Africa Today · 2005 · 12 citations · 0 references
Social SciencesGender StudiesPolitical ScienceGlobalizationImmigration StudiesWomen's StudiesColonialismDecolonizationFeminism In Postcolonial ContextsGender In Postcolonial ContextsGlobal FeminismPostcolonial FeminismColonial AssimilationMigrant FeminismMigrant Women's ExperiencesPostcolonial Feminist TheoryRepresentation Of The Colonized
This paper examines the ideological basis for colonization and globalization as essential props for an unequal global political economy, and links this idea to the impetus for formerly colonized people to turn to migration as an option to living difficult lives. Then it highlights the experiences of Ghanaian immigrant women as they created a sense of community in Canada.