Refugees, Forced Migrants, and Human Tragedies

Fonkem Achankeng is associate professor at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh.

Preface Acknowledgments Introduction by Fonkem Achankeng Chapter 1: Expanding the Social Contract: Responding Ethically to the Migration Crisis by Eric Kraemer Chapter 2: Global Refugee Crisis as Crisis of Imperialist Accumulation by Dispossession by Immanuel Tatah Mentan Chapter 3: Citizenship as Commodity: A Closer Look at Birthright Citizenship by Philip Sutherland Chapter 4: Colonialism, Refugees, Migrants and Human Tragedies by Fonkem Achankeng Chapter 5: Refugees and Immigrants: The Tragedy of Arab Politics in the Early 21th Century by Ali R. Abootelabi Chapter 6: Beyond Resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons in Bakassi: Challenges and Vistas by Osita Adah Chapter 7: Refugees With or Without Papers: Stories of Persecution, Flight, and Resettlement in the United States by Donald F. Hones, Mayra Pasayes, and Txerthoj Vang Chapter 8: Rudolphs Searching for Sleighs: Parallels, Paradoxes and the Emotional Challenges of Standing Out Without a Stage by Patience E. Fonkem Chapter 9: The Hmong American Experience: The Shifting, Cultivation, Transformation and Preservation of an Ancient Culture by Pao Lor Chapter 10: Involuntary Migration and Human Security in Africa: Exploring Legal Frameworks and Regional Infrastructure for Refugee Protection by Goodnews Osah, Abiola Abayomi Isikalu, Nwadiuto Franca Nwakanma & Uzzibi Methuselah Irmiya Chapter 11: ESTHER, Refugees, and Immigrants in the Fox Valley Region by Hannah P. Schmidt Chapter 12: Migration and African Diasporic Living Conditions by Chibuzor Ayodele Nwaodike, Goodnews Osah, and Uduakobong Edy-Ewoh Chapter 13: Complexities of Boko Haram-Induced Displacement in Nigeria by Michael Ihuoma Ogu and Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso Chapter 14: Public Art, Public Voices: Changing the Narrative on Borders and Belonging by Shane Boeder Chapter 15: Border Crosser by Donald J. Hones and A Refugee by Jodi Meyer Appendix A: Questionnaires for Mayra Pasayes and Txerthoj Vang About the Contributors

Authoritative, provocative, and prescriptive in orientation; this books highlights a humanitarian crisis that constitutes a global embarrassment. Its interdisciplinary profile provides a framework for understanding the historical and lived experiences of affected persons offered in theoretical, empirical, and literary research traditions. -- Sati Fwatshak, University of Jos