"We are not surviving, we are managing": The constitution of a Nigerian diaspora along the contours of the global economy

City and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-37

  Reynolds, Rachel R ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain drain; Communication technologies; Igbo; Immigration; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN IMMIGRANT; BRAIN DRAIN; DIASPORA; GLOBALIZATION; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; URBAN SOCIETY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3342960409     PISSN: 08930465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/city.2004.16.1.15     Document Type: Article

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