The new Nigerian Hausa diaspora in the U.S.: Surviving and building community on the margins of the global economy

City and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-67

  Youngstedt, Scott M ^a  

^a SAGINAW VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Hausa; Informal economy; Migrants; Niger

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN IMMIGRANT; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; COPING STRATEGY; GLOBALIZATION; INFORMAL SECTOR; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; URBAN SOCIETY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3342955322     PISSN: 08930465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/city.2004.16.1.39     Document Type: Article

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