldwide Transport Specialist
P O Box 490420
Chicago IL 60617
Office (877) 633-7735
Fax (773) 375-2764
wwwodesseyinternationalnet
Email desseyinternationalcom
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Director HIVAIDS Research amp Policy Institute (HARPI)
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2046
aadefuyecsuedu
Akinmoladun Tunde PhD
Associate Professor Health sciences
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-3287
takincsuedu
Shaffdeen A Amuwo PhD MPH
Associate Dean
Clinical Associate Professor
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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Office of Urban Health and Diversity Program
University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health (MC 923)
1603 West Taylor Suite 1185
Chicago IL 60612-4394
(312) 996-1410
amuwouicedu
William Ebomoyi PhD
Professor Health Studies
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2527
eebomoyicsuedu
Veterinary Medicine
Ibulaimu Kakoma PhD
Associate Professor Pathobiology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Veterinary Medicine
3505 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Bd
2001 South Lincoln Ave
Urbana IL 61802
(217) 333-2449
[f] (217)244-7421
kakomaiuiucedu
Fine Arts
Samuel Akainyah
Instructor Humanities Fine Arts amp Theater
Kennedy King College
6301 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60621
(773) 602-5185
sakainyahcccedu
Education
Anghesom Atsbaha EdD
(Adult Education)
Assistant Professor Social Sciences
Director Truman-DePaul Adult Bridge Program
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4067
aatsbahacccedu
Bekisizwe Ndimande PhD
(Politics of curriculum Policies and practices in post-apartheid desegregated schools)
Assistant Professor Curriculum amp Instruction
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Education
315 Education Building
1310 S 6th St MC 708
Champaign IL 61820
(217) 244-5556
ndimandeillinoisedu
Dr Emma Theuri
County Extension Director
University of Illinois Extension
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Will County Unit
100 Manhattan Rd
Joliet IL 60433
(815) 727-9296
emmatillinoisedu
wwwextensionuiuceduwill
Foreign Languages Linguistics
Dr Eyamba G Bokamba
Professor of Linguistics
Director Program in African Languages (PAL)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Linguistics
3154 Foreign Language Building
707 S Mathews Avenue MC-168
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-3051
bokambaillinoisedu
Dr Khadija Bounou
Loyola University Chicago
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (French)
Dame Hall Room 305
6525 N Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-2861
kbounoulucedu
Dr Evans Mwangi
Assistant Professor of English
Northwestern University
1897 Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60208
English Department
Office UH 326
(847) 491-3529 [Office]
Fax 847-467-1545
evan-mwanginorthwesternedu
Humanities
Literature Oral Traditions Poetry
Waiumll Hassan PhD
(Modern Arabic Anglophone and Francophone literatures)
Associate Professor Comparative and World Literature
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3072 Foreign Languages Building
MC-160
707 S Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 333-4987
whassanillinoisedu
Abdul-Rasheed NarsquoAllah PhD
Professor and Department Chair
Director Indigenous Africa and Diaspora Discourse Project (IADDP)
Western Illinois University
Department of African American Studies
Morgan Hall 232
1 University Circle
Macomb IL 61455-1390
(309) 298-1181
A-NaAllahwiuedu
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Michel Nguessan PhD
Associate Professor
Library amp Information Science
Associate Editor-In-Chief of International Journal of Library Science
Governors State University
University Library
Office D2407
University Park IL 60466-0975
(708) 235-2143
mnguessangovstedu
wwwgovstedulibrarynguessan
Dr Patricia Ogedengbe
Librarian of Africana
University Library
Northwestern University
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300
(847) 491-2936
p-ogedengbenorthwesternedu
Mathematics
Aboubacar Sidy-Sow
Harold Washington College
30 E Lake St 730
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-3411
saboubacar-sidycccedu
Public Affairs
George O Assibey-Mensah PhD
Associate Professor
Public Finance and Policy Analysis
Indiana University Northwest
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
OFFICE Lindenwood Hall 108
3400 Broadway
Gary IN 46408-1197
(219) 980-7102
gassibeyiunedu
Fassil Demissie PhD
(Urban Planning)
Associate Professor
Public Policy Studies
DePaul University
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2352 N Clifton Ave Suite 1501
Chicago IL 60614
Phone (773) 325-7356
Fax (773) 325-4062
fdemissidepauledu
Religion
M Sani Umar PhD
Associate Professor of Religion
Director ndash Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
Northwestern University
Program of African Studies
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 467-0692
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46
m-umarnorthwesternedu
Social Sciences
History Misbahudeen Ahmed-Rufai
Assistant Professor
History and Social Sciences
Harold Washington College
30 East Lake St
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-5747
mahmed-rufaicccedu
Dr Theodora Ayot
North Park University
History Department
3225 West Foster Ave
Chicago IL 60625-4895
(773) 244-5744
tayotnorthparkedu
Ismael M Montana
Assistant Professor of History
Northern Illinois University
Department of History
DeKalb IL 60115-2893
(815) 753 8420
montananiuedu
ismaelmontanayahooca
Saidou Mohamed NrsquoDaou PhD
Professor of History
Chicago State University
William Science Building Room 315
9501 South King Drive
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2973
sndaouaolcom
Ogenga Otunnu PhD
(African History Immigration and Refugee Studies)
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of History
2320 N Kenmore Ave
Chicago IL 60614-3250
(773) 325-1555
ootunnudepauledu
Geography
Ezekiel Kalipeni PhD
(Medical Geography Population Studies Environmental Issues Health Care Africa)
Professor of Geography and African Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Geography
220 Davenport Hall MC-150
607 South Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-7708
kalipeniillinoisedu
Sociology
Abu Bakarr Bah PhD
Associate Professor
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Northern Illinois University
Department of Sociology
DeKalb IL 60115-2854
(815) 753-6427
(815) 753-0365
abahniuedu
Anthropology
Chapurukha M Kusimba
Curator of Anthropology
The Field Museum
1400 S Lake Shore Dr
Chicago IL 60605-2496
(312) 922-9410 [main]
ckusimbafieldmuseumorg
Political Science
Clement Eme Adibe PhD
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of Political Science
990 W Fullerton Suite 2200
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 325-1981
cadibedepauledu
Joseph K Hoereth
Associate Director
Institute of Policy and Civic Engagement (MC 097)
UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago)
1253 S Halsted Street Room 310
Chicago IL 60607
Ph (312) 355-0096
Fax (312) 355-0545
jhoerethuicedu
Edward Kasule PhD
Full-Time Instructor
Northeastern Illinois University
Department of Political Science
5500 N St Louis Ave CLS 2069
Chicago IL 60625
s-kasuleneiuedu
[2] Adjunct Faculty
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4739
skasulecccedu
STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS
African Student Organization
Illinois Institute of Technology
Jong Massaqoui (president)
3300 South Federal Street
Chicago IL 60616-3793
(312) 567-3000
asoiitedu
African Student Alliance
Loyola University Chicago
President Afia Ohemeng
Department of Student Diversity and Multicultural Affairs
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1125 W Loyola Ave Mertz 200
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-3909
(773) 508-3895 [fax]
asaloyolaugmailcom
httpwwwfreewebscomlucafricanstudents
African Student Association
Northern Illinois University
Location Campus Life Building Suite 180
Phone (815) 753-0483
FAX (815) 753-0481
E-Mail studentassociationniuedu
wwwsaniuedu
Program of African Studies (PAS)
Northwestern University
Co-president Ama M Appenteng
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 491-7323
asanorthwesterngmailcom
wwwgroupsnorthwesterneduasa
International Student Services and Activities
Notre Dame University
100 Main Building
Notre Dame Indiana 46556 USA
Phone (574) 631-1138
Immigration Questions (574) 631-5243
Fax (574) 631-3162
E-mail issandedu
E-mail ndintlndedu
wwwissandedu
African Student Council
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
President Alpha Marwa
International student council
(618) 453-5264
wwwafscrsosiucedu
African and Caribbean Student Association
University of Chicago
Judith Kituku ndash President
kitukuuchicagoedu
Jennifer Kennedy ndash Advisor
jkennedyuchicagoedu
(773) 834-8252
African Student Council (ASC)
University of Illinois at Chicago
750 SHalsted Street (Student Center East Building Room 473)
Chicago IL 60607
President Adedrian Adeleke
asxuicgmailcom
COMMUNITY MEDIA
African Advocate
United African Organization
3424 S State St Suite 3C8-2
Chicago IL 60616
(312) 949-9980
(312) 949-9981
infouniteafricansorg
wwwuniteafricansorg
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AFRIQUE News Magazine
AFRIQUE Publishing Inc
6600 N Lincoln Ave Suite 240
Lincolnwood IL 60712
(773) 463 7200
OR
3525 W Peterson Ave Ste 200
Chicago Illinois 60659-3315 USA
(773) 250-7200
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httpwwwafriquenewsmagazinecom
African Spectrum
Spectrum Inc
481 W Boughton Rd 400
Bolingbrook IL 60440
(630) 771-9069
(630) 771-9074
(630) 771-1163
africanspectrumaolcom
Crsquoest la vie
Unity in Diversity
Azaka M Ajanaku
Producer Director
Francophone Television at Chicago Access Network TV 21 Every Sunday at 10pm
(312) 972-9252
Chicago Defender
4445 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Drive
Chicago IL 60653
(312) 225-2400
Fax (312) 225-9231
httpwwwchicagodefendercom
The Chicago Inquirer
Postal address The Chicago Inquirer
POBOX 17056 Chicago IL 60617
Tel 773-382-1638
Fax 773-221-4872
httpwwwchicagoinquirercom
Maudlyne Ihejirika (Reporter)
Chicago Sun-Times
350 N Orleans St
Chicago IL 60654
(312) 321-2825
mihejirikasuntimescom
Mashariki LEO
1449 E 72nd
Street
Chicago IL 60619
Postal Address PO BOX 19350
Chicago IL 60619
httpwwwmasharikileocom
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FUNERAL HOMES
Nelson Funeral Homes
5149 N Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 561-5147
820 W Talcott Rd Park Ridge IL 60068
(847) 823-5122
wwwnelsonfuneralscom
Leak and Sons Funeral Chapels
7838 S Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 846-6567
18400 S Pulaski Rd
Country Club hills IL 60478
(708) 206-0860
Golden Gate Funeral Home
2036 West 79th
Street
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 846-7900
wwwgolengate-funeralhomecom
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Congolese Kenyans etc)] Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6 Swanson Lorraine 2008 ldquoBrrrr Itrsquos Cold Refugees Prepare for their First Chicago Winterrdquo Chicago Journal October 22 II General Reference Overview Ethnography
Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
_____ (Bryce-Laporte Roy Simon) 1977 Visibility of the New Immigrants Society 1418-33 Chacko Elizabeth 2003 ldquoEthiopian Ethos and the Making of Ethnic Places in the Washington Metropolitan Areardquo Journal of Cultural Geography 20 Cunningham Jonathen and Sandra Svoboda 2006 ldquoThe New African-Americans Understanding a Wave of Immigration Battling Misperceptionsrdquo Metro Times November 1 Frazier Martin 2005 ldquoNew Dimensions ndash African immigrants in the USrdquo Peoplersquos Weekly World May 20
Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
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infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
52
Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
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53
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Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
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54
DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
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Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
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Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
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Katucha African Hair Braiding
2445 E 79th St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 375-1700
Kena African Hair Braiding
4700 S Indiana Ave
Chicago IL 60615
(773) 373-3416
(773) 373-3435
Laurarsquos Hair Salon amp Braiding
9858 S Vincennes Ave
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 881-0066
Linda African Hair Braiding
7902 S Langley Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 488-7811
Louise African Hair Braiding
9512 S Lowe Ave
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 881-7414
Lucyrsquos African Hair Braiding
11121 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-0797
LYS African Braiding
2356 W 63rd
St
Chicago IL 60636
(773) 925-6386
Maggiersquos African Braiding
2421 W 63rd
Street
Chicago IL 60629
(773) 863-9010
Mama Hair Braiding
2410 W 71st St
Chicago IL 60629
(773) 436-3518
(773) 436-3589
Marie Hair Braiding
725 E 79
th St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 651-1300
Les Petits Marseillais Hair Braiding
2602 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 731-5955
Monarsquos African Hair Braiding
5525 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60636
(773) 476-1125
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32
Nado African Hair Braiding
6433 S Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago IL 60637
(773) 947-8202
Nene African Hair Braiding African Shipping
755 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 723-7137
(773) 440-8100
Netty Hair Braiding
8442 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 263-2809
Nassi Hair Braiding
109 E 111th
St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 928-5841
Original African Hair Braiding
2008 S Pulaski Rd
Chicago IL 60623
(773) 522-5161
Pretty Lady African Hair Braiding amp Weaving
9304 S Halsted
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 779-4905
Strandz African Hair Braiding
9141 S Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 238-1236
Sarafina African Hair Braiding
11257 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 568-4181
Sisterrsquos African hair Braiding
104 E 51st St
Chicago IL 60615
(773) 268-3070
Tata African Hair Braiding
12255 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 821-1150
Benkady African Hair Braiding
1756 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
Phone ( 312) 731-1138
Francis African Hair Braiding
2544 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
Phone (773)-731-8524
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Nassi African Hair Braiding
2730 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
Phone (773) 374-1753
Sandrarsquos African Hair Braiding
507 E 79th
St
ChicagoIL 60619
Phone (773) 783-5670
A-African Hair Braiding
1378 W 79th
St
Chicago Il 60620
Phone (773) 488-5507
Lagos African Braiding amp Weaving
14209 Chicago Rd Ste S
Dolton IL 60429
Phone (708) 849-3335
Amy African Hair Braiding
15023 Woodlawn Ave
Dolton IL 60419
(708) 201-0660
West Side
Tawa African Hair Braiding
2047 W 79th St
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 488-2319
mbatchouattnet
Aicha Hair Braiding
5103 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 836-8687
African Hair Braiding
3922 W Chicago Ave
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 342-7350
Angelrsquos African Hair Braiding
5937 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 622-4179
Anti Hair Braiding
5013 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
Contact Angie Seck
(773) 622-9000
Black Imagersquos African Hair Braiding
5602 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 378-8685
Bintou K professional Hair Braiding
4048 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 227-9940
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Brsquos African Hair Braiding
5620 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 626-9007
Blandine African Hair Braiding
4203 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 252-9792
Dee African Hair Braiding
4129 W Madison St
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 722-0921
Diallo African Hair Braiding
4203 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 489-1629
Diallo African Hair Braiding
4737 West North Avenue
Chicago IL 60639
Phone (773) 645-0072
Fatima Africa Hair Braiding
5426 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 237-7200
Fatima Hair Braiding
2603 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60647
(773) 862-9739
G G African Hair Braiding
1143 S Pulaski Rd
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 722-2551
Latou Hair Braiding
3721 W Chicago Ave
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 265-6799
Maggyrsquos Hair Braiding
5524 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) -
Rama Hair Braiding
5030 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 237-0177
Sarafina Hair Braiding
34 N Pulaski Rd
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 265-1166
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35
Sebbeb African Hair Braiding
1017 S Western Ave
Chicago IL 60612
Tel (312) 226-6460
Sister African Hair Braiding
3950 W Grand Ave
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 384 2272
(773) 678 1811
Bijou Hair Braiding
2114 E 71st St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 324-4405
Friendly African Hair Braiding
1738 E 87th St
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 375-9800
Ivoire African Hair Braiding
8482 S Commercial Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 933-0377
Laure African Hair Braiding
2050 12 E 71st St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 241-5169
Maryrsquos African Hair Braiding
2146 E 75th St Chicago IL 60649
(773) 363-3220
Rama Signature Braiding
8027 S Stony Island Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 768-7909
Chattorsquos Salon
65 E Oak St
Chicago IL 60611
(312) 640-0003
Emailchattogmailcom
URL wwwchattocom
Star Hair Braiding
6317 S King Drive
Chicago IL 60637
(773) 288-8188
SHIPPING COMPANIES
Odessey International
Worldwide Transport Specialist
P O Box 490420
Chicago IL 60617
Office (877) 633-7735
Fax (773) 375-2764
wwwodesseyinternationalnet
Email desseyinternationalcom
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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Director HIVAIDS Research amp Policy Institute (HARPI)
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2046
aadefuyecsuedu
Akinmoladun Tunde PhD
Associate Professor Health sciences
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-3287
takincsuedu
Shaffdeen A Amuwo PhD MPH
Associate Dean
Clinical Associate Professor
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43
Office of Urban Health and Diversity Program
University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health (MC 923)
1603 West Taylor Suite 1185
Chicago IL 60612-4394
(312) 996-1410
amuwouicedu
William Ebomoyi PhD
Professor Health Studies
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2527
eebomoyicsuedu
Veterinary Medicine
Ibulaimu Kakoma PhD
Associate Professor Pathobiology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Veterinary Medicine
3505 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Bd
2001 South Lincoln Ave
Urbana IL 61802
(217) 333-2449
[f] (217)244-7421
kakomaiuiucedu
Fine Arts
Samuel Akainyah
Instructor Humanities Fine Arts amp Theater
Kennedy King College
6301 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60621
(773) 602-5185
sakainyahcccedu
Education
Anghesom Atsbaha EdD
(Adult Education)
Assistant Professor Social Sciences
Director Truman-DePaul Adult Bridge Program
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4067
aatsbahacccedu
Bekisizwe Ndimande PhD
(Politics of curriculum Policies and practices in post-apartheid desegregated schools)
Assistant Professor Curriculum amp Instruction
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Education
315 Education Building
1310 S 6th St MC 708
Champaign IL 61820
(217) 244-5556
ndimandeillinoisedu
Dr Emma Theuri
County Extension Director
University of Illinois Extension
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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44
Will County Unit
100 Manhattan Rd
Joliet IL 60433
(815) 727-9296
emmatillinoisedu
wwwextensionuiuceduwill
Foreign Languages Linguistics
Dr Eyamba G Bokamba
Professor of Linguistics
Director Program in African Languages (PAL)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Linguistics
3154 Foreign Language Building
707 S Mathews Avenue MC-168
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-3051
bokambaillinoisedu
Dr Khadija Bounou
Loyola University Chicago
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (French)
Dame Hall Room 305
6525 N Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-2861
kbounoulucedu
Dr Evans Mwangi
Assistant Professor of English
Northwestern University
1897 Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60208
English Department
Office UH 326
(847) 491-3529 [Office]
Fax 847-467-1545
evan-mwanginorthwesternedu
Humanities
Literature Oral Traditions Poetry
Waiumll Hassan PhD
(Modern Arabic Anglophone and Francophone literatures)
Associate Professor Comparative and World Literature
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3072 Foreign Languages Building
MC-160
707 S Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 333-4987
whassanillinoisedu
Abdul-Rasheed NarsquoAllah PhD
Professor and Department Chair
Director Indigenous Africa and Diaspora Discourse Project (IADDP)
Western Illinois University
Department of African American Studies
Morgan Hall 232
1 University Circle
Macomb IL 61455-1390
(309) 298-1181
A-NaAllahwiuedu
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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45
Michel Nguessan PhD
Associate Professor
Library amp Information Science
Associate Editor-In-Chief of International Journal of Library Science
Governors State University
University Library
Office D2407
University Park IL 60466-0975
(708) 235-2143
mnguessangovstedu
wwwgovstedulibrarynguessan
Dr Patricia Ogedengbe
Librarian of Africana
University Library
Northwestern University
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300
(847) 491-2936
p-ogedengbenorthwesternedu
Mathematics
Aboubacar Sidy-Sow
Harold Washington College
30 E Lake St 730
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-3411
saboubacar-sidycccedu
Public Affairs
George O Assibey-Mensah PhD
Associate Professor
Public Finance and Policy Analysis
Indiana University Northwest
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
OFFICE Lindenwood Hall 108
3400 Broadway
Gary IN 46408-1197
(219) 980-7102
gassibeyiunedu
Fassil Demissie PhD
(Urban Planning)
Associate Professor
Public Policy Studies
DePaul University
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2352 N Clifton Ave Suite 1501
Chicago IL 60614
Phone (773) 325-7356
Fax (773) 325-4062
fdemissidepauledu
Religion
M Sani Umar PhD
Associate Professor of Religion
Director ndash Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
Northwestern University
Program of African Studies
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 467-0692
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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46
m-umarnorthwesternedu
Social Sciences
History Misbahudeen Ahmed-Rufai
Assistant Professor
History and Social Sciences
Harold Washington College
30 East Lake St
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-5747
mahmed-rufaicccedu
Dr Theodora Ayot
North Park University
History Department
3225 West Foster Ave
Chicago IL 60625-4895
(773) 244-5744
tayotnorthparkedu
Ismael M Montana
Assistant Professor of History
Northern Illinois University
Department of History
DeKalb IL 60115-2893
(815) 753 8420
montananiuedu
ismaelmontanayahooca
Saidou Mohamed NrsquoDaou PhD
Professor of History
Chicago State University
William Science Building Room 315
9501 South King Drive
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2973
sndaouaolcom
Ogenga Otunnu PhD
(African History Immigration and Refugee Studies)
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of History
2320 N Kenmore Ave
Chicago IL 60614-3250
(773) 325-1555
ootunnudepauledu
Geography
Ezekiel Kalipeni PhD
(Medical Geography Population Studies Environmental Issues Health Care Africa)
Professor of Geography and African Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Geography
220 Davenport Hall MC-150
607 South Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-7708
kalipeniillinoisedu
Sociology
Abu Bakarr Bah PhD
Associate Professor
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
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47
Northern Illinois University
Department of Sociology
DeKalb IL 60115-2854
(815) 753-6427
(815) 753-0365
abahniuedu
Anthropology
Chapurukha M Kusimba
Curator of Anthropology
The Field Museum
1400 S Lake Shore Dr
Chicago IL 60605-2496
(312) 922-9410 [main]
ckusimbafieldmuseumorg
Political Science
Clement Eme Adibe PhD
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of Political Science
990 W Fullerton Suite 2200
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 325-1981
cadibedepauledu
Joseph K Hoereth
Associate Director
Institute of Policy and Civic Engagement (MC 097)
UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago)
1253 S Halsted Street Room 310
Chicago IL 60607
Ph (312) 355-0096
Fax (312) 355-0545
jhoerethuicedu
Edward Kasule PhD
Full-Time Instructor
Northeastern Illinois University
Department of Political Science
5500 N St Louis Ave CLS 2069
Chicago IL 60625
s-kasuleneiuedu
[2] Adjunct Faculty
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4739
skasulecccedu
STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS
African Student Organization
Illinois Institute of Technology
Jong Massaqoui (president)
3300 South Federal Street
Chicago IL 60616-3793
(312) 567-3000
asoiitedu
African Student Alliance
Loyola University Chicago
President Afia Ohemeng
Department of Student Diversity and Multicultural Affairs
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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1125 W Loyola Ave Mertz 200
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-3909
(773) 508-3895 [fax]
asaloyolaugmailcom
httpwwwfreewebscomlucafricanstudents
African Student Association
Northern Illinois University
Location Campus Life Building Suite 180
Phone (815) 753-0483
FAX (815) 753-0481
E-Mail studentassociationniuedu
wwwsaniuedu
Program of African Studies (PAS)
Northwestern University
Co-president Ama M Appenteng
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 491-7323
asanorthwesterngmailcom
wwwgroupsnorthwesterneduasa
International Student Services and Activities
Notre Dame University
100 Main Building
Notre Dame Indiana 46556 USA
Phone (574) 631-1138
Immigration Questions (574) 631-5243
Fax (574) 631-3162
E-mail issandedu
E-mail ndintlndedu
wwwissandedu
African Student Council
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
President Alpha Marwa
International student council
(618) 453-5264
wwwafscrsosiucedu
African and Caribbean Student Association
University of Chicago
Judith Kituku ndash President
kitukuuchicagoedu
Jennifer Kennedy ndash Advisor
jkennedyuchicagoedu
(773) 834-8252
African Student Council (ASC)
University of Illinois at Chicago
750 SHalsted Street (Student Center East Building Room 473)
Chicago IL 60607
President Adedrian Adeleke
asxuicgmailcom
COMMUNITY MEDIA
African Advocate
United African Organization
3424 S State St Suite 3C8-2
Chicago IL 60616
(312) 949-9980
(312) 949-9981
infouniteafricansorg
wwwuniteafricansorg
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AFRIQUE News Magazine
AFRIQUE Publishing Inc
6600 N Lincoln Ave Suite 240
Lincolnwood IL 60712
(773) 463 7200
OR
3525 W Peterson Ave Ste 200
Chicago Illinois 60659-3315 USA
(773) 250-7200
afriquepublishinggmailcom
httpwwwafriquenewsmagazinecom
African Spectrum
Spectrum Inc
481 W Boughton Rd 400
Bolingbrook IL 60440
(630) 771-9069
(630) 771-9074
(630) 771-1163
africanspectrumaolcom
Crsquoest la vie
Unity in Diversity
Azaka M Ajanaku
Producer Director
Francophone Television at Chicago Access Network TV 21 Every Sunday at 10pm
(312) 972-9252
Chicago Defender
4445 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Drive
Chicago IL 60653
(312) 225-2400
Fax (312) 225-9231
httpwwwchicagodefendercom
The Chicago Inquirer
Postal address The Chicago Inquirer
POBOX 17056 Chicago IL 60617
Tel 773-382-1638
Fax 773-221-4872
httpwwwchicagoinquirercom
Maudlyne Ihejirika (Reporter)
Chicago Sun-Times
350 N Orleans St
Chicago IL 60654
(312) 321-2825
mihejirikasuntimescom
Mashariki LEO
1449 E 72nd
Street
Chicago IL 60619
Postal Address PO BOX 19350
Chicago IL 60619
httpwwwmasharikileocom
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FUNERAL HOMES
Nelson Funeral Homes
5149 N Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 561-5147
820 W Talcott Rd Park Ridge IL 60068
(847) 823-5122
wwwnelsonfuneralscom
Leak and Sons Funeral Chapels
7838 S Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 846-6567
18400 S Pulaski Rd
Country Club hills IL 60478
(708) 206-0860
Golden Gate Funeral Home
2036 West 79th
Street
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 846-7900
wwwgolengate-funeralhomecom
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REFERENCES Bibliography on lsquoNewrsquo African Migration to the United States
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Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
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Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
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Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
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_____ 2007 Diaspora Dialogues Engagements Between Africa and its Diasporas at The New African Diaspora Assessing the Pains and Gains of Exile Binghamton University African ndash African-American Relations Racial ndash Ethnic Identity Black Diversity
Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
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DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
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Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
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Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
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Chicago IL 60637
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Chicago IL 60619
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Netty Hair Braiding
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Nassi Hair Braiding
109 E 111th
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Chicago IL 60628
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Original African Hair Braiding
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Pretty Lady African Hair Braiding amp Weaving
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Chicago IL 60649
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St
Chicago IL 60649
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St
Chicago IL 60649
Phone (773) 374-1753
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507 E 79th
St
ChicagoIL 60619
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Chicago Il 60620
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Dolton IL 60429
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15023 Woodlawn Ave
Dolton IL 60419
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Chicago IL 60620
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Chicago IL 60639
(773) 836-8687
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Chicago IL 60651
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Chicago IL 60639
(773) 622-4179
Anti Hair Braiding
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Chicago IL 60639
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Chicago IL 60651
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4048 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 227-9940
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Chicago IL 60651
(773) 626-9007
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Chicago IL 60651
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Chicago IL 60624
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Chicago IL 60651
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4737 West North Avenue
Chicago IL 60639
Phone (773) 645-0072
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Chicago IL 60639
(773) 237-7200
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Chicago IL 60647
(773) 862-9739
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Chicago IL 60624
(773) 722-2551
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Chicago IL 60651
(773) 265-6799
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5524 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) -
Rama Hair Braiding
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Chicago IL 60639
(773) 237-0177
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34 N Pulaski Rd
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 265-1166
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Chicago IL 60612
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Chicago IL 60624
(773) 384 2272
(773) 678 1811
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Chicago IL 60649
(773) 324-4405
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Chicago IL 60617
(773) 375-9800
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Chicago IL 60617
(773) 933-0377
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Chicago IL 60649
(773) 241-5169
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(773) 363-3220
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Chicago IL 60617
(773) 768-7909
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65 E Oak St
Chicago IL 60611
(312) 640-0003
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Chicago IL 60637
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SHIPPING COMPANIES
Odessey International
Worldwide Transport Specialist
P O Box 490420
Chicago IL 60617
Office (877) 633-7735
Fax (773) 375-2764
wwwodesseyinternationalnet
Email desseyinternationalcom
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Director HIVAIDS Research amp Policy Institute (HARPI)
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2046
aadefuyecsuedu
Akinmoladun Tunde PhD
Associate Professor Health sciences
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-3287
takincsuedu
Shaffdeen A Amuwo PhD MPH
Associate Dean
Clinical Associate Professor
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Office of Urban Health and Diversity Program
University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health (MC 923)
1603 West Taylor Suite 1185
Chicago IL 60612-4394
(312) 996-1410
amuwouicedu
William Ebomoyi PhD
Professor Health Studies
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2527
eebomoyicsuedu
Veterinary Medicine
Ibulaimu Kakoma PhD
Associate Professor Pathobiology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Veterinary Medicine
3505 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Bd
2001 South Lincoln Ave
Urbana IL 61802
(217) 333-2449
[f] (217)244-7421
kakomaiuiucedu
Fine Arts
Samuel Akainyah
Instructor Humanities Fine Arts amp Theater
Kennedy King College
6301 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60621
(773) 602-5185
sakainyahcccedu
Education
Anghesom Atsbaha EdD
(Adult Education)
Assistant Professor Social Sciences
Director Truman-DePaul Adult Bridge Program
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4067
aatsbahacccedu
Bekisizwe Ndimande PhD
(Politics of curriculum Policies and practices in post-apartheid desegregated schools)
Assistant Professor Curriculum amp Instruction
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Education
315 Education Building
1310 S 6th St MC 708
Champaign IL 61820
(217) 244-5556
ndimandeillinoisedu
Dr Emma Theuri
County Extension Director
University of Illinois Extension
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Will County Unit
100 Manhattan Rd
Joliet IL 60433
(815) 727-9296
emmatillinoisedu
wwwextensionuiuceduwill
Foreign Languages Linguistics
Dr Eyamba G Bokamba
Professor of Linguistics
Director Program in African Languages (PAL)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Linguistics
3154 Foreign Language Building
707 S Mathews Avenue MC-168
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-3051
bokambaillinoisedu
Dr Khadija Bounou
Loyola University Chicago
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (French)
Dame Hall Room 305
6525 N Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-2861
kbounoulucedu
Dr Evans Mwangi
Assistant Professor of English
Northwestern University
1897 Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60208
English Department
Office UH 326
(847) 491-3529 [Office]
Fax 847-467-1545
evan-mwanginorthwesternedu
Humanities
Literature Oral Traditions Poetry
Waiumll Hassan PhD
(Modern Arabic Anglophone and Francophone literatures)
Associate Professor Comparative and World Literature
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3072 Foreign Languages Building
MC-160
707 S Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 333-4987
whassanillinoisedu
Abdul-Rasheed NarsquoAllah PhD
Professor and Department Chair
Director Indigenous Africa and Diaspora Discourse Project (IADDP)
Western Illinois University
Department of African American Studies
Morgan Hall 232
1 University Circle
Macomb IL 61455-1390
(309) 298-1181
A-NaAllahwiuedu
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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Michel Nguessan PhD
Associate Professor
Library amp Information Science
Associate Editor-In-Chief of International Journal of Library Science
Governors State University
University Library
Office D2407
University Park IL 60466-0975
(708) 235-2143
mnguessangovstedu
wwwgovstedulibrarynguessan
Dr Patricia Ogedengbe
Librarian of Africana
University Library
Northwestern University
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300
(847) 491-2936
p-ogedengbenorthwesternedu
Mathematics
Aboubacar Sidy-Sow
Harold Washington College
30 E Lake St 730
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-3411
saboubacar-sidycccedu
Public Affairs
George O Assibey-Mensah PhD
Associate Professor
Public Finance and Policy Analysis
Indiana University Northwest
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
OFFICE Lindenwood Hall 108
3400 Broadway
Gary IN 46408-1197
(219) 980-7102
gassibeyiunedu
Fassil Demissie PhD
(Urban Planning)
Associate Professor
Public Policy Studies
DePaul University
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2352 N Clifton Ave Suite 1501
Chicago IL 60614
Phone (773) 325-7356
Fax (773) 325-4062
fdemissidepauledu
Religion
M Sani Umar PhD
Associate Professor of Religion
Director ndash Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
Northwestern University
Program of African Studies
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 467-0692
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
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m-umarnorthwesternedu
Social Sciences
History Misbahudeen Ahmed-Rufai
Assistant Professor
History and Social Sciences
Harold Washington College
30 East Lake St
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-5747
mahmed-rufaicccedu
Dr Theodora Ayot
North Park University
History Department
3225 West Foster Ave
Chicago IL 60625-4895
(773) 244-5744
tayotnorthparkedu
Ismael M Montana
Assistant Professor of History
Northern Illinois University
Department of History
DeKalb IL 60115-2893
(815) 753 8420
montananiuedu
ismaelmontanayahooca
Saidou Mohamed NrsquoDaou PhD
Professor of History
Chicago State University
William Science Building Room 315
9501 South King Drive
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2973
sndaouaolcom
Ogenga Otunnu PhD
(African History Immigration and Refugee Studies)
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of History
2320 N Kenmore Ave
Chicago IL 60614-3250
(773) 325-1555
ootunnudepauledu
Geography
Ezekiel Kalipeni PhD
(Medical Geography Population Studies Environmental Issues Health Care Africa)
Professor of Geography and African Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Geography
220 Davenport Hall MC-150
607 South Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-7708
kalipeniillinoisedu
Sociology
Abu Bakarr Bah PhD
Associate Professor
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Northern Illinois University
Department of Sociology
DeKalb IL 60115-2854
(815) 753-6427
(815) 753-0365
abahniuedu
Anthropology
Chapurukha M Kusimba
Curator of Anthropology
The Field Museum
1400 S Lake Shore Dr
Chicago IL 60605-2496
(312) 922-9410 [main]
ckusimbafieldmuseumorg
Political Science
Clement Eme Adibe PhD
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of Political Science
990 W Fullerton Suite 2200
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 325-1981
cadibedepauledu
Joseph K Hoereth
Associate Director
Institute of Policy and Civic Engagement (MC 097)
UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago)
1253 S Halsted Street Room 310
Chicago IL 60607
Ph (312) 355-0096
Fax (312) 355-0545
jhoerethuicedu
Edward Kasule PhD
Full-Time Instructor
Northeastern Illinois University
Department of Political Science
5500 N St Louis Ave CLS 2069
Chicago IL 60625
s-kasuleneiuedu
[2] Adjunct Faculty
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4739
skasulecccedu
STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS
African Student Organization
Illinois Institute of Technology
Jong Massaqoui (president)
3300 South Federal Street
Chicago IL 60616-3793
(312) 567-3000
asoiitedu
African Student Alliance
Loyola University Chicago
President Afia Ohemeng
Department of Student Diversity and Multicultural Affairs
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Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-3909
(773) 508-3895 [fax]
asaloyolaugmailcom
httpwwwfreewebscomlucafricanstudents
African Student Association
Northern Illinois University
Location Campus Life Building Suite 180
Phone (815) 753-0483
FAX (815) 753-0481
E-Mail studentassociationniuedu
wwwsaniuedu
Program of African Studies (PAS)
Northwestern University
Co-president Ama M Appenteng
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 491-7323
asanorthwesterngmailcom
wwwgroupsnorthwesterneduasa
International Student Services and Activities
Notre Dame University
100 Main Building
Notre Dame Indiana 46556 USA
Phone (574) 631-1138
Immigration Questions (574) 631-5243
Fax (574) 631-3162
E-mail issandedu
E-mail ndintlndedu
wwwissandedu
African Student Council
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
President Alpha Marwa
International student council
(618) 453-5264
wwwafscrsosiucedu
African and Caribbean Student Association
University of Chicago
Judith Kituku ndash President
kitukuuchicagoedu
Jennifer Kennedy ndash Advisor
jkennedyuchicagoedu
(773) 834-8252
African Student Council (ASC)
University of Illinois at Chicago
750 SHalsted Street (Student Center East Building Room 473)
Chicago IL 60607
President Adedrian Adeleke
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COMMUNITY MEDIA
African Advocate
United African Organization
3424 S State St Suite 3C8-2
Chicago IL 60616
(312) 949-9980
(312) 949-9981
infouniteafricansorg
wwwuniteafricansorg
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Lincolnwood IL 60712
(773) 463 7200
OR
3525 W Peterson Ave Ste 200
Chicago Illinois 60659-3315 USA
(773) 250-7200
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httpwwwafriquenewsmagazinecom
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481 W Boughton Rd 400
Bolingbrook IL 60440
(630) 771-9069
(630) 771-9074
(630) 771-1163
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Crsquoest la vie
Unity in Diversity
Azaka M Ajanaku
Producer Director
Francophone Television at Chicago Access Network TV 21 Every Sunday at 10pm
(312) 972-9252
Chicago Defender
4445 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Drive
Chicago IL 60653
(312) 225-2400
Fax (312) 225-9231
httpwwwchicagodefendercom
The Chicago Inquirer
Postal address The Chicago Inquirer
POBOX 17056 Chicago IL 60617
Tel 773-382-1638
Fax 773-221-4872
httpwwwchicagoinquirercom
Maudlyne Ihejirika (Reporter)
Chicago Sun-Times
350 N Orleans St
Chicago IL 60654
(312) 321-2825
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Mashariki LEO
1449 E 72nd
Street
Chicago IL 60619
Postal Address PO BOX 19350
Chicago IL 60619
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Chicago IL 60640
(773) 561-5147
820 W Talcott Rd Park Ridge IL 60068
(847) 823-5122
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Leak and Sons Funeral Chapels
7838 S Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 846-6567
18400 S Pulaski Rd
Country Club hills IL 60478
(708) 206-0860
Golden Gate Funeral Home
2036 West 79th
Street
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 846-7900
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I Illinois-specific Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant Women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois Capehart Adrian S 2004 The Migration of Africans to the United States since 1960 Contexts Responses and Communities PhD Thesis Department of History University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago Illinois Encyclopedia of Chicago 2004 The Newberry Library wwwencyclopediachicagohistoryorg [Profiles of the African immigrant and refugee community are divided by nationality (eg Beninese Angolans
Congolese Kenyans etc)] Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6 Swanson Lorraine 2008 ldquoBrrrr Itrsquos Cold Refugees Prepare for their First Chicago Winterrdquo Chicago Journal October 22 II General Reference Overview Ethnography
Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
_____ (Bryce-Laporte Roy Simon) 1977 Visibility of the New Immigrants Society 1418-33 Chacko Elizabeth 2003 ldquoEthiopian Ethos and the Making of Ethnic Places in the Washington Metropolitan Areardquo Journal of Cultural Geography 20 Cunningham Jonathen and Sandra Svoboda 2006 ldquoThe New African-Americans Understanding a Wave of Immigration Battling Misperceptionsrdquo Metro Times November 1 Frazier Martin 2005 ldquoNew Dimensions ndash African immigrants in the USrdquo Peoplersquos Weekly World May 20
Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
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52
Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
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53
_____ 2007 Diaspora Dialogues Engagements Between Africa and its Diasporas at The New African Diaspora Assessing the Pains and Gains of Exile Binghamton University African ndash African-American Relations Racial ndash Ethnic Identity Black Diversity
Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
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54
DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
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55
Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
56
Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
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Nassi African Hair Braiding
2730 E 79th
St
Chicago IL 60649
Phone (773) 374-1753
Sandrarsquos African Hair Braiding
507 E 79th
St
ChicagoIL 60619
Phone (773) 783-5670
A-African Hair Braiding
1378 W 79th
St
Chicago Il 60620
Phone (773) 488-5507
Lagos African Braiding amp Weaving
14209 Chicago Rd Ste S
Dolton IL 60429
Phone (708) 849-3335
Amy African Hair Braiding
15023 Woodlawn Ave
Dolton IL 60419
(708) 201-0660
West Side
Tawa African Hair Braiding
2047 W 79th St
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 488-2319
mbatchouattnet
Aicha Hair Braiding
5103 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 836-8687
African Hair Braiding
3922 W Chicago Ave
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 342-7350
Angelrsquos African Hair Braiding
5937 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 622-4179
Anti Hair Braiding
5013 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
Contact Angie Seck
(773) 622-9000
Black Imagersquos African Hair Braiding
5602 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 378-8685
Bintou K professional Hair Braiding
4048 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 227-9940
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
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Brsquos African Hair Braiding
5620 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 626-9007
Blandine African Hair Braiding
4203 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 252-9792
Dee African Hair Braiding
4129 W Madison St
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 722-0921
Diallo African Hair Braiding
4203 W Division St
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 489-1629
Diallo African Hair Braiding
4737 West North Avenue
Chicago IL 60639
Phone (773) 645-0072
Fatima Africa Hair Braiding
5426 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 237-7200
Fatima Hair Braiding
2603 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60647
(773) 862-9739
G G African Hair Braiding
1143 S Pulaski Rd
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 722-2551
Latou Hair Braiding
3721 W Chicago Ave
Chicago IL 60651
(773) 265-6799
Maggyrsquos Hair Braiding
5524 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) -
Rama Hair Braiding
5030 W North Ave
Chicago IL 60639
(773) 237-0177
Sarafina Hair Braiding
34 N Pulaski Rd
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 265-1166
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
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35
Sebbeb African Hair Braiding
1017 S Western Ave
Chicago IL 60612
Tel (312) 226-6460
Sister African Hair Braiding
3950 W Grand Ave
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 384 2272
(773) 678 1811
Bijou Hair Braiding
2114 E 71st St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 324-4405
Friendly African Hair Braiding
1738 E 87th St
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 375-9800
Ivoire African Hair Braiding
8482 S Commercial Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 933-0377
Laure African Hair Braiding
2050 12 E 71st St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 241-5169
Maryrsquos African Hair Braiding
2146 E 75th St Chicago IL 60649
(773) 363-3220
Rama Signature Braiding
8027 S Stony Island Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 768-7909
Chattorsquos Salon
65 E Oak St
Chicago IL 60611
(312) 640-0003
Emailchattogmailcom
URL wwwchattocom
Star Hair Braiding
6317 S King Drive
Chicago IL 60637
(773) 288-8188
SHIPPING COMPANIES
Odessey International
Worldwide Transport Specialist
P O Box 490420
Chicago IL 60617
Office (877) 633-7735
Fax (773) 375-2764
wwwodesseyinternationalnet
Email desseyinternationalcom
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
Director HIVAIDS Research amp Policy Institute (HARPI)
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2046
aadefuyecsuedu
Akinmoladun Tunde PhD
Associate Professor Health sciences
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-3287
takincsuedu
Shaffdeen A Amuwo PhD MPH
Associate Dean
Clinical Associate Professor
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
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43
Office of Urban Health and Diversity Program
University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health (MC 923)
1603 West Taylor Suite 1185
Chicago IL 60612-4394
(312) 996-1410
amuwouicedu
William Ebomoyi PhD
Professor Health Studies
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2527
eebomoyicsuedu
Veterinary Medicine
Ibulaimu Kakoma PhD
Associate Professor Pathobiology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Veterinary Medicine
3505 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Bd
2001 South Lincoln Ave
Urbana IL 61802
(217) 333-2449
[f] (217)244-7421
kakomaiuiucedu
Fine Arts
Samuel Akainyah
Instructor Humanities Fine Arts amp Theater
Kennedy King College
6301 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60621
(773) 602-5185
sakainyahcccedu
Education
Anghesom Atsbaha EdD
(Adult Education)
Assistant Professor Social Sciences
Director Truman-DePaul Adult Bridge Program
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4067
aatsbahacccedu
Bekisizwe Ndimande PhD
(Politics of curriculum Policies and practices in post-apartheid desegregated schools)
Assistant Professor Curriculum amp Instruction
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Education
315 Education Building
1310 S 6th St MC 708
Champaign IL 61820
(217) 244-5556
ndimandeillinoisedu
Dr Emma Theuri
County Extension Director
University of Illinois Extension
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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Will County Unit
100 Manhattan Rd
Joliet IL 60433
(815) 727-9296
emmatillinoisedu
wwwextensionuiuceduwill
Foreign Languages Linguistics
Dr Eyamba G Bokamba
Professor of Linguistics
Director Program in African Languages (PAL)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Linguistics
3154 Foreign Language Building
707 S Mathews Avenue MC-168
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-3051
bokambaillinoisedu
Dr Khadija Bounou
Loyola University Chicago
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (French)
Dame Hall Room 305
6525 N Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-2861
kbounoulucedu
Dr Evans Mwangi
Assistant Professor of English
Northwestern University
1897 Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60208
English Department
Office UH 326
(847) 491-3529 [Office]
Fax 847-467-1545
evan-mwanginorthwesternedu
Humanities
Literature Oral Traditions Poetry
Waiumll Hassan PhD
(Modern Arabic Anglophone and Francophone literatures)
Associate Professor Comparative and World Literature
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3072 Foreign Languages Building
MC-160
707 S Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 333-4987
whassanillinoisedu
Abdul-Rasheed NarsquoAllah PhD
Professor and Department Chair
Director Indigenous Africa and Diaspora Discourse Project (IADDP)
Western Illinois University
Department of African American Studies
Morgan Hall 232
1 University Circle
Macomb IL 61455-1390
(309) 298-1181
A-NaAllahwiuedu
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Michel Nguessan PhD
Associate Professor
Library amp Information Science
Associate Editor-In-Chief of International Journal of Library Science
Governors State University
University Library
Office D2407
University Park IL 60466-0975
(708) 235-2143
mnguessangovstedu
wwwgovstedulibrarynguessan
Dr Patricia Ogedengbe
Librarian of Africana
University Library
Northwestern University
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300
(847) 491-2936
p-ogedengbenorthwesternedu
Mathematics
Aboubacar Sidy-Sow
Harold Washington College
30 E Lake St 730
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-3411
saboubacar-sidycccedu
Public Affairs
George O Assibey-Mensah PhD
Associate Professor
Public Finance and Policy Analysis
Indiana University Northwest
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
OFFICE Lindenwood Hall 108
3400 Broadway
Gary IN 46408-1197
(219) 980-7102
gassibeyiunedu
Fassil Demissie PhD
(Urban Planning)
Associate Professor
Public Policy Studies
DePaul University
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2352 N Clifton Ave Suite 1501
Chicago IL 60614
Phone (773) 325-7356
Fax (773) 325-4062
fdemissidepauledu
Religion
M Sani Umar PhD
Associate Professor of Religion
Director ndash Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
Northwestern University
Program of African Studies
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 467-0692
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m-umarnorthwesternedu
Social Sciences
History Misbahudeen Ahmed-Rufai
Assistant Professor
History and Social Sciences
Harold Washington College
30 East Lake St
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-5747
mahmed-rufaicccedu
Dr Theodora Ayot
North Park University
History Department
3225 West Foster Ave
Chicago IL 60625-4895
(773) 244-5744
tayotnorthparkedu
Ismael M Montana
Assistant Professor of History
Northern Illinois University
Department of History
DeKalb IL 60115-2893
(815) 753 8420
montananiuedu
ismaelmontanayahooca
Saidou Mohamed NrsquoDaou PhD
Professor of History
Chicago State University
William Science Building Room 315
9501 South King Drive
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2973
sndaouaolcom
Ogenga Otunnu PhD
(African History Immigration and Refugee Studies)
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of History
2320 N Kenmore Ave
Chicago IL 60614-3250
(773) 325-1555
ootunnudepauledu
Geography
Ezekiel Kalipeni PhD
(Medical Geography Population Studies Environmental Issues Health Care Africa)
Professor of Geography and African Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Geography
220 Davenport Hall MC-150
607 South Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-7708
kalipeniillinoisedu
Sociology
Abu Bakarr Bah PhD
Associate Professor
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Department of Sociology
DeKalb IL 60115-2854
(815) 753-6427
(815) 753-0365
abahniuedu
Anthropology
Chapurukha M Kusimba
Curator of Anthropology
The Field Museum
1400 S Lake Shore Dr
Chicago IL 60605-2496
(312) 922-9410 [main]
ckusimbafieldmuseumorg
Political Science
Clement Eme Adibe PhD
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of Political Science
990 W Fullerton Suite 2200
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 325-1981
cadibedepauledu
Joseph K Hoereth
Associate Director
Institute of Policy and Civic Engagement (MC 097)
UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago)
1253 S Halsted Street Room 310
Chicago IL 60607
Ph (312) 355-0096
Fax (312) 355-0545
jhoerethuicedu
Edward Kasule PhD
Full-Time Instructor
Northeastern Illinois University
Department of Political Science
5500 N St Louis Ave CLS 2069
Chicago IL 60625
s-kasuleneiuedu
[2] Adjunct Faculty
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4739
skasulecccedu
STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS
African Student Organization
Illinois Institute of Technology
Jong Massaqoui (president)
3300 South Federal Street
Chicago IL 60616-3793
(312) 567-3000
asoiitedu
African Student Alliance
Loyola University Chicago
President Afia Ohemeng
Department of Student Diversity and Multicultural Affairs
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Location Campus Life Building Suite 180
Phone (815) 753-0483
FAX (815) 753-0481
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wwwsaniuedu
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Northwestern University
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Evanston IL 60208
(847) 491-7323
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wwwgroupsnorthwesterneduasa
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Notre Dame University
100 Main Building
Notre Dame Indiana 46556 USA
Phone (574) 631-1138
Immigration Questions (574) 631-5243
Fax (574) 631-3162
E-mail issandedu
E-mail ndintlndedu
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Southern Illinois University Carbondale
President Alpha Marwa
International student council
(618) 453-5264
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University of Chicago
Judith Kituku ndash President
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Jennifer Kennedy ndash Advisor
jkennedyuchicagoedu
(773) 834-8252
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University of Illinois at Chicago
750 SHalsted Street (Student Center East Building Room 473)
Chicago IL 60607
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(312) 949-9981
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wwwuniteafricansorg
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OR
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(630) 771-9074
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Crsquoest la vie
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Producer Director
Francophone Television at Chicago Access Network TV 21 Every Sunday at 10pm
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Fax (312) 225-9231
httpwwwchicagodefendercom
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Fax 773-221-4872
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Chicago IL 60619
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Chicago IL 60619
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Street
Chicago IL 60620
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I Illinois-specific Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant Women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois Capehart Adrian S 2004 The Migration of Africans to the United States since 1960 Contexts Responses and Communities PhD Thesis Department of History University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago Illinois Encyclopedia of Chicago 2004 The Newberry Library wwwencyclopediachicagohistoryorg [Profiles of the African immigrant and refugee community are divided by nationality (eg Beninese Angolans
Congolese Kenyans etc)] Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6 Swanson Lorraine 2008 ldquoBrrrr Itrsquos Cold Refugees Prepare for their First Chicago Winterrdquo Chicago Journal October 22 II General Reference Overview Ethnography
Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
_____ (Bryce-Laporte Roy Simon) 1977 Visibility of the New Immigrants Society 1418-33 Chacko Elizabeth 2003 ldquoEthiopian Ethos and the Making of Ethnic Places in the Washington Metropolitan Areardquo Journal of Cultural Geography 20 Cunningham Jonathen and Sandra Svoboda 2006 ldquoThe New African-Americans Understanding a Wave of Immigration Battling Misperceptionsrdquo Metro Times November 1 Frazier Martin 2005 ldquoNew Dimensions ndash African immigrants in the USrdquo Peoplersquos Weekly World May 20
Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
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52
Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
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53
_____ 2007 Diaspora Dialogues Engagements Between Africa and its Diasporas at The New African Diaspora Assessing the Pains and Gains of Exile Binghamton University African ndash African-American Relations Racial ndash Ethnic Identity Black Diversity
Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
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DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
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Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
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Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
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Chicago IL 60624
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Chicago IL 60639
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Chicago IL 60624
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Email desseyinternationalcom
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Director HIVAIDS Research amp Policy Institute (HARPI)
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2046
aadefuyecsuedu
Akinmoladun Tunde PhD
Associate Professor Health sciences
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-3287
takincsuedu
Shaffdeen A Amuwo PhD MPH
Associate Dean
Clinical Associate Professor
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University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health (MC 923)
1603 West Taylor Suite 1185
Chicago IL 60612-4394
(312) 996-1410
amuwouicedu
William Ebomoyi PhD
Professor Health Studies
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2527
eebomoyicsuedu
Veterinary Medicine
Ibulaimu Kakoma PhD
Associate Professor Pathobiology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Veterinary Medicine
3505 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Bd
2001 South Lincoln Ave
Urbana IL 61802
(217) 333-2449
[f] (217)244-7421
kakomaiuiucedu
Fine Arts
Samuel Akainyah
Instructor Humanities Fine Arts amp Theater
Kennedy King College
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Anghesom Atsbaha EdD
(Adult Education)
Assistant Professor Social Sciences
Director Truman-DePaul Adult Bridge Program
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4067
aatsbahacccedu
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(Politics of curriculum Policies and practices in post-apartheid desegregated schools)
Assistant Professor Curriculum amp Instruction
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Education
315 Education Building
1310 S 6th St MC 708
Champaign IL 61820
(217) 244-5556
ndimandeillinoisedu
Dr Emma Theuri
County Extension Director
University of Illinois Extension
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100 Manhattan Rd
Joliet IL 60433
(815) 727-9296
emmatillinoisedu
wwwextensionuiuceduwill
Foreign Languages Linguistics
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Professor of Linguistics
Director Program in African Languages (PAL)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Linguistics
3154 Foreign Language Building
707 S Mathews Avenue MC-168
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-3051
bokambaillinoisedu
Dr Khadija Bounou
Loyola University Chicago
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (French)
Dame Hall Room 305
6525 N Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-2861
kbounoulucedu
Dr Evans Mwangi
Assistant Professor of English
Northwestern University
1897 Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60208
English Department
Office UH 326
(847) 491-3529 [Office]
Fax 847-467-1545
evan-mwanginorthwesternedu
Humanities
Literature Oral Traditions Poetry
Waiumll Hassan PhD
(Modern Arabic Anglophone and Francophone literatures)
Associate Professor Comparative and World Literature
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3072 Foreign Languages Building
MC-160
707 S Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 333-4987
whassanillinoisedu
Abdul-Rasheed NarsquoAllah PhD
Professor and Department Chair
Director Indigenous Africa and Diaspora Discourse Project (IADDP)
Western Illinois University
Department of African American Studies
Morgan Hall 232
1 University Circle
Macomb IL 61455-1390
(309) 298-1181
A-NaAllahwiuedu
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Associate Professor
Library amp Information Science
Associate Editor-In-Chief of International Journal of Library Science
Governors State University
University Library
Office D2407
University Park IL 60466-0975
(708) 235-2143
mnguessangovstedu
wwwgovstedulibrarynguessan
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Librarian of Africana
University Library
Northwestern University
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300
(847) 491-2936
p-ogedengbenorthwesternedu
Mathematics
Aboubacar Sidy-Sow
Harold Washington College
30 E Lake St 730
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-3411
saboubacar-sidycccedu
Public Affairs
George O Assibey-Mensah PhD
Associate Professor
Public Finance and Policy Analysis
Indiana University Northwest
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
OFFICE Lindenwood Hall 108
3400 Broadway
Gary IN 46408-1197
(219) 980-7102
gassibeyiunedu
Fassil Demissie PhD
(Urban Planning)
Associate Professor
Public Policy Studies
DePaul University
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2352 N Clifton Ave Suite 1501
Chicago IL 60614
Phone (773) 325-7356
Fax (773) 325-4062
fdemissidepauledu
Religion
M Sani Umar PhD
Associate Professor of Religion
Director ndash Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
Northwestern University
Program of African Studies
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 467-0692
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Social Sciences
History Misbahudeen Ahmed-Rufai
Assistant Professor
History and Social Sciences
Harold Washington College
30 East Lake St
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-5747
mahmed-rufaicccedu
Dr Theodora Ayot
North Park University
History Department
3225 West Foster Ave
Chicago IL 60625-4895
(773) 244-5744
tayotnorthparkedu
Ismael M Montana
Assistant Professor of History
Northern Illinois University
Department of History
DeKalb IL 60115-2893
(815) 753 8420
montananiuedu
ismaelmontanayahooca
Saidou Mohamed NrsquoDaou PhD
Professor of History
Chicago State University
William Science Building Room 315
9501 South King Drive
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2973
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Ogenga Otunnu PhD
(African History Immigration and Refugee Studies)
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of History
2320 N Kenmore Ave
Chicago IL 60614-3250
(773) 325-1555
ootunnudepauledu
Geography
Ezekiel Kalipeni PhD
(Medical Geography Population Studies Environmental Issues Health Care Africa)
Professor of Geography and African Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Geography
220 Davenport Hall MC-150
607 South Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-7708
kalipeniillinoisedu
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Abu Bakarr Bah PhD
Associate Professor
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Department of Sociology
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(815) 753-6427
(815) 753-0365
abahniuedu
Anthropology
Chapurukha M Kusimba
Curator of Anthropology
The Field Museum
1400 S Lake Shore Dr
Chicago IL 60605-2496
(312) 922-9410 [main]
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Clement Eme Adibe PhD
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of Political Science
990 W Fullerton Suite 2200
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 325-1981
cadibedepauledu
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Associate Director
Institute of Policy and Civic Engagement (MC 097)
UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago)
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Chicago IL 60607
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Fax (312) 355-0545
jhoerethuicedu
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Full-Time Instructor
Northeastern Illinois University
Department of Political Science
5500 N St Louis Ave CLS 2069
Chicago IL 60625
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[2] Adjunct Faculty
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Chicago IL 60640
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I Illinois-specific Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant Women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois Capehart Adrian S 2004 The Migration of Africans to the United States since 1960 Contexts Responses and Communities PhD Thesis Department of History University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago Illinois Encyclopedia of Chicago 2004 The Newberry Library wwwencyclopediachicagohistoryorg [Profiles of the African immigrant and refugee community are divided by nationality (eg Beninese Angolans
Congolese Kenyans etc)] Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6 Swanson Lorraine 2008 ldquoBrrrr Itrsquos Cold Refugees Prepare for their First Chicago Winterrdquo Chicago Journal October 22 II General Reference Overview Ethnography
Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
_____ (Bryce-Laporte Roy Simon) 1977 Visibility of the New Immigrants Society 1418-33 Chacko Elizabeth 2003 ldquoEthiopian Ethos and the Making of Ethnic Places in the Washington Metropolitan Areardquo Journal of Cultural Geography 20 Cunningham Jonathen and Sandra Svoboda 2006 ldquoThe New African-Americans Understanding a Wave of Immigration Battling Misperceptionsrdquo Metro Times November 1 Frazier Martin 2005 ldquoNew Dimensions ndash African immigrants in the USrdquo Peoplersquos Weekly World May 20
Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
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Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
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_____ 2007 Diaspora Dialogues Engagements Between Africa and its Diasporas at The New African Diaspora Assessing the Pains and Gains of Exile Binghamton University African ndash African-American Relations Racial ndash Ethnic Identity Black Diversity
Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
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54
DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
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Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
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Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
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3950 W Grand Ave
Chicago IL 60624
(773) 384 2272
(773) 678 1811
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2114 E 71st St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 324-4405
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Chicago IL 60617
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8482 S Commercial Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 933-0377
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2050 12 E 71st St
Chicago IL 60649
(773) 241-5169
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2146 E 75th St Chicago IL 60649
(773) 363-3220
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Office (877) 633-7735
Fax (773) 375-2764
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Email desseyinternationalcom
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Director HIVAIDS Research amp Policy Institute (HARPI)
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2046
aadefuyecsuedu
Akinmoladun Tunde PhD
Associate Professor Health sciences
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-3287
takincsuedu
Shaffdeen A Amuwo PhD MPH
Associate Dean
Clinical Associate Professor
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University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health (MC 923)
1603 West Taylor Suite 1185
Chicago IL 60612-4394
(312) 996-1410
amuwouicedu
William Ebomoyi PhD
Professor Health Studies
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2527
eebomoyicsuedu
Veterinary Medicine
Ibulaimu Kakoma PhD
Associate Professor Pathobiology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Veterinary Medicine
3505 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Bd
2001 South Lincoln Ave
Urbana IL 61802
(217) 333-2449
[f] (217)244-7421
kakomaiuiucedu
Fine Arts
Samuel Akainyah
Instructor Humanities Fine Arts amp Theater
Kennedy King College
6301 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60621
(773) 602-5185
sakainyahcccedu
Education
Anghesom Atsbaha EdD
(Adult Education)
Assistant Professor Social Sciences
Director Truman-DePaul Adult Bridge Program
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4067
aatsbahacccedu
Bekisizwe Ndimande PhD
(Politics of curriculum Policies and practices in post-apartheid desegregated schools)
Assistant Professor Curriculum amp Instruction
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Education
315 Education Building
1310 S 6th St MC 708
Champaign IL 61820
(217) 244-5556
ndimandeillinoisedu
Dr Emma Theuri
County Extension Director
University of Illinois Extension
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Will County Unit
100 Manhattan Rd
Joliet IL 60433
(815) 727-9296
emmatillinoisedu
wwwextensionuiuceduwill
Foreign Languages Linguistics
Dr Eyamba G Bokamba
Professor of Linguistics
Director Program in African Languages (PAL)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Linguistics
3154 Foreign Language Building
707 S Mathews Avenue MC-168
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-3051
bokambaillinoisedu
Dr Khadija Bounou
Loyola University Chicago
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (French)
Dame Hall Room 305
6525 N Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-2861
kbounoulucedu
Dr Evans Mwangi
Assistant Professor of English
Northwestern University
1897 Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60208
English Department
Office UH 326
(847) 491-3529 [Office]
Fax 847-467-1545
evan-mwanginorthwesternedu
Humanities
Literature Oral Traditions Poetry
Waiumll Hassan PhD
(Modern Arabic Anglophone and Francophone literatures)
Associate Professor Comparative and World Literature
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3072 Foreign Languages Building
MC-160
707 S Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 333-4987
whassanillinoisedu
Abdul-Rasheed NarsquoAllah PhD
Professor and Department Chair
Director Indigenous Africa and Diaspora Discourse Project (IADDP)
Western Illinois University
Department of African American Studies
Morgan Hall 232
1 University Circle
Macomb IL 61455-1390
(309) 298-1181
A-NaAllahwiuedu
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Michel Nguessan PhD
Associate Professor
Library amp Information Science
Associate Editor-In-Chief of International Journal of Library Science
Governors State University
University Library
Office D2407
University Park IL 60466-0975
(708) 235-2143
mnguessangovstedu
wwwgovstedulibrarynguessan
Dr Patricia Ogedengbe
Librarian of Africana
University Library
Northwestern University
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300
(847) 491-2936
p-ogedengbenorthwesternedu
Mathematics
Aboubacar Sidy-Sow
Harold Washington College
30 E Lake St 730
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-3411
saboubacar-sidycccedu
Public Affairs
George O Assibey-Mensah PhD
Associate Professor
Public Finance and Policy Analysis
Indiana University Northwest
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
OFFICE Lindenwood Hall 108
3400 Broadway
Gary IN 46408-1197
(219) 980-7102
gassibeyiunedu
Fassil Demissie PhD
(Urban Planning)
Associate Professor
Public Policy Studies
DePaul University
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2352 N Clifton Ave Suite 1501
Chicago IL 60614
Phone (773) 325-7356
Fax (773) 325-4062
fdemissidepauledu
Religion
M Sani Umar PhD
Associate Professor of Religion
Director ndash Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
Northwestern University
Program of African Studies
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 467-0692
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m-umarnorthwesternedu
Social Sciences
History Misbahudeen Ahmed-Rufai
Assistant Professor
History and Social Sciences
Harold Washington College
30 East Lake St
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-5747
mahmed-rufaicccedu
Dr Theodora Ayot
North Park University
History Department
3225 West Foster Ave
Chicago IL 60625-4895
(773) 244-5744
tayotnorthparkedu
Ismael M Montana
Assistant Professor of History
Northern Illinois University
Department of History
DeKalb IL 60115-2893
(815) 753 8420
montananiuedu
ismaelmontanayahooca
Saidou Mohamed NrsquoDaou PhD
Professor of History
Chicago State University
William Science Building Room 315
9501 South King Drive
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2973
sndaouaolcom
Ogenga Otunnu PhD
(African History Immigration and Refugee Studies)
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of History
2320 N Kenmore Ave
Chicago IL 60614-3250
(773) 325-1555
ootunnudepauledu
Geography
Ezekiel Kalipeni PhD
(Medical Geography Population Studies Environmental Issues Health Care Africa)
Professor of Geography and African Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Geography
220 Davenport Hall MC-150
607 South Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-7708
kalipeniillinoisedu
Sociology
Abu Bakarr Bah PhD
Associate Professor
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Department of Sociology
DeKalb IL 60115-2854
(815) 753-6427
(815) 753-0365
abahniuedu
Anthropology
Chapurukha M Kusimba
Curator of Anthropology
The Field Museum
1400 S Lake Shore Dr
Chicago IL 60605-2496
(312) 922-9410 [main]
ckusimbafieldmuseumorg
Political Science
Clement Eme Adibe PhD
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of Political Science
990 W Fullerton Suite 2200
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 325-1981
cadibedepauledu
Joseph K Hoereth
Associate Director
Institute of Policy and Civic Engagement (MC 097)
UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago)
1253 S Halsted Street Room 310
Chicago IL 60607
Ph (312) 355-0096
Fax (312) 355-0545
jhoerethuicedu
Edward Kasule PhD
Full-Time Instructor
Northeastern Illinois University
Department of Political Science
5500 N St Louis Ave CLS 2069
Chicago IL 60625
s-kasuleneiuedu
[2] Adjunct Faculty
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4739
skasulecccedu
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African Student Organization
Illinois Institute of Technology
Jong Massaqoui (president)
3300 South Federal Street
Chicago IL 60616-3793
(312) 567-3000
asoiitedu
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Loyola University Chicago
President Afia Ohemeng
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Chicago IL 60626
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(773) 508-3895 [fax]
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Location Campus Life Building Suite 180
Phone (815) 753-0483
FAX (815) 753-0481
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wwwsaniuedu
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Northwestern University
Co-president Ama M Appenteng
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 491-7323
asanorthwesterngmailcom
wwwgroupsnorthwesterneduasa
International Student Services and Activities
Notre Dame University
100 Main Building
Notre Dame Indiana 46556 USA
Phone (574) 631-1138
Immigration Questions (574) 631-5243
Fax (574) 631-3162
E-mail issandedu
E-mail ndintlndedu
wwwissandedu
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Southern Illinois University Carbondale
President Alpha Marwa
International student council
(618) 453-5264
wwwafscrsosiucedu
African and Caribbean Student Association
University of Chicago
Judith Kituku ndash President
kitukuuchicagoedu
Jennifer Kennedy ndash Advisor
jkennedyuchicagoedu
(773) 834-8252
African Student Council (ASC)
University of Illinois at Chicago
750 SHalsted Street (Student Center East Building Room 473)
Chicago IL 60607
President Adedrian Adeleke
asxuicgmailcom
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African Advocate
United African Organization
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Chicago IL 60616
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(312) 949-9981
infouniteafricansorg
wwwuniteafricansorg
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AFRIQUE Publishing Inc
6600 N Lincoln Ave Suite 240
Lincolnwood IL 60712
(773) 463 7200
OR
3525 W Peterson Ave Ste 200
Chicago Illinois 60659-3315 USA
(773) 250-7200
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Bolingbrook IL 60440
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Crsquoest la vie
Unity in Diversity
Azaka M Ajanaku
Producer Director
Francophone Television at Chicago Access Network TV 21 Every Sunday at 10pm
(312) 972-9252
Chicago Defender
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Chicago IL 60653
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Fax (312) 225-9231
httpwwwchicagodefendercom
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Postal address The Chicago Inquirer
POBOX 17056 Chicago IL 60617
Tel 773-382-1638
Fax 773-221-4872
httpwwwchicagoinquirercom
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Chicago Sun-Times
350 N Orleans St
Chicago IL 60654
(312) 321-2825
mihejirikasuntimescom
Mashariki LEO
1449 E 72nd
Street
Chicago IL 60619
Postal Address PO BOX 19350
Chicago IL 60619
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(847) 823-5122
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Chicago IL 60619
(773) 846-6567
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Country Club hills IL 60478
(708) 206-0860
Golden Gate Funeral Home
2036 West 79th
Street
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 846-7900
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Congolese Kenyans etc)] Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6 Swanson Lorraine 2008 ldquoBrrrr Itrsquos Cold Refugees Prepare for their First Chicago Winterrdquo Chicago Journal October 22 II General Reference Overview Ethnography
Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
_____ (Bryce-Laporte Roy Simon) 1977 Visibility of the New Immigrants Society 1418-33 Chacko Elizabeth 2003 ldquoEthiopian Ethos and the Making of Ethnic Places in the Washington Metropolitan Areardquo Journal of Cultural Geography 20 Cunningham Jonathen and Sandra Svoboda 2006 ldquoThe New African-Americans Understanding a Wave of Immigration Battling Misperceptionsrdquo Metro Times November 1 Frazier Martin 2005 ldquoNew Dimensions ndash African immigrants in the USrdquo Peoplersquos Weekly World May 20
Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
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Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
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Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
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54
DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
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55
Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
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Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
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Director HIVAIDS Research amp Policy Institute (HARPI)
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2046
aadefuyecsuedu
Akinmoladun Tunde PhD
Associate Professor Health sciences
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-3287
takincsuedu
Shaffdeen A Amuwo PhD MPH
Associate Dean
Clinical Associate Professor
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University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health (MC 923)
1603 West Taylor Suite 1185
Chicago IL 60612-4394
(312) 996-1410
amuwouicedu
William Ebomoyi PhD
Professor Health Studies
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2527
eebomoyicsuedu
Veterinary Medicine
Ibulaimu Kakoma PhD
Associate Professor Pathobiology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Veterinary Medicine
3505 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Bd
2001 South Lincoln Ave
Urbana IL 61802
(217) 333-2449
[f] (217)244-7421
kakomaiuiucedu
Fine Arts
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Instructor Humanities Fine Arts amp Theater
Kennedy King College
6301 S Halsted St
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(773) 602-5185
sakainyahcccedu
Education
Anghesom Atsbaha EdD
(Adult Education)
Assistant Professor Social Sciences
Director Truman-DePaul Adult Bridge Program
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4067
aatsbahacccedu
Bekisizwe Ndimande PhD
(Politics of curriculum Policies and practices in post-apartheid desegregated schools)
Assistant Professor Curriculum amp Instruction
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Education
315 Education Building
1310 S 6th St MC 708
Champaign IL 61820
(217) 244-5556
ndimandeillinoisedu
Dr Emma Theuri
County Extension Director
University of Illinois Extension
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100 Manhattan Rd
Joliet IL 60433
(815) 727-9296
emmatillinoisedu
wwwextensionuiuceduwill
Foreign Languages Linguistics
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Professor of Linguistics
Director Program in African Languages (PAL)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Linguistics
3154 Foreign Language Building
707 S Mathews Avenue MC-168
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-3051
bokambaillinoisedu
Dr Khadija Bounou
Loyola University Chicago
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (French)
Dame Hall Room 305
6525 N Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-2861
kbounoulucedu
Dr Evans Mwangi
Assistant Professor of English
Northwestern University
1897 Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60208
English Department
Office UH 326
(847) 491-3529 [Office]
Fax 847-467-1545
evan-mwanginorthwesternedu
Humanities
Literature Oral Traditions Poetry
Waiumll Hassan PhD
(Modern Arabic Anglophone and Francophone literatures)
Associate Professor Comparative and World Literature
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3072 Foreign Languages Building
MC-160
707 S Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 333-4987
whassanillinoisedu
Abdul-Rasheed NarsquoAllah PhD
Professor and Department Chair
Director Indigenous Africa and Diaspora Discourse Project (IADDP)
Western Illinois University
Department of African American Studies
Morgan Hall 232
1 University Circle
Macomb IL 61455-1390
(309) 298-1181
A-NaAllahwiuedu
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Associate Professor
Library amp Information Science
Associate Editor-In-Chief of International Journal of Library Science
Governors State University
University Library
Office D2407
University Park IL 60466-0975
(708) 235-2143
mnguessangovstedu
wwwgovstedulibrarynguessan
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Librarian of Africana
University Library
Northwestern University
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300
(847) 491-2936
p-ogedengbenorthwesternedu
Mathematics
Aboubacar Sidy-Sow
Harold Washington College
30 E Lake St 730
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-3411
saboubacar-sidycccedu
Public Affairs
George O Assibey-Mensah PhD
Associate Professor
Public Finance and Policy Analysis
Indiana University Northwest
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
OFFICE Lindenwood Hall 108
3400 Broadway
Gary IN 46408-1197
(219) 980-7102
gassibeyiunedu
Fassil Demissie PhD
(Urban Planning)
Associate Professor
Public Policy Studies
DePaul University
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2352 N Clifton Ave Suite 1501
Chicago IL 60614
Phone (773) 325-7356
Fax (773) 325-4062
fdemissidepauledu
Religion
M Sani Umar PhD
Associate Professor of Religion
Director ndash Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
Northwestern University
Program of African Studies
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 467-0692
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m-umarnorthwesternedu
Social Sciences
History Misbahudeen Ahmed-Rufai
Assistant Professor
History and Social Sciences
Harold Washington College
30 East Lake St
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-5747
mahmed-rufaicccedu
Dr Theodora Ayot
North Park University
History Department
3225 West Foster Ave
Chicago IL 60625-4895
(773) 244-5744
tayotnorthparkedu
Ismael M Montana
Assistant Professor of History
Northern Illinois University
Department of History
DeKalb IL 60115-2893
(815) 753 8420
montananiuedu
ismaelmontanayahooca
Saidou Mohamed NrsquoDaou PhD
Professor of History
Chicago State University
William Science Building Room 315
9501 South King Drive
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2973
sndaouaolcom
Ogenga Otunnu PhD
(African History Immigration and Refugee Studies)
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of History
2320 N Kenmore Ave
Chicago IL 60614-3250
(773) 325-1555
ootunnudepauledu
Geography
Ezekiel Kalipeni PhD
(Medical Geography Population Studies Environmental Issues Health Care Africa)
Professor of Geography and African Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Geography
220 Davenport Hall MC-150
607 South Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-7708
kalipeniillinoisedu
Sociology
Abu Bakarr Bah PhD
Associate Professor
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Department of Sociology
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(815) 753-6427
(815) 753-0365
abahniuedu
Anthropology
Chapurukha M Kusimba
Curator of Anthropology
The Field Museum
1400 S Lake Shore Dr
Chicago IL 60605-2496
(312) 922-9410 [main]
ckusimbafieldmuseumorg
Political Science
Clement Eme Adibe PhD
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of Political Science
990 W Fullerton Suite 2200
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 325-1981
cadibedepauledu
Joseph K Hoereth
Associate Director
Institute of Policy and Civic Engagement (MC 097)
UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago)
1253 S Halsted Street Room 310
Chicago IL 60607
Ph (312) 355-0096
Fax (312) 355-0545
jhoerethuicedu
Edward Kasule PhD
Full-Time Instructor
Northeastern Illinois University
Department of Political Science
5500 N St Louis Ave CLS 2069
Chicago IL 60625
s-kasuleneiuedu
[2] Adjunct Faculty
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4739
skasulecccedu
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Jong Massaqoui (president)
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FAX (815) 753-0481
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wwwsaniuedu
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wwwgroupsnorthwesterneduasa
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Immigration Questions (574) 631-5243
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E-mail issandedu
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President Alpha Marwa
International student council
(618) 453-5264
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(773) 834-8252
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University of Illinois at Chicago
750 SHalsted Street (Student Center East Building Room 473)
Chicago IL 60607
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OR
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Producer Director
Francophone Television at Chicago Access Network TV 21 Every Sunday at 10pm
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Fax (312) 225-9231
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Tel 773-382-1638
Fax 773-221-4872
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1449 E 72nd
Street
Chicago IL 60619
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Chicago IL 60619
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(708) 206-0860
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Street
Chicago IL 60620
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Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
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Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
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Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
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Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
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Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
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DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
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Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
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Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
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South Suburban Dental Care Ltd
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(708) 747-6474
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Contact Seth K Osafo MD
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303 Quadrangle Dr
Bolingbrook IL 60440
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440 Quadrangle Dr
Ste J
Bolingbrook IL 60440
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1051 W South St
Kewanee IL 61443
(309) 853-3361
1107 W Cayman Cv
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(309) 690-3369
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1243 W 79th
Street
Chicago IL 60620
Ph (773) 488-0844
Fax (773) 994-4610
Website httpuniversalhealthclinicscom
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(773) 728-6149
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Pediatrician ndash Neonatology
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(630) 954-6700
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Podiatrist
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Tel (773) 978-2100
Fax (773) 978-1568
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Orthopedic Surgeon
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Chicago IL 60617
(773) 374-2441
Phone (708) 378-7000
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Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Chicago Medical Center
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Chicago IL 60637
(773) 702-1234
(877)-DOM-2730
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Director Cancer Risk Clinic
University of Chicago Medical Center
5758 S Maryland Ave MC 2115
Chicago IL 60637
(773) 702-6149
(773) 834-8979
Email folopademedicinebsduchicagoedu
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Pediatrician
Exchange Medical Center
9135 S Exchange
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 374-2441
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Mbapharm Drug Store
DBA VICS PHARMACY
1313 W Morse Unit B
Chicago IL 60626
Tel (773) 764-0044
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414-232-6998
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Computer Sales and Services
1824 W 95th
St
Chicago IL 60643
Contact Chris
(773) 429-0020
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Contact Rotomi Ogunsuyi
7238 N Claremont
Chicago IL 60645
(773) 465-5902
Fax (773) 465-4995
Alt 7739684144
Inforotogcom
wwwrotogcom
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Evergreen Park IL 60805
Main Number 708-952-4663
Phone 888-693-8687
Fax Number 708-952-9003
Email cbarnesamericandream2com
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Worldwide Money Transmitter
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(773) 561-5699
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(Life Auto Home Commercial Health Business Investments)
Contact Jimo A Kasali President Owner
10837 S Western Ave suite 2
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 779 -9924
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Chicago IL 60604
Phone (312) 362-9844
Fax (312) 362-9877
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wwweberelawcom
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Director HIVAIDS Research amp Policy Institute (HARPI)
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2046
aadefuyecsuedu
Akinmoladun Tunde PhD
Associate Professor Health sciences
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-3287
takincsuedu
Shaffdeen A Amuwo PhD MPH
Associate Dean
Clinical Associate Professor
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43
Office of Urban Health and Diversity Program
University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health (MC 923)
1603 West Taylor Suite 1185
Chicago IL 60612-4394
(312) 996-1410
amuwouicedu
William Ebomoyi PhD
Professor Health Studies
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2527
eebomoyicsuedu
Veterinary Medicine
Ibulaimu Kakoma PhD
Associate Professor Pathobiology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Veterinary Medicine
3505 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Bd
2001 South Lincoln Ave
Urbana IL 61802
(217) 333-2449
[f] (217)244-7421
kakomaiuiucedu
Fine Arts
Samuel Akainyah
Instructor Humanities Fine Arts amp Theater
Kennedy King College
6301 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60621
(773) 602-5185
sakainyahcccedu
Education
Anghesom Atsbaha EdD
(Adult Education)
Assistant Professor Social Sciences
Director Truman-DePaul Adult Bridge Program
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4067
aatsbahacccedu
Bekisizwe Ndimande PhD
(Politics of curriculum Policies and practices in post-apartheid desegregated schools)
Assistant Professor Curriculum amp Instruction
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Education
315 Education Building
1310 S 6th St MC 708
Champaign IL 61820
(217) 244-5556
ndimandeillinoisedu
Dr Emma Theuri
County Extension Director
University of Illinois Extension
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44
Will County Unit
100 Manhattan Rd
Joliet IL 60433
(815) 727-9296
emmatillinoisedu
wwwextensionuiuceduwill
Foreign Languages Linguistics
Dr Eyamba G Bokamba
Professor of Linguistics
Director Program in African Languages (PAL)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Linguistics
3154 Foreign Language Building
707 S Mathews Avenue MC-168
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-3051
bokambaillinoisedu
Dr Khadija Bounou
Loyola University Chicago
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (French)
Dame Hall Room 305
6525 N Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-2861
kbounoulucedu
Dr Evans Mwangi
Assistant Professor of English
Northwestern University
1897 Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60208
English Department
Office UH 326
(847) 491-3529 [Office]
Fax 847-467-1545
evan-mwanginorthwesternedu
Humanities
Literature Oral Traditions Poetry
Waiumll Hassan PhD
(Modern Arabic Anglophone and Francophone literatures)
Associate Professor Comparative and World Literature
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3072 Foreign Languages Building
MC-160
707 S Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 333-4987
whassanillinoisedu
Abdul-Rasheed NarsquoAllah PhD
Professor and Department Chair
Director Indigenous Africa and Diaspora Discourse Project (IADDP)
Western Illinois University
Department of African American Studies
Morgan Hall 232
1 University Circle
Macomb IL 61455-1390
(309) 298-1181
A-NaAllahwiuedu
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
45
Michel Nguessan PhD
Associate Professor
Library amp Information Science
Associate Editor-In-Chief of International Journal of Library Science
Governors State University
University Library
Office D2407
University Park IL 60466-0975
(708) 235-2143
mnguessangovstedu
wwwgovstedulibrarynguessan
Dr Patricia Ogedengbe
Librarian of Africana
University Library
Northwestern University
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300
(847) 491-2936
p-ogedengbenorthwesternedu
Mathematics
Aboubacar Sidy-Sow
Harold Washington College
30 E Lake St 730
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-3411
saboubacar-sidycccedu
Public Affairs
George O Assibey-Mensah PhD
Associate Professor
Public Finance and Policy Analysis
Indiana University Northwest
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
OFFICE Lindenwood Hall 108
3400 Broadway
Gary IN 46408-1197
(219) 980-7102
gassibeyiunedu
Fassil Demissie PhD
(Urban Planning)
Associate Professor
Public Policy Studies
DePaul University
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2352 N Clifton Ave Suite 1501
Chicago IL 60614
Phone (773) 325-7356
Fax (773) 325-4062
fdemissidepauledu
Religion
M Sani Umar PhD
Associate Professor of Religion
Director ndash Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
Northwestern University
Program of African Studies
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 467-0692
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
46
m-umarnorthwesternedu
Social Sciences
History Misbahudeen Ahmed-Rufai
Assistant Professor
History and Social Sciences
Harold Washington College
30 East Lake St
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-5747
mahmed-rufaicccedu
Dr Theodora Ayot
North Park University
History Department
3225 West Foster Ave
Chicago IL 60625-4895
(773) 244-5744
tayotnorthparkedu
Ismael M Montana
Assistant Professor of History
Northern Illinois University
Department of History
DeKalb IL 60115-2893
(815) 753 8420
montananiuedu
ismaelmontanayahooca
Saidou Mohamed NrsquoDaou PhD
Professor of History
Chicago State University
William Science Building Room 315
9501 South King Drive
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2973
sndaouaolcom
Ogenga Otunnu PhD
(African History Immigration and Refugee Studies)
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of History
2320 N Kenmore Ave
Chicago IL 60614-3250
(773) 325-1555
ootunnudepauledu
Geography
Ezekiel Kalipeni PhD
(Medical Geography Population Studies Environmental Issues Health Care Africa)
Professor of Geography and African Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Geography
220 Davenport Hall MC-150
607 South Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-7708
kalipeniillinoisedu
Sociology
Abu Bakarr Bah PhD
Associate Professor
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
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47
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Department of Sociology
DeKalb IL 60115-2854
(815) 753-6427
(815) 753-0365
abahniuedu
Anthropology
Chapurukha M Kusimba
Curator of Anthropology
The Field Museum
1400 S Lake Shore Dr
Chicago IL 60605-2496
(312) 922-9410 [main]
ckusimbafieldmuseumorg
Political Science
Clement Eme Adibe PhD
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of Political Science
990 W Fullerton Suite 2200
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 325-1981
cadibedepauledu
Joseph K Hoereth
Associate Director
Institute of Policy and Civic Engagement (MC 097)
UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago)
1253 S Halsted Street Room 310
Chicago IL 60607
Ph (312) 355-0096
Fax (312) 355-0545
jhoerethuicedu
Edward Kasule PhD
Full-Time Instructor
Northeastern Illinois University
Department of Political Science
5500 N St Louis Ave CLS 2069
Chicago IL 60625
s-kasuleneiuedu
[2] Adjunct Faculty
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4739
skasulecccedu
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African Student Organization
Illinois Institute of Technology
Jong Massaqoui (president)
3300 South Federal Street
Chicago IL 60616-3793
(312) 567-3000
asoiitedu
African Student Alliance
Loyola University Chicago
President Afia Ohemeng
Department of Student Diversity and Multicultural Affairs
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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(773) 508-3895 [fax]
asaloyolaugmailcom
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Location Campus Life Building Suite 180
Phone (815) 753-0483
FAX (815) 753-0481
E-Mail studentassociationniuedu
wwwsaniuedu
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Northwestern University
Co-president Ama M Appenteng
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 491-7323
asanorthwesterngmailcom
wwwgroupsnorthwesterneduasa
International Student Services and Activities
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Phone (574) 631-1138
Immigration Questions (574) 631-5243
Fax (574) 631-3162
E-mail issandedu
E-mail ndintlndedu
wwwissandedu
African Student Council
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
President Alpha Marwa
International student council
(618) 453-5264
wwwafscrsosiucedu
African and Caribbean Student Association
University of Chicago
Judith Kituku ndash President
kitukuuchicagoedu
Jennifer Kennedy ndash Advisor
jkennedyuchicagoedu
(773) 834-8252
African Student Council (ASC)
University of Illinois at Chicago
750 SHalsted Street (Student Center East Building Room 473)
Chicago IL 60607
President Adedrian Adeleke
asxuicgmailcom
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African Advocate
United African Organization
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Chicago IL 60616
(312) 949-9980
(312) 949-9981
infouniteafricansorg
wwwuniteafricansorg
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3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
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Lincolnwood IL 60712
(773) 463 7200
OR
3525 W Peterson Ave Ste 200
Chicago Illinois 60659-3315 USA
(773) 250-7200
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httpwwwafriquenewsmagazinecom
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Bolingbrook IL 60440
(630) 771-9069
(630) 771-9074
(630) 771-1163
africanspectrumaolcom
Crsquoest la vie
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Producer Director
Francophone Television at Chicago Access Network TV 21 Every Sunday at 10pm
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Fax (312) 225-9231
httpwwwchicagodefendercom
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Postal address The Chicago Inquirer
POBOX 17056 Chicago IL 60617
Tel 773-382-1638
Fax 773-221-4872
httpwwwchicagoinquirercom
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Chicago Sun-Times
350 N Orleans St
Chicago IL 60654
(312) 321-2825
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Mashariki LEO
1449 E 72nd
Street
Chicago IL 60619
Postal Address PO BOX 19350
Chicago IL 60619
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Chicago IL 60640
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(847) 823-5122
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7838 S Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 846-6567
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Country Club hills IL 60478
(708) 206-0860
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2036 West 79th
Street
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 846-7900
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I Illinois-specific Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant Women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois Capehart Adrian S 2004 The Migration of Africans to the United States since 1960 Contexts Responses and Communities PhD Thesis Department of History University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago Illinois Encyclopedia of Chicago 2004 The Newberry Library wwwencyclopediachicagohistoryorg [Profiles of the African immigrant and refugee community are divided by nationality (eg Beninese Angolans
Congolese Kenyans etc)] Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6 Swanson Lorraine 2008 ldquoBrrrr Itrsquos Cold Refugees Prepare for their First Chicago Winterrdquo Chicago Journal October 22 II General Reference Overview Ethnography
Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
_____ (Bryce-Laporte Roy Simon) 1977 Visibility of the New Immigrants Society 1418-33 Chacko Elizabeth 2003 ldquoEthiopian Ethos and the Making of Ethnic Places in the Washington Metropolitan Areardquo Journal of Cultural Geography 20 Cunningham Jonathen and Sandra Svoboda 2006 ldquoThe New African-Americans Understanding a Wave of Immigration Battling Misperceptionsrdquo Metro Times November 1 Frazier Martin 2005 ldquoNew Dimensions ndash African immigrants in the USrdquo Peoplersquos Weekly World May 20
Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
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infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
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Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
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_____ 2007 Diaspora Dialogues Engagements Between Africa and its Diasporas at The New African Diaspora Assessing the Pains and Gains of Exile Binghamton University African ndash African-American Relations Racial ndash Ethnic Identity Black Diversity
Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
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DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
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Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
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Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
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Physicians
Dr James Kuo
4554 Noth Broadway Avenue
Chicago Illinois 60640
(773) 728-6149
Udochukwu Asonye MD
Pediatrician ndash Neonatology
Midwest Neoped Associates Ltd
900 Jorie Blvd Oak Brook IL 60523
(630) 954-6700
httpwwwneopedcommedopeningshtml
Peter Akerele MD DPM
Podiatrist
South Shore Foot and Ankle Clinic
2223 E 79th St
Chicago Il 60649
Tel (773) 978-2100
Fax (773) 978-1568
Richard Egwele MD
Orthopedic Surgeon
Exchange Medical Center
9135 S Exchange Ave
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 374-2441
Phone (708) 378-7000
Olatoyosi Odenike MD
(Acute and chronic leukemia chronic myeloproliferative disease lymphoma)
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Chicago Medical Center
5841 S Maryland Ave MC 2115
Chicago IL 60637
(773) 702-1234
(877)-DOM-2730
Olufunmilayo I Olopade MD FACP
Director Cancer Risk Clinic
University of Chicago Medical Center
5758 S Maryland Ave MC 2115
Chicago IL 60637
(773) 702-6149
(773) 834-8979
Email folopademedicinebsduchicagoedu
Susan Oyetunde MD
Pediatrician
Exchange Medical Center
9135 S Exchange
Chicago IL 60617
(773) 374-2441
Drug Store
Mbapharm Drug Store
DBA VICS PHARMACY
1313 W Morse Unit B
Chicago IL 60626
Tel (773) 764-0044
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39
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Computer Tech
B-Tech Support
1140 N Wells Street 3
Chicago IL 60610
414-232-6998
contactbtechsupportcom
CFAO Technical Services
Computer Sales and Services
1824 W 95th
St
Chicago IL 60643
Contact Chris
(773) 429-0020
cfaoservicesaolcom
Rotog Inc (Business and Technology Consulting)
Contact Rotomi Ogunsuyi
7238 N Claremont
Chicago IL 60645
(773) 465-5902
Fax (773) 465-4995
Alt 7739684144
Inforotogcom
wwwrotogcom
Financial
American Dream Mortgage Corp II
2829 W 87th St
Evergreen Park IL 60805
Main Number 708-952-4663
Phone 888-693-8687
Fax Number 708-952-9003
Email cbarnesamericandream2com
Dahabshil Inc
Worldwide Money Transmitter
5957 N Broadway
Chicago IL 60660
(773) 561-5699
Insurance
JK Insurance Agency Inc
(Life Auto Home Commercial Health Business Investments)
Contact Jimo A Kasali President Owner
10837 S Western Ave suite 2
Chicago IL 60643
(773) 779 -9924
jkasalijkinsagencycom
LEGAL
Ebere Ekechukwu amp Associates
53 W Jackson St Suite 1440
Chicago IL 60604
Phone (312) 362-9844
Fax (312) 362-9877
ebereeberelawcom
wwweberelawcom
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3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
Director HIVAIDS Research amp Policy Institute (HARPI)
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2046
aadefuyecsuedu
Akinmoladun Tunde PhD
Associate Professor Health sciences
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-3287
takincsuedu
Shaffdeen A Amuwo PhD MPH
Associate Dean
Clinical Associate Professor
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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43
Office of Urban Health and Diversity Program
University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health (MC 923)
1603 West Taylor Suite 1185
Chicago IL 60612-4394
(312) 996-1410
amuwouicedu
William Ebomoyi PhD
Professor Health Studies
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2527
eebomoyicsuedu
Veterinary Medicine
Ibulaimu Kakoma PhD
Associate Professor Pathobiology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Veterinary Medicine
3505 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Bd
2001 South Lincoln Ave
Urbana IL 61802
(217) 333-2449
[f] (217)244-7421
kakomaiuiucedu
Fine Arts
Samuel Akainyah
Instructor Humanities Fine Arts amp Theater
Kennedy King College
6301 S Halsted St
Chicago IL 60621
(773) 602-5185
sakainyahcccedu
Education
Anghesom Atsbaha EdD
(Adult Education)
Assistant Professor Social Sciences
Director Truman-DePaul Adult Bridge Program
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4067
aatsbahacccedu
Bekisizwe Ndimande PhD
(Politics of curriculum Policies and practices in post-apartheid desegregated schools)
Assistant Professor Curriculum amp Instruction
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Education
315 Education Building
1310 S 6th St MC 708
Champaign IL 61820
(217) 244-5556
ndimandeillinoisedu
Dr Emma Theuri
County Extension Director
University of Illinois Extension
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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44
Will County Unit
100 Manhattan Rd
Joliet IL 60433
(815) 727-9296
emmatillinoisedu
wwwextensionuiuceduwill
Foreign Languages Linguistics
Dr Eyamba G Bokamba
Professor of Linguistics
Director Program in African Languages (PAL)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Linguistics
3154 Foreign Language Building
707 S Mathews Avenue MC-168
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-3051
bokambaillinoisedu
Dr Khadija Bounou
Loyola University Chicago
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (French)
Dame Hall Room 305
6525 N Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-2861
kbounoulucedu
Dr Evans Mwangi
Assistant Professor of English
Northwestern University
1897 Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60208
English Department
Office UH 326
(847) 491-3529 [Office]
Fax 847-467-1545
evan-mwanginorthwesternedu
Humanities
Literature Oral Traditions Poetry
Waiumll Hassan PhD
(Modern Arabic Anglophone and Francophone literatures)
Associate Professor Comparative and World Literature
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3072 Foreign Languages Building
MC-160
707 S Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 333-4987
whassanillinoisedu
Abdul-Rasheed NarsquoAllah PhD
Professor and Department Chair
Director Indigenous Africa and Diaspora Discourse Project (IADDP)
Western Illinois University
Department of African American Studies
Morgan Hall 232
1 University Circle
Macomb IL 61455-1390
(309) 298-1181
A-NaAllahwiuedu
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
45
Michel Nguessan PhD
Associate Professor
Library amp Information Science
Associate Editor-In-Chief of International Journal of Library Science
Governors State University
University Library
Office D2407
University Park IL 60466-0975
(708) 235-2143
mnguessangovstedu
wwwgovstedulibrarynguessan
Dr Patricia Ogedengbe
Librarian of Africana
University Library
Northwestern University
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300
(847) 491-2936
p-ogedengbenorthwesternedu
Mathematics
Aboubacar Sidy-Sow
Harold Washington College
30 E Lake St 730
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-3411
saboubacar-sidycccedu
Public Affairs
George O Assibey-Mensah PhD
Associate Professor
Public Finance and Policy Analysis
Indiana University Northwest
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
OFFICE Lindenwood Hall 108
3400 Broadway
Gary IN 46408-1197
(219) 980-7102
gassibeyiunedu
Fassil Demissie PhD
(Urban Planning)
Associate Professor
Public Policy Studies
DePaul University
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2352 N Clifton Ave Suite 1501
Chicago IL 60614
Phone (773) 325-7356
Fax (773) 325-4062
fdemissidepauledu
Religion
M Sani Umar PhD
Associate Professor of Religion
Director ndash Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
Northwestern University
Program of African Studies
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 467-0692
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
46
m-umarnorthwesternedu
Social Sciences
History Misbahudeen Ahmed-Rufai
Assistant Professor
History and Social Sciences
Harold Washington College
30 East Lake St
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-5747
mahmed-rufaicccedu
Dr Theodora Ayot
North Park University
History Department
3225 West Foster Ave
Chicago IL 60625-4895
(773) 244-5744
tayotnorthparkedu
Ismael M Montana
Assistant Professor of History
Northern Illinois University
Department of History
DeKalb IL 60115-2893
(815) 753 8420
montananiuedu
ismaelmontanayahooca
Saidou Mohamed NrsquoDaou PhD
Professor of History
Chicago State University
William Science Building Room 315
9501 South King Drive
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2973
sndaouaolcom
Ogenga Otunnu PhD
(African History Immigration and Refugee Studies)
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of History
2320 N Kenmore Ave
Chicago IL 60614-3250
(773) 325-1555
ootunnudepauledu
Geography
Ezekiel Kalipeni PhD
(Medical Geography Population Studies Environmental Issues Health Care Africa)
Professor of Geography and African Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Geography
220 Davenport Hall MC-150
607 South Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-7708
kalipeniillinoisedu
Sociology
Abu Bakarr Bah PhD
Associate Professor
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
47
Northern Illinois University
Department of Sociology
DeKalb IL 60115-2854
(815) 753-6427
(815) 753-0365
abahniuedu
Anthropology
Chapurukha M Kusimba
Curator of Anthropology
The Field Museum
1400 S Lake Shore Dr
Chicago IL 60605-2496
(312) 922-9410 [main]
ckusimbafieldmuseumorg
Political Science
Clement Eme Adibe PhD
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of Political Science
990 W Fullerton Suite 2200
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 325-1981
cadibedepauledu
Joseph K Hoereth
Associate Director
Institute of Policy and Civic Engagement (MC 097)
UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago)
1253 S Halsted Street Room 310
Chicago IL 60607
Ph (312) 355-0096
Fax (312) 355-0545
jhoerethuicedu
Edward Kasule PhD
Full-Time Instructor
Northeastern Illinois University
Department of Political Science
5500 N St Louis Ave CLS 2069
Chicago IL 60625
s-kasuleneiuedu
[2] Adjunct Faculty
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4739
skasulecccedu
STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS
African Student Organization
Illinois Institute of Technology
Jong Massaqoui (president)
3300 South Federal Street
Chicago IL 60616-3793
(312) 567-3000
asoiitedu
African Student Alliance
Loyola University Chicago
President Afia Ohemeng
Department of Student Diversity and Multicultural Affairs
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
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1125 W Loyola Ave Mertz 200
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-3909
(773) 508-3895 [fax]
asaloyolaugmailcom
httpwwwfreewebscomlucafricanstudents
African Student Association
Northern Illinois University
Location Campus Life Building Suite 180
Phone (815) 753-0483
FAX (815) 753-0481
E-Mail studentassociationniuedu
wwwsaniuedu
Program of African Studies (PAS)
Northwestern University
Co-president Ama M Appenteng
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 491-7323
asanorthwesterngmailcom
wwwgroupsnorthwesterneduasa
International Student Services and Activities
Notre Dame University
100 Main Building
Notre Dame Indiana 46556 USA
Phone (574) 631-1138
Immigration Questions (574) 631-5243
Fax (574) 631-3162
E-mail issandedu
E-mail ndintlndedu
wwwissandedu
African Student Council
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
President Alpha Marwa
International student council
(618) 453-5264
wwwafscrsosiucedu
African and Caribbean Student Association
University of Chicago
Judith Kituku ndash President
kitukuuchicagoedu
Jennifer Kennedy ndash Advisor
jkennedyuchicagoedu
(773) 834-8252
African Student Council (ASC)
University of Illinois at Chicago
750 SHalsted Street (Student Center East Building Room 473)
Chicago IL 60607
President Adedrian Adeleke
asxuicgmailcom
COMMUNITY MEDIA
African Advocate
United African Organization
3424 S State St Suite 3C8-2
Chicago IL 60616
(312) 949-9980
(312) 949-9981
infouniteafricansorg
wwwuniteafricansorg
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
49
AFRIQUE News Magazine
AFRIQUE Publishing Inc
6600 N Lincoln Ave Suite 240
Lincolnwood IL 60712
(773) 463 7200
OR
3525 W Peterson Ave Ste 200
Chicago Illinois 60659-3315 USA
(773) 250-7200
afriquepublishinggmailcom
httpwwwafriquenewsmagazinecom
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Spectrum Inc
481 W Boughton Rd 400
Bolingbrook IL 60440
(630) 771-9069
(630) 771-9074
(630) 771-1163
africanspectrumaolcom
Crsquoest la vie
Unity in Diversity
Azaka M Ajanaku
Producer Director
Francophone Television at Chicago Access Network TV 21 Every Sunday at 10pm
(312) 972-9252
Chicago Defender
4445 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Drive
Chicago IL 60653
(312) 225-2400
Fax (312) 225-9231
httpwwwchicagodefendercom
The Chicago Inquirer
Postal address The Chicago Inquirer
POBOX 17056 Chicago IL 60617
Tel 773-382-1638
Fax 773-221-4872
httpwwwchicagoinquirercom
Maudlyne Ihejirika (Reporter)
Chicago Sun-Times
350 N Orleans St
Chicago IL 60654
(312) 321-2825
mihejirikasuntimescom
Mashariki LEO
1449 E 72nd
Street
Chicago IL 60619
Postal Address PO BOX 19350
Chicago IL 60619
httpwwwmasharikileocom
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infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
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Nelson Funeral Homes
5149 N Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 561-5147
820 W Talcott Rd Park Ridge IL 60068
(847) 823-5122
wwwnelsonfuneralscom
Leak and Sons Funeral Chapels
7838 S Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 846-6567
18400 S Pulaski Rd
Country Club hills IL 60478
(708) 206-0860
Golden Gate Funeral Home
2036 West 79th
Street
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 846-7900
wwwgolengate-funeralhomecom
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REFERENCES Bibliography on lsquoNewrsquo African Migration to the United States
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Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
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Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
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Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
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Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
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DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
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Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
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Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
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Congolese Kenyans etc)] Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6 Swanson Lorraine 2008 ldquoBrrrr Itrsquos Cold Refugees Prepare for their First Chicago Winterrdquo Chicago Journal October 22 II General Reference Overview Ethnography
Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
_____ (Bryce-Laporte Roy Simon) 1977 Visibility of the New Immigrants Society 1418-33 Chacko Elizabeth 2003 ldquoEthiopian Ethos and the Making of Ethnic Places in the Washington Metropolitan Areardquo Journal of Cultural Geography 20 Cunningham Jonathen and Sandra Svoboda 2006 ldquoThe New African-Americans Understanding a Wave of Immigration Battling Misperceptionsrdquo Metro Times November 1 Frazier Martin 2005 ldquoNew Dimensions ndash African immigrants in the USrdquo Peoplersquos Weekly World May 20
Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
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Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
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_____ 2007 Diaspora Dialogues Engagements Between Africa and its Diasporas at The New African Diaspora Assessing the Pains and Gains of Exile Binghamton University African ndash African-American Relations Racial ndash Ethnic Identity Black Diversity
Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
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DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
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Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
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Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
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Director HIVAIDS Research amp Policy Institute (HARPI)
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2046
aadefuyecsuedu
Akinmoladun Tunde PhD
Associate Professor Health sciences
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-3287
takincsuedu
Shaffdeen A Amuwo PhD MPH
Associate Dean
Clinical Associate Professor
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amuwouicedu
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Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2527
eebomoyicsuedu
Veterinary Medicine
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(217) 333-2449
[f] (217)244-7421
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Director Truman-DePaul Adult Bridge Program
Harry S Truman College
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Chicago IL 60640
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aatsbahacccedu
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(Politics of curriculum Policies and practices in post-apartheid desegregated schools)
Assistant Professor Curriculum amp Instruction
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Education
315 Education Building
1310 S 6th St MC 708
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ndimandeillinoisedu
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County Extension Director
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emmatillinoisedu
wwwextensionuiuceduwill
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Professor of Linguistics
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Linguistics
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707 S Mathews Avenue MC-168
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-3051
bokambaillinoisedu
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Loyola University Chicago
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (French)
Dame Hall Room 305
6525 N Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-2861
kbounoulucedu
Dr Evans Mwangi
Assistant Professor of English
Northwestern University
1897 Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60208
English Department
Office UH 326
(847) 491-3529 [Office]
Fax 847-467-1545
evan-mwanginorthwesternedu
Humanities
Literature Oral Traditions Poetry
Waiumll Hassan PhD
(Modern Arabic Anglophone and Francophone literatures)
Associate Professor Comparative and World Literature
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3072 Foreign Languages Building
MC-160
707 S Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 333-4987
whassanillinoisedu
Abdul-Rasheed NarsquoAllah PhD
Professor and Department Chair
Director Indigenous Africa and Diaspora Discourse Project (IADDP)
Western Illinois University
Department of African American Studies
Morgan Hall 232
1 University Circle
Macomb IL 61455-1390
(309) 298-1181
A-NaAllahwiuedu
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Associate Professor
Library amp Information Science
Associate Editor-In-Chief of International Journal of Library Science
Governors State University
University Library
Office D2407
University Park IL 60466-0975
(708) 235-2143
mnguessangovstedu
wwwgovstedulibrarynguessan
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Librarian of Africana
University Library
Northwestern University
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300
(847) 491-2936
p-ogedengbenorthwesternedu
Mathematics
Aboubacar Sidy-Sow
Harold Washington College
30 E Lake St 730
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-3411
saboubacar-sidycccedu
Public Affairs
George O Assibey-Mensah PhD
Associate Professor
Public Finance and Policy Analysis
Indiana University Northwest
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
OFFICE Lindenwood Hall 108
3400 Broadway
Gary IN 46408-1197
(219) 980-7102
gassibeyiunedu
Fassil Demissie PhD
(Urban Planning)
Associate Professor
Public Policy Studies
DePaul University
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2352 N Clifton Ave Suite 1501
Chicago IL 60614
Phone (773) 325-7356
Fax (773) 325-4062
fdemissidepauledu
Religion
M Sani Umar PhD
Associate Professor of Religion
Director ndash Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
Northwestern University
Program of African Studies
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 467-0692
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Social Sciences
History Misbahudeen Ahmed-Rufai
Assistant Professor
History and Social Sciences
Harold Washington College
30 East Lake St
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-5747
mahmed-rufaicccedu
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North Park University
History Department
3225 West Foster Ave
Chicago IL 60625-4895
(773) 244-5744
tayotnorthparkedu
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Assistant Professor of History
Northern Illinois University
Department of History
DeKalb IL 60115-2893
(815) 753 8420
montananiuedu
ismaelmontanayahooca
Saidou Mohamed NrsquoDaou PhD
Professor of History
Chicago State University
William Science Building Room 315
9501 South King Drive
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2973
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(African History Immigration and Refugee Studies)
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of History
2320 N Kenmore Ave
Chicago IL 60614-3250
(773) 325-1555
ootunnudepauledu
Geography
Ezekiel Kalipeni PhD
(Medical Geography Population Studies Environmental Issues Health Care Africa)
Professor of Geography and African Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Geography
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607 South Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
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Associate Professor
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(815) 753-0365
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Anthropology
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Curator of Anthropology
The Field Museum
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Chicago IL 60605-2496
(312) 922-9410 [main]
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Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of Political Science
990 W Fullerton Suite 2200
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 325-1981
cadibedepauledu
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Associate Director
Institute of Policy and Civic Engagement (MC 097)
UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago)
1253 S Halsted Street Room 310
Chicago IL 60607
Ph (312) 355-0096
Fax (312) 355-0545
jhoerethuicedu
Edward Kasule PhD
Full-Time Instructor
Northeastern Illinois University
Department of Political Science
5500 N St Louis Ave CLS 2069
Chicago IL 60625
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[2] Adjunct Faculty
Harry S Truman College
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Chicago IL 60640
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Congolese Kenyans etc)] Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6 Swanson Lorraine 2008 ldquoBrrrr Itrsquos Cold Refugees Prepare for their First Chicago Winterrdquo Chicago Journal October 22 II General Reference Overview Ethnography
Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
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Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
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52
Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
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_____ 2007 Diaspora Dialogues Engagements Between Africa and its Diasporas at The New African Diaspora Assessing the Pains and Gains of Exile Binghamton University African ndash African-American Relations Racial ndash Ethnic Identity Black Diversity
Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
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DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
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Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
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Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
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Urbana IL 61801
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Loyola University Chicago
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (French)
Dame Hall Room 305
6525 N Sheridan Rd
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Assistant Professor of English
Northwestern University
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Chicago IL 60208
English Department
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(847) 491-3529 [Office]
Fax 847-467-1545
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Humanities
Literature Oral Traditions Poetry
Waiumll Hassan PhD
(Modern Arabic Anglophone and Francophone literatures)
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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MC-160
707 S Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
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Professor and Department Chair
Director Indigenous Africa and Diaspora Discourse Project (IADDP)
Western Illinois University
Department of African American Studies
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1 University Circle
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(309) 298-1181
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Library amp Information Science
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Governors State University
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Harold Washington College
30 E Lake St 730
Chicago IL 60601
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Public Finance and Policy Analysis
Indiana University Northwest
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
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3400 Broadway
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College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
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Chicago IL 60614
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Fax (773) 325-4062
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Evanston IL 60208
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Harold Washington College
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Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-5747
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North Park University
History Department
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Chicago IL 60625-4895
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Northern Illinois University
Department of History
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(815) 753 8420
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ismaelmontanayahooca
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Professor of History
Chicago State University
William Science Building Room 315
9501 South King Drive
Chicago IL 60628
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(African History Immigration and Refugee Studies)
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of History
2320 N Kenmore Ave
Chicago IL 60614-3250
(773) 325-1555
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Geography
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(Medical Geography Population Studies Environmental Issues Health Care Africa)
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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607 South Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-7708
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Associate Professor
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Anthropology
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The Field Museum
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Chicago IL 60605-2496
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DePaul University
Department of Political Science
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Chicago IL 60614
(773) 325-1981
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Associate Director
Institute of Policy and Civic Engagement (MC 097)
UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago)
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Chicago IL 60607
Ph (312) 355-0096
Fax (312) 355-0545
jhoerethuicedu
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Full-Time Instructor
Northeastern Illinois University
Department of Political Science
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Chicago IL 60625
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[2] Adjunct Faculty
Harry S Truman College
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Chicago IL 60640
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Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
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Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
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Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
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53
_____ 2007 Diaspora Dialogues Engagements Between Africa and its Diasporas at The New African Diaspora Assessing the Pains and Gains of Exile Binghamton University African ndash African-American Relations Racial ndash Ethnic Identity Black Diversity
Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
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DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
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Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
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56
Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
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Director HIVAIDS Research amp Policy Institute (HARPI)
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2046
aadefuyecsuedu
Akinmoladun Tunde PhD
Associate Professor Health sciences
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-3287
takincsuedu
Shaffdeen A Amuwo PhD MPH
Associate Dean
Clinical Associate Professor
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1603 West Taylor Suite 1185
Chicago IL 60612-4394
(312) 996-1410
amuwouicedu
William Ebomoyi PhD
Professor Health Studies
Chicago State University
Department of Health Studies
9501 S King Dr (BHS 607)
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2527
eebomoyicsuedu
Veterinary Medicine
Ibulaimu Kakoma PhD
Associate Professor Pathobiology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Veterinary Medicine
3505 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Bd
2001 South Lincoln Ave
Urbana IL 61802
(217) 333-2449
[f] (217)244-7421
kakomaiuiucedu
Fine Arts
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Instructor Humanities Fine Arts amp Theater
Kennedy King College
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Chicago IL 60621
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sakainyahcccedu
Education
Anghesom Atsbaha EdD
(Adult Education)
Assistant Professor Social Sciences
Director Truman-DePaul Adult Bridge Program
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4067
aatsbahacccedu
Bekisizwe Ndimande PhD
(Politics of curriculum Policies and practices in post-apartheid desegregated schools)
Assistant Professor Curriculum amp Instruction
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Education
315 Education Building
1310 S 6th St MC 708
Champaign IL 61820
(217) 244-5556
ndimandeillinoisedu
Dr Emma Theuri
County Extension Director
University of Illinois Extension
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100 Manhattan Rd
Joliet IL 60433
(815) 727-9296
emmatillinoisedu
wwwextensionuiuceduwill
Foreign Languages Linguistics
Dr Eyamba G Bokamba
Professor of Linguistics
Director Program in African Languages (PAL)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Linguistics
3154 Foreign Language Building
707 S Mathews Avenue MC-168
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-3051
bokambaillinoisedu
Dr Khadija Bounou
Loyola University Chicago
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (French)
Dame Hall Room 305
6525 N Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-2861
kbounoulucedu
Dr Evans Mwangi
Assistant Professor of English
Northwestern University
1897 Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60208
English Department
Office UH 326
(847) 491-3529 [Office]
Fax 847-467-1545
evan-mwanginorthwesternedu
Humanities
Literature Oral Traditions Poetry
Waiumll Hassan PhD
(Modern Arabic Anglophone and Francophone literatures)
Associate Professor Comparative and World Literature
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3072 Foreign Languages Building
MC-160
707 S Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 333-4987
whassanillinoisedu
Abdul-Rasheed NarsquoAllah PhD
Professor and Department Chair
Director Indigenous Africa and Diaspora Discourse Project (IADDP)
Western Illinois University
Department of African American Studies
Morgan Hall 232
1 University Circle
Macomb IL 61455-1390
(309) 298-1181
A-NaAllahwiuedu
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
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45
Michel Nguessan PhD
Associate Professor
Library amp Information Science
Associate Editor-In-Chief of International Journal of Library Science
Governors State University
University Library
Office D2407
University Park IL 60466-0975
(708) 235-2143
mnguessangovstedu
wwwgovstedulibrarynguessan
Dr Patricia Ogedengbe
Librarian of Africana
University Library
Northwestern University
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300
(847) 491-2936
p-ogedengbenorthwesternedu
Mathematics
Aboubacar Sidy-Sow
Harold Washington College
30 E Lake St 730
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-3411
saboubacar-sidycccedu
Public Affairs
George O Assibey-Mensah PhD
Associate Professor
Public Finance and Policy Analysis
Indiana University Northwest
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
OFFICE Lindenwood Hall 108
3400 Broadway
Gary IN 46408-1197
(219) 980-7102
gassibeyiunedu
Fassil Demissie PhD
(Urban Planning)
Associate Professor
Public Policy Studies
DePaul University
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2352 N Clifton Ave Suite 1501
Chicago IL 60614
Phone (773) 325-7356
Fax (773) 325-4062
fdemissidepauledu
Religion
M Sani Umar PhD
Associate Professor of Religion
Director ndash Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
Northwestern University
Program of African Studies
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 467-0692
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m-umarnorthwesternedu
Social Sciences
History Misbahudeen Ahmed-Rufai
Assistant Professor
History and Social Sciences
Harold Washington College
30 East Lake St
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-5747
mahmed-rufaicccedu
Dr Theodora Ayot
North Park University
History Department
3225 West Foster Ave
Chicago IL 60625-4895
(773) 244-5744
tayotnorthparkedu
Ismael M Montana
Assistant Professor of History
Northern Illinois University
Department of History
DeKalb IL 60115-2893
(815) 753 8420
montananiuedu
ismaelmontanayahooca
Saidou Mohamed NrsquoDaou PhD
Professor of History
Chicago State University
William Science Building Room 315
9501 South King Drive
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2973
sndaouaolcom
Ogenga Otunnu PhD
(African History Immigration and Refugee Studies)
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of History
2320 N Kenmore Ave
Chicago IL 60614-3250
(773) 325-1555
ootunnudepauledu
Geography
Ezekiel Kalipeni PhD
(Medical Geography Population Studies Environmental Issues Health Care Africa)
Professor of Geography and African Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Geography
220 Davenport Hall MC-150
607 South Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-7708
kalipeniillinoisedu
Sociology
Abu Bakarr Bah PhD
Associate Professor
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Northern Illinois University
Department of Sociology
DeKalb IL 60115-2854
(815) 753-6427
(815) 753-0365
abahniuedu
Anthropology
Chapurukha M Kusimba
Curator of Anthropology
The Field Museum
1400 S Lake Shore Dr
Chicago IL 60605-2496
(312) 922-9410 [main]
ckusimbafieldmuseumorg
Political Science
Clement Eme Adibe PhD
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of Political Science
990 W Fullerton Suite 2200
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 325-1981
cadibedepauledu
Joseph K Hoereth
Associate Director
Institute of Policy and Civic Engagement (MC 097)
UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago)
1253 S Halsted Street Room 310
Chicago IL 60607
Ph (312) 355-0096
Fax (312) 355-0545
jhoerethuicedu
Edward Kasule PhD
Full-Time Instructor
Northeastern Illinois University
Department of Political Science
5500 N St Louis Ave CLS 2069
Chicago IL 60625
s-kasuleneiuedu
[2] Adjunct Faculty
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4739
skasulecccedu
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wwwsaniuedu
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Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
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Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
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Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
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53
_____ 2007 Diaspora Dialogues Engagements Between Africa and its Diasporas at The New African Diaspora Assessing the Pains and Gains of Exile Binghamton University African ndash African-American Relations Racial ndash Ethnic Identity Black Diversity
Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
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54
DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
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Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
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Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
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amuwouicedu
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Chicago IL 60628
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eebomoyicsuedu
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(Adult Education)
Assistant Professor Social Sciences
Director Truman-DePaul Adult Bridge Program
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4067
aatsbahacccedu
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Assistant Professor Curriculum amp Instruction
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Education
315 Education Building
1310 S 6th St MC 708
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ndimandeillinoisedu
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County Extension Director
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emmatillinoisedu
wwwextensionuiuceduwill
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Professor of Linguistics
Director Program in African Languages (PAL)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Linguistics
3154 Foreign Language Building
707 S Mathews Avenue MC-168
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-3051
bokambaillinoisedu
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Loyola University Chicago
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (French)
Dame Hall Room 305
6525 N Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-2861
kbounoulucedu
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Assistant Professor of English
Northwestern University
1897 Sheridan Rd
Chicago IL 60208
English Department
Office UH 326
(847) 491-3529 [Office]
Fax 847-467-1545
evan-mwanginorthwesternedu
Humanities
Literature Oral Traditions Poetry
Waiumll Hassan PhD
(Modern Arabic Anglophone and Francophone literatures)
Associate Professor Comparative and World Literature
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3072 Foreign Languages Building
MC-160
707 S Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 333-4987
whassanillinoisedu
Abdul-Rasheed NarsquoAllah PhD
Professor and Department Chair
Director Indigenous Africa and Diaspora Discourse Project (IADDP)
Western Illinois University
Department of African American Studies
Morgan Hall 232
1 University Circle
Macomb IL 61455-1390
(309) 298-1181
A-NaAllahwiuedu
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Associate Professor
Library amp Information Science
Associate Editor-In-Chief of International Journal of Library Science
Governors State University
University Library
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University Park IL 60466-0975
(708) 235-2143
mnguessangovstedu
wwwgovstedulibrarynguessan
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Librarian of Africana
University Library
Northwestern University
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300
(847) 491-2936
p-ogedengbenorthwesternedu
Mathematics
Aboubacar Sidy-Sow
Harold Washington College
30 E Lake St 730
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-3411
saboubacar-sidycccedu
Public Affairs
George O Assibey-Mensah PhD
Associate Professor
Public Finance and Policy Analysis
Indiana University Northwest
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
OFFICE Lindenwood Hall 108
3400 Broadway
Gary IN 46408-1197
(219) 980-7102
gassibeyiunedu
Fassil Demissie PhD
(Urban Planning)
Associate Professor
Public Policy Studies
DePaul University
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2352 N Clifton Ave Suite 1501
Chicago IL 60614
Phone (773) 325-7356
Fax (773) 325-4062
fdemissidepauledu
Religion
M Sani Umar PhD
Associate Professor of Religion
Director ndash Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
Northwestern University
Program of African Studies
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 467-0692
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m-umarnorthwesternedu
Social Sciences
History Misbahudeen Ahmed-Rufai
Assistant Professor
History and Social Sciences
Harold Washington College
30 East Lake St
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-5747
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North Park University
History Department
3225 West Foster Ave
Chicago IL 60625-4895
(773) 244-5744
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Assistant Professor of History
Northern Illinois University
Department of History
DeKalb IL 60115-2893
(815) 753 8420
montananiuedu
ismaelmontanayahooca
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Professor of History
Chicago State University
William Science Building Room 315
9501 South King Drive
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2973
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Ogenga Otunnu PhD
(African History Immigration and Refugee Studies)
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of History
2320 N Kenmore Ave
Chicago IL 60614-3250
(773) 325-1555
ootunnudepauledu
Geography
Ezekiel Kalipeni PhD
(Medical Geography Population Studies Environmental Issues Health Care Africa)
Professor of Geography and African Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Geography
220 Davenport Hall MC-150
607 South Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-7708
kalipeniillinoisedu
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Abu Bakarr Bah PhD
Associate Professor
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Department of Sociology
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(815) 753-6427
(815) 753-0365
abahniuedu
Anthropology
Chapurukha M Kusimba
Curator of Anthropology
The Field Museum
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Chicago IL 60605-2496
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Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of Political Science
990 W Fullerton Suite 2200
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 325-1981
cadibedepauledu
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Associate Director
Institute of Policy and Civic Engagement (MC 097)
UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago)
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Chicago IL 60607
Ph (312) 355-0096
Fax (312) 355-0545
jhoerethuicedu
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Full-Time Instructor
Northeastern Illinois University
Department of Political Science
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Chicago IL 60625
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[2] Adjunct Faculty
Harry S Truman College
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Chicago IL 60640
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President Alpha Marwa
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Judith Kituku ndash President
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Jennifer Kennedy ndash Advisor
jkennedyuchicagoedu
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University of Illinois at Chicago
750 SHalsted Street (Student Center East Building Room 473)
Chicago IL 60607
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Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
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Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
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Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
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_____ 2007 Diaspora Dialogues Engagements Between Africa and its Diasporas at The New African Diaspora Assessing the Pains and Gains of Exile Binghamton University African ndash African-American Relations Racial ndash Ethnic Identity Black Diversity
Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
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DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
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Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
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Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
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Chicago IL 60208
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Humanities
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MC-160
707 S Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 333-4987
whassanillinoisedu
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Professor and Department Chair
Director Indigenous Africa and Diaspora Discourse Project (IADDP)
Western Illinois University
Department of African American Studies
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1 University Circle
Macomb IL 61455-1390
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Library amp Information Science
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University Park IL 60466-0975
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Evanston IL 60208-2300
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Harold Washington College
30 E Lake St 730
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-3411
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Public Finance and Policy Analysis
Indiana University Northwest
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
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Gary IN 46408-1197
(219) 980-7102
gassibeyiunedu
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(Urban Planning)
Associate Professor
Public Policy Studies
DePaul University
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
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Chicago IL 60614
Phone (773) 325-7356
Fax (773) 325-4062
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Northwestern University
Program of African Studies
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Evanston IL 60208
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Social Sciences
History Misbahudeen Ahmed-Rufai
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(312) 553-5747
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North Park University
History Department
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Chicago IL 60625-4895
(773) 244-5744
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Assistant Professor of History
Northern Illinois University
Department of History
DeKalb IL 60115-2893
(815) 753 8420
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ismaelmontanayahooca
Saidou Mohamed NrsquoDaou PhD
Professor of History
Chicago State University
William Science Building Room 315
9501 South King Drive
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2973
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(African History Immigration and Refugee Studies)
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of History
2320 N Kenmore Ave
Chicago IL 60614-3250
(773) 325-1555
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Geography
Ezekiel Kalipeni PhD
(Medical Geography Population Studies Environmental Issues Health Care Africa)
Professor of Geography and African Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Geography
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607 South Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
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The Field Museum
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DePaul University
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Country Club hills IL 60478
(708) 206-0860
Golden Gate Funeral Home
2036 West 79th
Street
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 846-7900
wwwgolengate-funeralhomecom
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3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
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51
REFERENCES Bibliography on lsquoNewrsquo African Migration to the United States
I Illinois-specific Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant Women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois Capehart Adrian S 2004 The Migration of Africans to the United States since 1960 Contexts Responses and Communities PhD Thesis Department of History University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago Illinois Encyclopedia of Chicago 2004 The Newberry Library wwwencyclopediachicagohistoryorg [Profiles of the African immigrant and refugee community are divided by nationality (eg Beninese Angolans
Congolese Kenyans etc)] Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6 Swanson Lorraine 2008 ldquoBrrrr Itrsquos Cold Refugees Prepare for their First Chicago Winterrdquo Chicago Journal October 22 II General Reference Overview Ethnography
Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
_____ (Bryce-Laporte Roy Simon) 1977 Visibility of the New Immigrants Society 1418-33 Chacko Elizabeth 2003 ldquoEthiopian Ethos and the Making of Ethnic Places in the Washington Metropolitan Areardquo Journal of Cultural Geography 20 Cunningham Jonathen and Sandra Svoboda 2006 ldquoThe New African-Americans Understanding a Wave of Immigration Battling Misperceptionsrdquo Metro Times November 1 Frazier Martin 2005 ldquoNew Dimensions ndash African immigrants in the USrdquo Peoplersquos Weekly World May 20
Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
52
Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
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53
_____ 2007 Diaspora Dialogues Engagements Between Africa and its Diasporas at The New African Diaspora Assessing the Pains and Gains of Exile Binghamton University African ndash African-American Relations Racial ndash Ethnic Identity Black Diversity
Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
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3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
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54
DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
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Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
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56
Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
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Associate Professor
Library amp Information Science
Associate Editor-In-Chief of International Journal of Library Science
Governors State University
University Library
Office D2407
University Park IL 60466-0975
(708) 235-2143
mnguessangovstedu
wwwgovstedulibrarynguessan
Dr Patricia Ogedengbe
Librarian of Africana
University Library
Northwestern University
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300
(847) 491-2936
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Mathematics
Aboubacar Sidy-Sow
Harold Washington College
30 E Lake St 730
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-3411
saboubacar-sidycccedu
Public Affairs
George O Assibey-Mensah PhD
Associate Professor
Public Finance and Policy Analysis
Indiana University Northwest
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
OFFICE Lindenwood Hall 108
3400 Broadway
Gary IN 46408-1197
(219) 980-7102
gassibeyiunedu
Fassil Demissie PhD
(Urban Planning)
Associate Professor
Public Policy Studies
DePaul University
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2352 N Clifton Ave Suite 1501
Chicago IL 60614
Phone (773) 325-7356
Fax (773) 325-4062
fdemissidepauledu
Religion
M Sani Umar PhD
Associate Professor of Religion
Director ndash Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
Northwestern University
Program of African Studies
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 467-0692
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m-umarnorthwesternedu
Social Sciences
History Misbahudeen Ahmed-Rufai
Assistant Professor
History and Social Sciences
Harold Washington College
30 East Lake St
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-5747
mahmed-rufaicccedu
Dr Theodora Ayot
North Park University
History Department
3225 West Foster Ave
Chicago IL 60625-4895
(773) 244-5744
tayotnorthparkedu
Ismael M Montana
Assistant Professor of History
Northern Illinois University
Department of History
DeKalb IL 60115-2893
(815) 753 8420
montananiuedu
ismaelmontanayahooca
Saidou Mohamed NrsquoDaou PhD
Professor of History
Chicago State University
William Science Building Room 315
9501 South King Drive
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2973
sndaouaolcom
Ogenga Otunnu PhD
(African History Immigration and Refugee Studies)
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of History
2320 N Kenmore Ave
Chicago IL 60614-3250
(773) 325-1555
ootunnudepauledu
Geography
Ezekiel Kalipeni PhD
(Medical Geography Population Studies Environmental Issues Health Care Africa)
Professor of Geography and African Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Geography
220 Davenport Hall MC-150
607 South Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-7708
kalipeniillinoisedu
Sociology
Abu Bakarr Bah PhD
Associate Professor
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Department of Sociology
DeKalb IL 60115-2854
(815) 753-6427
(815) 753-0365
abahniuedu
Anthropology
Chapurukha M Kusimba
Curator of Anthropology
The Field Museum
1400 S Lake Shore Dr
Chicago IL 60605-2496
(312) 922-9410 [main]
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Political Science
Clement Eme Adibe PhD
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of Political Science
990 W Fullerton Suite 2200
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 325-1981
cadibedepauledu
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Associate Director
Institute of Policy and Civic Engagement (MC 097)
UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago)
1253 S Halsted Street Room 310
Chicago IL 60607
Ph (312) 355-0096
Fax (312) 355-0545
jhoerethuicedu
Edward Kasule PhD
Full-Time Instructor
Northeastern Illinois University
Department of Political Science
5500 N St Louis Ave CLS 2069
Chicago IL 60625
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[2] Adjunct Faculty
Harry S Truman College
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Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4739
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Illinois Institute of Technology
Jong Massaqoui (president)
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Loyola University Chicago
President Afia Ohemeng
Department of Student Diversity and Multicultural Affairs
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Northwestern University
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International Student Services and Activities
Notre Dame University
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Immigration Questions (574) 631-5243
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Southern Illinois University Carbondale
President Alpha Marwa
International student council
(618) 453-5264
wwwafscrsosiucedu
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University of Chicago
Judith Kituku ndash President
kitukuuchicagoedu
Jennifer Kennedy ndash Advisor
jkennedyuchicagoedu
(773) 834-8252
African Student Council (ASC)
University of Illinois at Chicago
750 SHalsted Street (Student Center East Building Room 473)
Chicago IL 60607
President Adedrian Adeleke
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OR
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Producer Director
Francophone Television at Chicago Access Network TV 21 Every Sunday at 10pm
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Chicago IL 60654
(312) 321-2825
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1449 E 72nd
Street
Chicago IL 60619
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Chicago IL 60619
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Country Club hills IL 60478
(708) 206-0860
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2036 West 79th
Street
Chicago IL 60620
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51
REFERENCES Bibliography on lsquoNewrsquo African Migration to the United States
I Illinois-specific Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant Women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois Capehart Adrian S 2004 The Migration of Africans to the United States since 1960 Contexts Responses and Communities PhD Thesis Department of History University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago Illinois Encyclopedia of Chicago 2004 The Newberry Library wwwencyclopediachicagohistoryorg [Profiles of the African immigrant and refugee community are divided by nationality (eg Beninese Angolans
Congolese Kenyans etc)] Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6 Swanson Lorraine 2008 ldquoBrrrr Itrsquos Cold Refugees Prepare for their First Chicago Winterrdquo Chicago Journal October 22 II General Reference Overview Ethnography
Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
_____ (Bryce-Laporte Roy Simon) 1977 Visibility of the New Immigrants Society 1418-33 Chacko Elizabeth 2003 ldquoEthiopian Ethos and the Making of Ethnic Places in the Washington Metropolitan Areardquo Journal of Cultural Geography 20 Cunningham Jonathen and Sandra Svoboda 2006 ldquoThe New African-Americans Understanding a Wave of Immigration Battling Misperceptionsrdquo Metro Times November 1 Frazier Martin 2005 ldquoNew Dimensions ndash African immigrants in the USrdquo Peoplersquos Weekly World May 20
Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
52
Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
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_____ 2007 Diaspora Dialogues Engagements Between Africa and its Diasporas at The New African Diaspora Assessing the Pains and Gains of Exile Binghamton University African ndash African-American Relations Racial ndash Ethnic Identity Black Diversity
Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
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54
DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
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Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
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56
Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
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Social Sciences
History Misbahudeen Ahmed-Rufai
Assistant Professor
History and Social Sciences
Harold Washington College
30 East Lake St
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 553-5747
mahmed-rufaicccedu
Dr Theodora Ayot
North Park University
History Department
3225 West Foster Ave
Chicago IL 60625-4895
(773) 244-5744
tayotnorthparkedu
Ismael M Montana
Assistant Professor of History
Northern Illinois University
Department of History
DeKalb IL 60115-2893
(815) 753 8420
montananiuedu
ismaelmontanayahooca
Saidou Mohamed NrsquoDaou PhD
Professor of History
Chicago State University
William Science Building Room 315
9501 South King Drive
Chicago IL 60628
(773) 995-2973
sndaouaolcom
Ogenga Otunnu PhD
(African History Immigration and Refugee Studies)
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of History
2320 N Kenmore Ave
Chicago IL 60614-3250
(773) 325-1555
ootunnudepauledu
Geography
Ezekiel Kalipeni PhD
(Medical Geography Population Studies Environmental Issues Health Care Africa)
Professor of Geography and African Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Geography
220 Davenport Hall MC-150
607 South Mathews Ave
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 244-7708
kalipeniillinoisedu
Sociology
Abu Bakarr Bah PhD
Associate Professor
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Northern Illinois University
Department of Sociology
DeKalb IL 60115-2854
(815) 753-6427
(815) 753-0365
abahniuedu
Anthropology
Chapurukha M Kusimba
Curator of Anthropology
The Field Museum
1400 S Lake Shore Dr
Chicago IL 60605-2496
(312) 922-9410 [main]
ckusimbafieldmuseumorg
Political Science
Clement Eme Adibe PhD
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of Political Science
990 W Fullerton Suite 2200
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 325-1981
cadibedepauledu
Joseph K Hoereth
Associate Director
Institute of Policy and Civic Engagement (MC 097)
UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago)
1253 S Halsted Street Room 310
Chicago IL 60607
Ph (312) 355-0096
Fax (312) 355-0545
jhoerethuicedu
Edward Kasule PhD
Full-Time Instructor
Northeastern Illinois University
Department of Political Science
5500 N St Louis Ave CLS 2069
Chicago IL 60625
s-kasuleneiuedu
[2] Adjunct Faculty
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4739
skasulecccedu
STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS
African Student Organization
Illinois Institute of Technology
Jong Massaqoui (president)
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(312) 567-3000
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President Afia Ohemeng
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Judith Kituku ndash President
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Jennifer Kennedy ndash Advisor
jkennedyuchicagoedu
(773) 834-8252
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University of Illinois at Chicago
750 SHalsted Street (Student Center East Building Room 473)
Chicago IL 60607
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Street
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Chicago IL 60619
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Chicago IL 60619
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Golden Gate Funeral Home
2036 West 79th
Street
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 846-7900
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I Illinois-specific Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant Women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois Capehart Adrian S 2004 The Migration of Africans to the United States since 1960 Contexts Responses and Communities PhD Thesis Department of History University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago Illinois Encyclopedia of Chicago 2004 The Newberry Library wwwencyclopediachicagohistoryorg [Profiles of the African immigrant and refugee community are divided by nationality (eg Beninese Angolans
Congolese Kenyans etc)] Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6 Swanson Lorraine 2008 ldquoBrrrr Itrsquos Cold Refugees Prepare for their First Chicago Winterrdquo Chicago Journal October 22 II General Reference Overview Ethnography
Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
_____ (Bryce-Laporte Roy Simon) 1977 Visibility of the New Immigrants Society 1418-33 Chacko Elizabeth 2003 ldquoEthiopian Ethos and the Making of Ethnic Places in the Washington Metropolitan Areardquo Journal of Cultural Geography 20 Cunningham Jonathen and Sandra Svoboda 2006 ldquoThe New African-Americans Understanding a Wave of Immigration Battling Misperceptionsrdquo Metro Times November 1 Frazier Martin 2005 ldquoNew Dimensions ndash African immigrants in the USrdquo Peoplersquos Weekly World May 20
Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
52
Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
53
_____ 2007 Diaspora Dialogues Engagements Between Africa and its Diasporas at The New African Diaspora Assessing the Pains and Gains of Exile Binghamton University African ndash African-American Relations Racial ndash Ethnic Identity Black Diversity
Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
54
DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
55
Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
56
Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
47
Northern Illinois University
Department of Sociology
DeKalb IL 60115-2854
(815) 753-6427
(815) 753-0365
abahniuedu
Anthropology
Chapurukha M Kusimba
Curator of Anthropology
The Field Museum
1400 S Lake Shore Dr
Chicago IL 60605-2496
(312) 922-9410 [main]
ckusimbafieldmuseumorg
Political Science
Clement Eme Adibe PhD
Associate Professor
DePaul University
Department of Political Science
990 W Fullerton Suite 2200
Chicago IL 60614
(773) 325-1981
cadibedepauledu
Joseph K Hoereth
Associate Director
Institute of Policy and Civic Engagement (MC 097)
UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago)
1253 S Halsted Street Room 310
Chicago IL 60607
Ph (312) 355-0096
Fax (312) 355-0545
jhoerethuicedu
Edward Kasule PhD
Full-Time Instructor
Northeastern Illinois University
Department of Political Science
5500 N St Louis Ave CLS 2069
Chicago IL 60625
s-kasuleneiuedu
[2] Adjunct Faculty
Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 907-4739
skasulecccedu
STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS
African Student Organization
Illinois Institute of Technology
Jong Massaqoui (president)
3300 South Federal Street
Chicago IL 60616-3793
(312) 567-3000
asoiitedu
African Student Alliance
Loyola University Chicago
President Afia Ohemeng
Department of Student Diversity and Multicultural Affairs
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48
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Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-3909
(773) 508-3895 [fax]
asaloyolaugmailcom
httpwwwfreewebscomlucafricanstudents
African Student Association
Northern Illinois University
Location Campus Life Building Suite 180
Phone (815) 753-0483
FAX (815) 753-0481
E-Mail studentassociationniuedu
wwwsaniuedu
Program of African Studies (PAS)
Northwestern University
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620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 491-7323
asanorthwesterngmailcom
wwwgroupsnorthwesterneduasa
International Student Services and Activities
Notre Dame University
100 Main Building
Notre Dame Indiana 46556 USA
Phone (574) 631-1138
Immigration Questions (574) 631-5243
Fax (574) 631-3162
E-mail issandedu
E-mail ndintlndedu
wwwissandedu
African Student Council
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
President Alpha Marwa
International student council
(618) 453-5264
wwwafscrsosiucedu
African and Caribbean Student Association
University of Chicago
Judith Kituku ndash President
kitukuuchicagoedu
Jennifer Kennedy ndash Advisor
jkennedyuchicagoedu
(773) 834-8252
African Student Council (ASC)
University of Illinois at Chicago
750 SHalsted Street (Student Center East Building Room 473)
Chicago IL 60607
President Adedrian Adeleke
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COMMUNITY MEDIA
African Advocate
United African Organization
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Chicago IL 60616
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(312) 949-9981
infouniteafricansorg
wwwuniteafricansorg
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
49
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Lincolnwood IL 60712
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OR
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httpwwwafriquenewsmagazinecom
African Spectrum
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Bolingbrook IL 60440
(630) 771-9069
(630) 771-9074
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Crsquoest la vie
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Producer Director
Francophone Television at Chicago Access Network TV 21 Every Sunday at 10pm
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Chicago Defender
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Chicago IL 60653
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Fax (312) 225-9231
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POBOX 17056 Chicago IL 60617
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Fax 773-221-4872
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Chicago Sun-Times
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Chicago IL 60654
(312) 321-2825
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Mashariki LEO
1449 E 72nd
Street
Chicago IL 60619
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Chicago IL 60619
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UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
50
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(773) 846-6567
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Country Club hills IL 60478
(708) 206-0860
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2036 West 79th
Street
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 846-7900
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infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
51
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I Illinois-specific Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant Women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois Capehart Adrian S 2004 The Migration of Africans to the United States since 1960 Contexts Responses and Communities PhD Thesis Department of History University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago Illinois Encyclopedia of Chicago 2004 The Newberry Library wwwencyclopediachicagohistoryorg [Profiles of the African immigrant and refugee community are divided by nationality (eg Beninese Angolans
Congolese Kenyans etc)] Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6 Swanson Lorraine 2008 ldquoBrrrr Itrsquos Cold Refugees Prepare for their First Chicago Winterrdquo Chicago Journal October 22 II General Reference Overview Ethnography
Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
_____ (Bryce-Laporte Roy Simon) 1977 Visibility of the New Immigrants Society 1418-33 Chacko Elizabeth 2003 ldquoEthiopian Ethos and the Making of Ethnic Places in the Washington Metropolitan Areardquo Journal of Cultural Geography 20 Cunningham Jonathen and Sandra Svoboda 2006 ldquoThe New African-Americans Understanding a Wave of Immigration Battling Misperceptionsrdquo Metro Times November 1 Frazier Martin 2005 ldquoNew Dimensions ndash African immigrants in the USrdquo Peoplersquos Weekly World May 20
Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
52
Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
53
_____ 2007 Diaspora Dialogues Engagements Between Africa and its Diasporas at The New African Diaspora Assessing the Pains and Gains of Exile Binghamton University African ndash African-American Relations Racial ndash Ethnic Identity Black Diversity
Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
54
DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
55
Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
56
Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
48
1125 W Loyola Ave Mertz 200
Chicago IL 60626
(773) 508-3909
(773) 508-3895 [fax]
asaloyolaugmailcom
httpwwwfreewebscomlucafricanstudents
African Student Association
Northern Illinois University
Location Campus Life Building Suite 180
Phone (815) 753-0483
FAX (815) 753-0481
E-Mail studentassociationniuedu
wwwsaniuedu
Program of African Studies (PAS)
Northwestern University
Co-president Ama M Appenteng
620 Library Place
Evanston IL 60208
(847) 491-7323
asanorthwesterngmailcom
wwwgroupsnorthwesterneduasa
International Student Services and Activities
Notre Dame University
100 Main Building
Notre Dame Indiana 46556 USA
Phone (574) 631-1138
Immigration Questions (574) 631-5243
Fax (574) 631-3162
E-mail issandedu
E-mail ndintlndedu
wwwissandedu
African Student Council
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
President Alpha Marwa
International student council
(618) 453-5264
wwwafscrsosiucedu
African and Caribbean Student Association
University of Chicago
Judith Kituku ndash President
kitukuuchicagoedu
Jennifer Kennedy ndash Advisor
jkennedyuchicagoedu
(773) 834-8252
African Student Council (ASC)
University of Illinois at Chicago
750 SHalsted Street (Student Center East Building Room 473)
Chicago IL 60607
President Adedrian Adeleke
asxuicgmailcom
COMMUNITY MEDIA
African Advocate
United African Organization
3424 S State St Suite 3C8-2
Chicago IL 60616
(312) 949-9980
(312) 949-9981
infouniteafricansorg
wwwuniteafricansorg
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
49
AFRIQUE News Magazine
AFRIQUE Publishing Inc
6600 N Lincoln Ave Suite 240
Lincolnwood IL 60712
(773) 463 7200
OR
3525 W Peterson Ave Ste 200
Chicago Illinois 60659-3315 USA
(773) 250-7200
afriquepublishinggmailcom
httpwwwafriquenewsmagazinecom
African Spectrum
Spectrum Inc
481 W Boughton Rd 400
Bolingbrook IL 60440
(630) 771-9069
(630) 771-9074
(630) 771-1163
africanspectrumaolcom
Crsquoest la vie
Unity in Diversity
Azaka M Ajanaku
Producer Director
Francophone Television at Chicago Access Network TV 21 Every Sunday at 10pm
(312) 972-9252
Chicago Defender
4445 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Drive
Chicago IL 60653
(312) 225-2400
Fax (312) 225-9231
httpwwwchicagodefendercom
The Chicago Inquirer
Postal address The Chicago Inquirer
POBOX 17056 Chicago IL 60617
Tel 773-382-1638
Fax 773-221-4872
httpwwwchicagoinquirercom
Maudlyne Ihejirika (Reporter)
Chicago Sun-Times
350 N Orleans St
Chicago IL 60654
(312) 321-2825
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Street
Chicago IL 60619
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Chicago IL 60619
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50
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Nelson Funeral Homes
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Leak and Sons Funeral Chapels
7838 S Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 846-6567
18400 S Pulaski Rd
Country Club hills IL 60478
(708) 206-0860
Golden Gate Funeral Home
2036 West 79th
Street
Chicago IL 60620
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UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
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51
REFERENCES Bibliography on lsquoNewrsquo African Migration to the United States
I Illinois-specific Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant Women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois Capehart Adrian S 2004 The Migration of Africans to the United States since 1960 Contexts Responses and Communities PhD Thesis Department of History University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago Illinois Encyclopedia of Chicago 2004 The Newberry Library wwwencyclopediachicagohistoryorg [Profiles of the African immigrant and refugee community are divided by nationality (eg Beninese Angolans
Congolese Kenyans etc)] Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6 Swanson Lorraine 2008 ldquoBrrrr Itrsquos Cold Refugees Prepare for their First Chicago Winterrdquo Chicago Journal October 22 II General Reference Overview Ethnography
Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
_____ (Bryce-Laporte Roy Simon) 1977 Visibility of the New Immigrants Society 1418-33 Chacko Elizabeth 2003 ldquoEthiopian Ethos and the Making of Ethnic Places in the Washington Metropolitan Areardquo Journal of Cultural Geography 20 Cunningham Jonathen and Sandra Svoboda 2006 ldquoThe New African-Americans Understanding a Wave of Immigration Battling Misperceptionsrdquo Metro Times November 1 Frazier Martin 2005 ldquoNew Dimensions ndash African immigrants in the USrdquo Peoplersquos Weekly World May 20
Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
52
Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
53
_____ 2007 Diaspora Dialogues Engagements Between Africa and its Diasporas at The New African Diaspora Assessing the Pains and Gains of Exile Binghamton University African ndash African-American Relations Racial ndash Ethnic Identity Black Diversity
Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
54
DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
55
Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
56
Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
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49
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Chicago Sun-Times
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Chicago IL 60654
(312) 321-2825
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Mashariki LEO
1449 E 72nd
Street
Chicago IL 60619
Postal Address PO BOX 19350
Chicago IL 60619
httpwwwmasharikileocom
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
50
FUNERAL HOMES
Nelson Funeral Homes
5149 N Ashland Ave
Chicago IL 60640
(773) 561-5147
820 W Talcott Rd Park Ridge IL 60068
(847) 823-5122
wwwnelsonfuneralscom
Leak and Sons Funeral Chapels
7838 S Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago IL 60619
(773) 846-6567
18400 S Pulaski Rd
Country Club hills IL 60478
(708) 206-0860
Golden Gate Funeral Home
2036 West 79th
Street
Chicago IL 60620
(773) 846-7900
wwwgolengate-funeralhomecom
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
51
REFERENCES Bibliography on lsquoNewrsquo African Migration to the United States
I Illinois-specific Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant Women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois Capehart Adrian S 2004 The Migration of Africans to the United States since 1960 Contexts Responses and Communities PhD Thesis Department of History University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago Illinois Encyclopedia of Chicago 2004 The Newberry Library wwwencyclopediachicagohistoryorg [Profiles of the African immigrant and refugee community are divided by nationality (eg Beninese Angolans
Congolese Kenyans etc)] Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6 Swanson Lorraine 2008 ldquoBrrrr Itrsquos Cold Refugees Prepare for their First Chicago Winterrdquo Chicago Journal October 22 II General Reference Overview Ethnography
Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
_____ (Bryce-Laporte Roy Simon) 1977 Visibility of the New Immigrants Society 1418-33 Chacko Elizabeth 2003 ldquoEthiopian Ethos and the Making of Ethnic Places in the Washington Metropolitan Areardquo Journal of Cultural Geography 20 Cunningham Jonathen and Sandra Svoboda 2006 ldquoThe New African-Americans Understanding a Wave of Immigration Battling Misperceptionsrdquo Metro Times November 1 Frazier Martin 2005 ldquoNew Dimensions ndash African immigrants in the USrdquo Peoplersquos Weekly World May 20
Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
52
Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
53
_____ 2007 Diaspora Dialogues Engagements Between Africa and its Diasporas at The New African Diaspora Assessing the Pains and Gains of Exile Binghamton University African ndash African-American Relations Racial ndash Ethnic Identity Black Diversity
Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
54
DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
55
Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
56
Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
50
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UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
51
REFERENCES Bibliography on lsquoNewrsquo African Migration to the United States
I Illinois-specific Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant Women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois Capehart Adrian S 2004 The Migration of Africans to the United States since 1960 Contexts Responses and Communities PhD Thesis Department of History University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago Illinois Encyclopedia of Chicago 2004 The Newberry Library wwwencyclopediachicagohistoryorg [Profiles of the African immigrant and refugee community are divided by nationality (eg Beninese Angolans
Congolese Kenyans etc)] Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6 Swanson Lorraine 2008 ldquoBrrrr Itrsquos Cold Refugees Prepare for their First Chicago Winterrdquo Chicago Journal October 22 II General Reference Overview Ethnography
Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
_____ (Bryce-Laporte Roy Simon) 1977 Visibility of the New Immigrants Society 1418-33 Chacko Elizabeth 2003 ldquoEthiopian Ethos and the Making of Ethnic Places in the Washington Metropolitan Areardquo Journal of Cultural Geography 20 Cunningham Jonathen and Sandra Svoboda 2006 ldquoThe New African-Americans Understanding a Wave of Immigration Battling Misperceptionsrdquo Metro Times November 1 Frazier Martin 2005 ldquoNew Dimensions ndash African immigrants in the USrdquo Peoplersquos Weekly World May 20
Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
52
Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
53
_____ 2007 Diaspora Dialogues Engagements Between Africa and its Diasporas at The New African Diaspora Assessing the Pains and Gains of Exile Binghamton University African ndash African-American Relations Racial ndash Ethnic Identity Black Diversity
Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
54
DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
55
Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
56
Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
51
REFERENCES Bibliography on lsquoNewrsquo African Migration to the United States
I Illinois-specific Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant Women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois Capehart Adrian S 2004 The Migration of Africans to the United States since 1960 Contexts Responses and Communities PhD Thesis Department of History University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago Illinois Encyclopedia of Chicago 2004 The Newberry Library wwwencyclopediachicagohistoryorg [Profiles of the African immigrant and refugee community are divided by nationality (eg Beninese Angolans
Congolese Kenyans etc)] Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6 Swanson Lorraine 2008 ldquoBrrrr Itrsquos Cold Refugees Prepare for their First Chicago Winterrdquo Chicago Journal October 22 II General Reference Overview Ethnography
Arthur John A 2000 Invisible Sojourners African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States Westport Conn Praeger _____ 2008 The African Diaspora in the United States The Ghanaian Experience Ashgate Ashabranner Brent and Jennifer Ashabranner 1999 The New African Americans Linnet [For younger readers grade 6 and up] Bryce-Laporte R 1972 Black Immigrants The Experience of Invisibility and Inequality Journal of Black Studies 3 29-56
_____ (Bryce-Laporte Roy Simon) 1977 Visibility of the New Immigrants Society 1418-33 Chacko Elizabeth 2003 ldquoEthiopian Ethos and the Making of Ethnic Places in the Washington Metropolitan Areardquo Journal of Cultural Geography 20 Cunningham Jonathen and Sandra Svoboda 2006 ldquoThe New African-Americans Understanding a Wave of Immigration Battling Misperceptionsrdquo Metro Times November 1 Frazier Martin 2005 ldquoNew Dimensions ndash African immigrants in the USrdquo Peoplersquos Weekly World May 20
Gordon April 1998 The New Diaspora African Immigration to the United States Journal of Third World Studies 1579-103 ldquoAfrican Immigration (1970 ndashpresent)rdquo In Motion The African-American Migration Experience The Schamburg Center for Research in Black Culture httpwwwinmotionaameorgmigrationslandingcfmmigration=13 Konadu-Agyemang Kwado and Baffour K Takyi 2001 African Immigrants in the USA Some Reflections on their Pre- and Post-Migration Experiences The Arab World Geographer 431-47 Konadu-Agyemang Kwadwo Baffour K Takyi and John A Arthur eds 2006 The New African Diaspora in North America New York Lexington Books
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
52
Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
53
_____ 2007 Diaspora Dialogues Engagements Between Africa and its Diasporas at The New African Diaspora Assessing the Pains and Gains of Exile Binghamton University African ndash African-American Relations Racial ndash Ethnic Identity Black Diversity
Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
54
DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
55
Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
56
Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
52
Millman Joel 1994 From Dakar to Detroit Forbes September 26 Minter William 2008 ldquoMigration and Global Justice From Africa to the United Statesrdquo Discussion Paper American Friends Service Committee httpwwwafscorgAfricaLifeOverDebthtaGetDocumentActioni59154
Okome Mojubaolu Olufunke 1999 ldquoAfrican Immigration to the United States Dimensions of Migration Immigration and Exilerdquo June 1 httpwwwafricaresourcecomcontentview63217 Perry Donna 1997 ldquoRural Ideologies and Urban Imagining Wolof Immigrants in New York City Africa Today 44 (2) 229-260 Phelps-Stokes Fund 1949 A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States New York October Sachs Susan 2003 In Harlems Fabric Bright Threads of Senegal The New York Times July 28 Shaw-Taylor Yoku and Steven A Tuch 2007 The Other African Americans Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States New York Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc
Stoller Paul 2002 Money Has No Smell The Africanization of New York City Chicago and London University of Chicago Press Swigart Leigh 2000 Extended Lives The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia Philadelphia The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies httpwwwhsporgdefaultaspxid=97 Takougang Joseph 2003 Contemporary African Immigrants to the United States in Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 2 httpwwwafricamigrationcom _____ 1995 Black Immigrants to the United States Western Journal of Black Studies 1950-57
Takyi Baffour K 2002 The Making of the Second Diaspora On the Recent African Immigrant Community in the United States of America Western Journal of Black Studies 2632-43 Ungar Sanford J 1995 ldquoGetting Down to Business The Ethiopians and Eritreansrdquo pp 247-272 in Fresh Blood The New American Immigrants University of Illinois Press Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2002 Contemporary African Migrations in a Global Context African Issues 319-14 III ndash Thematic References
Africa ndash African Diaspora connections Apraku Kofi 1993 African Emigres in the United States A Missing Link in Africas Socioeconomic Development New York New York Praeger Hepner Tricia R 2003 ldquoReligion Nationalism and Transnational Civil Society in the Eritrean Diasporardquo Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power 10 269-93 _____ 2008 ldquoTransnational governance and the centralization of state power in Eritrea and exilerdquo Ethnic and Racial Studies 31(3)476-502 Mutume Gumisai 2003 Reversing Africas Brain Drain New Initiatives Tap Skills of African Expatriates
Africa Recovery 17 (2) Tettey Wisdom J 2002 Africas brain drain exploring possibilities for its positive utilization through networked communities Mots Pluriels 20 (February) httpwwwartsuwaeduauMotsPlurielsMP2002wjthtml Zeleza Paul Tiyambe 2004 ldquoThe African Academic Diaspora in the United States and Africa The Challenges of Productive Engagementrdquo Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East 24(1) 261-275
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
53
_____ 2007 Diaspora Dialogues Engagements Between Africa and its Diasporas at The New African Diaspora Assessing the Pains and Gains of Exile Binghamton University African ndash African-American Relations Racial ndash Ethnic Identity Black Diversity
Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
54
DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
55
Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
56
Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
53
_____ 2007 Diaspora Dialogues Engagements Between Africa and its Diasporas at The New African Diaspora Assessing the Pains and Gains of Exile Binghamton University African ndash African-American Relations Racial ndash Ethnic Identity Black Diversity
Abdullah Halima 1999 Between African and African American Immigrant Families Feel the Pull of Both Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 2 ______ 1999 African Immigrants Feel Pull of Two Worlds The Dallas Morning News April 30 Africans American Blacks Find Few Places to Connect One Race Separated by Two Cultures 2001 The Washington Times December 2 Eissa Salih Omar 2005 ldquoDiversity and Transformation African Americans and African mmigration to the United Statesrdquo Immigration Policy Center httpwwwimmigrationpolicyorgindexphpcontent=pr0503b
Fears Darryl 2002 A Diverse - and Divided - Black Community The Washington Post February 24 Halter Marilyn 1993 Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants 1860-1965 Urbana University of Illinois Press Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf Logan John R and Glenn Deane 2003 Black Diversity in Metropolitan America Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research University at Albany httpmumford1dyndnsorgcen2000BlackWhiteBlackDiversityReportblack-diversity01htm
Speer Tibbett 1994 The Newest African Americans arent Black American Demographics 16(1) 9-10 Svoboda Sandra 2006 ldquoThe White African-Americansrdquo Metro Times November 1 Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Autobiography Azikiwe Nnamdi 1970 My Odyssey An Autobiography London C Hurst Diawara Manthia 1998 In Search of Africa Cambridge MA Harvard University Press
_____ 2003 We Wont Budge A Malaria Memoir New York Basic Civitas Books Wamba Philippe 2000 Kinship A Familys Journey in Africa and America New York Plume Cultural Adjustment Preservation Aluko Remi and Diana Sherblom 1997 Passing Culture on to the Next Generation African Immigrant Language amp Culture Schools in Washington DC Festival of American Folklife 1997 Washington DC Smithsonian Institution 1997 Attah-Poku Agyemang 1996 The Socio-Cultural Adjustment Question The Role of Ghanaian Immigrant Ethnic
Associations in America Brookfield VT Avebury Bixler Mark 1999 Every Weekend Across Metro Atlanta African Immigrants Gather Around Their Radios The Atlanta Constitution November 29 Burbach Chris 1998 Seeking the Heart of Africa Omahas African Immigrants Find Camaraderie in a New Group Omaha World Herald April 24 Copeland-Carson Jacqueline 2004 Creating Africa in America Translocal Identity in an Emerging World City Philadelphia Penn Press
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
54
DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
55
Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
56
Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
54
DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 1998 ldquoBorn in the USA Naming Ceremonies of Infants Among Sierra Leoneans Living in the American Capitalrdquo Anthropology Today 14(1)16-18 Dugger Celica W 1996 ldquoTugs of Taboos African Genital Rite vs US Lawrdquo New York Times Dec 28
Leslie Lourdes Medrano and David Peterson 2002 Africans Struggle to Make New Home Star Tribune October 6 McSpadden Lucia Ann 1999 ldquoNegotiating Masculinity in the Reconstruction of Social Place Eritrean and Ethiopian Refugees in the United States and Swedenrdquo In Engendering Forced Migration Theory and Practice ed Doreen Indra New York Berghahn Books McSpadden L and H Moussa 1993 ldquo lsquoI have a namersquo The gender dynamics in asylum and resettlement of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in North Americardquo Journal of Refugee Studies 6(3) 203-25 Nwadiora Emeka 1995 Alienation and Stress Among Black Immigrants An Exploratory Study Western Journal of Black Studies 1958-71
Obiakor FE and M O Afolayan 2007 ldquoAfrican Immigrant Families in the United States Surviving the Sociocultural Tiderdquo The Family Journal 15(3) 265 - 270 Yeboah Barth Kwaku 2001 ldquoCultural Heterogeneity of African Immigrant Families in the Delaware Valleyrdquo Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 17(2) 101-111 Demographics Kent Mary Mederios 2007 ldquoImmigration and Americarsquos Black Populationrdquo Population Bulletin 62(4) httpwwwprborgpdf07624immigrationpdf
Paral Rob and Michael Norkewicz 2003 ldquoThe Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Bookrdquo Institute for Metropolitan Affairs Roosevelt University httpwwwroosevelteduimapdfsimmigration-factbookpdf Roberts Sam 2005 ldquoMore Africans Enter US Than in Days of Slaveryrdquo The New York Times February 21 Speer Tibbett 1995 A Cracked Door US Policy Welcomes Only Africas Brightest and Richest Eacutemerge 6 (9) p6 Wilson Jill 2003 African-born Residents of the United Statesrdquo Migration Policy Institute httpwwwmigrationinformationorgUSfocusdisplaycfmID=147
Refugees Adelman H 1994 African Refugees Boulder CO Westview Press Anand Renu M 1993 African Refugees An Overview New Delhi Khama Publishers Cultural Orientation Resource Center Center for Applied Linguistics httpwwwcalorgcopublications [Variety of refugee backgrounders and cultural profiles on groups arriving in the United States]
Holtzman Jon D 2000 Nuer Journeys Nuer Lives Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota Boston Massachusetts Allyn and Bacon Melander Goran and Peter Nobel 1978 African Refugees and the Law Stockholm Almqvist and Wiksell International Religion
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
55
Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
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3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
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Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
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3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
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Babou Cheikh Anta 2002 Brotherhood Solidarity Education and Migration The Role of the Dahiras Among the Murid Muslim Community of New York African Affairs 101(403) 151-70 DrsquoAlisera JoAnn 2001 ldquoI Love Islam Popular Religious Commodities sites of Inscription and Transnational Sierra Leonean Identityrdquo Journal of Material Culture 6(1) 91-110
_____ 2004 An Imagined Geography Sierra Leonean Muslims in America Philadelphia Penn Press Diouf Sylviane A 2004 The West African Paradox Zahid H Bukhari Sulayman S Niang Mumtaz Ahmad and John L Esposito eds Muslims Place in the American Public Square Walnut Creek AltaMira Press Gewertz Ken 2007 ldquoAfricans in US Practice Range of Religionsrdquo Harvard University Gazette April 5 Olupona Jacob and Regina Gemignani eds 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America New York New York University Press Stone Emily 2006 ldquoKeeping the Faith in a New Land Nigerian Immigrants Feel Right at Home in Roger Park Church with Ties to Africardquo Chicago Tribune October 6
Research Methods Kamya Hugo A 1997 African Immigrants in the United States The Challenge for Research and Practice Social Work 42(2) 154-65 NrsquoDiaye Diana Baird 2001 New African Diasporic Communities in the United States Community Centered Approaches to Research and Presentationrdquo pp 232-243 in African Roots American Cultures Africa in the Creation of the Americas ed Sheila S Walker Roman amp Littlefield
Naturalization Civic Engagement in US Bangura Abdul Karim 2004 African Immigration and Naturalization in the United States from 1960 to 2002 A Quantitative Determination of the Morris or the Takougang Hypothesis Irinkerindo A Journal of African Migration 3 httpwwwafricamigrationcomarticlesbangurahtml Koumpilova Mila 2008 ldquoAmerican newcomers key to voterdquo The Forum October 26 Socio - Economic Integration
Abusharaf Rogaia M 1997 Sudanese Migration to the New World Socio-Economic Characteristics International Migration 35513-536 Amissah Charles Kofi 1994 The Socio-Economic Achievement of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States Department of Sociology University of Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Batalova Jeanne and Michael Fix 2008 Uneven Progress The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States With Peter A Creticos Washington DC Migration Policy Institute Bhave Maya E 2001 ldquo lsquoMaking Itrsquo The Social and Economic Experiences of Ethiopian Immigrant women in Chicagordquo PhD Thesis Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago Chicago Illinois
Bixler Mark 2001 Hiring Chains Give Newcomers a Link to Jobs The Atlanta Constitution September 24 Butcher Kristin F 1994 Black Immigrants in the United States A Comparison with Native Blacks and Other Immigrants Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47265-284 Day Sherri 2001 Braiders Out of Africa with a World of Woes The New York Times May 18 Diouf Sylviane 1997 The Senegalese in New York A Model Minority Black Renaissance Summer
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
56
Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19
UNITED AFRICAN ORGANIZATION ndash Illinois African Community Resource Guide 2014
3424 S State Street Suite 3C8-2 Chicago IL 60616 (Tel) 312-949-9980 (Fax) 312-949-9981
infouniteafricansorg wwwuniteafricansorg
56
Djmaba Yanyi K 1999 African Immigrants in the United States A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks Journal of Asian and African Studies 34(2) 210-15 Dodoo F Nii-Amoo 1997 Assimilation Differences among Africans in America Social Forces 76(2)527-546 Dodoo Frances Nii-Amoo and Baffour K Takyi 2002 Race and Earnings Magnitude of Difference Among
African Americans Ethnic and Racial Studies 25913-941 Hedges Chris 2001 In Self-Storage Units Art Market Thrives The New York Times February 17 Kposowa Augustine J 2002 Human Capital and the Performance of African Immigrants in the US Labor Market Western Journal of Black Studies 26(3) 175-83 Kugel Seth 2002 Little Africa Flourishes Fufu Flour and All The New York Times February 17 Obiakor Festus E Sunday O Obi and Patrick Grant 2000 Foreign-Born African American Males Turning Barriers into Opportunities Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 569135-148
Stoller Paul 1996 Spaces Places and Fields The Politics of West African Trading in New York Cityrsquos Informal Economy American Anthropologist 98 776-88 Williams Monte 2001 Bargain Braiders Battle for Heads The New York Times May 19