Tanzanians in the Land of Oz: Diaspora and transnationality in Wichita, Kansas

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 657-671

  Dosi, Mohamed A M ^a   Rushubirwa, Leonce ^b   Myers, Garth A ^c  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

African immigration; Diaspora; Kansas; Transnationality

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN IMMIGRANT; DIASPORA; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; UNITED STATES; WICHITA;

EID: 35148835710     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: 14701197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649360701633196     Document Type: Article

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