Wanderings: Sudanese migrants and exiles in North America

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Author's Note -- Acknowledgments -- An Airport Scene -- Introduction. Departing -- PART I. INAUGURAL MIGRATION TO NORTH AMERICA -- PART II. POST-1989 MIGRATION: FOUR EXPERIENCES -- PART III. THE GHORBA: LIFE IN EXILE -- Epilogue. Racialization and a Nation in Absentia -- Glossary -- References -- Index -- The Anthropology of Contemporary Issues / Sanjek, Roger

Introduction : departing -- Inaugural migration to North America. The first to arrive : Sati Majid. The Bahara : an immigrant community -- Post 1989 migration : four experiences. Southern Sudanese : a community in exile. Beyond the storm : Sudanese post-Gulf War migration. The Copts : a perpetual diaspora. Migration with a feminine face : breaking the cultural mold -- The Ghorb a: life in exile. Economic bearings. Finding refuge in the shrine of culture. Political life. Epilogue : Racialization and a nation in absentia