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Biney, Moses O.

From Africa to America religion and adaptation among Ghanaian immigrants in New York / [electronic resource] : Moses O. Biney. - New York : New York University Press, c2011. - 1 online resource (x, 209 p. :) ill. ; - Religion, race, and ethnicity . - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-204) and index.

Coming to America : Ghanaians and United States immigration -- By the Hudson River : Ghanaian presence in New York -- Remembering the homeland : Ghana and its people -- How shall we sing the Lord's song? : an overseas mission -- Compound house : communal life and welfare -- Conflict and cohesion : gender and intergenerational relations -- Ebenezer : spirituality and identity -- Pedaling on both sides : analysis and conclusion.

ISBN: 9780814789810 0814789811 9780814786413

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Subjects--Corporate Names:
Presbyterian Church of Ghana in New York (New York, N.Y.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Ghanaian Americans--Religion--New York (State)--New York.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
New York (N.Y.)--Religious life and customs.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BX9211.N5 / P743 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 285/.1089966707471