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The African Diaspora and the Study of Religion pp 17–34Cite as

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Raising Champions, Taking Territories: African Churches and the Mapping of New Religious Landscapes in Diaspora

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The African diaspora as an academic field of study has grown considerably in recent years and scholarship on the subject is burgeoning, particularly in the United States. An emphasis upon the earliest phase of migration dominates the literature. Until recently, however, the contemporary phase of African migration—now described as the second phase of African diaspora—has not attracted much scholarly scrutiny. To what extent can the African communities emerging from this new wave of immigration be described as a new African diaspora? To what extent do classical and contemporary theories provide theoretical and empirical insights toward an understanding of contemporary African migration and the new diaspora?

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Adogame, A. (2007). Raising Champions, Taking Territories: African Churches and the Mapping of New Religious Landscapes in Diaspora. In: Trost, T.L. (eds) The African Diaspora and the Study of Religion. Religion/Culture/Critique. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230609938_2

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