From Migrants to Transnationals - Cosmological and Religious Fundamentals Among Igbo Migrants in an European Setting

In a world characterised by unabated human migrations and movementsome of the questions that would be of concern to the inquiring mind wouldnaturally be that of the nature and after-effects of the inevitable culture contactbetween the migrants and the receiving societies; the disposition of thereceiving societies towards the migrants; and the adaptation of the migrantsto their society of adoption.Using the Igbo migrants in Europe as a case study this book sets out to indicatehow the interaction between the migrant experience of a people andtheir cosmological fundamentals engenders the development of adaptationstrategies which tend to transform them from ordinary migrants to transnationals.Students of Social and Cultural Anthropology Religion Sociology Internationalrelations European Migration and Integration Policies will find this bookvery valuable. It will also be very useful for policy makers as well as pastoraland social workers. Migrants especially intending and prospective migrantsfrom Africa and other sending societies will also find this book veryinformative.