"It is not about us; it is never about us": An Analysis of the Alliance of Jamaican Alumni Associations (AJAA) in Canada, 1980s-2000s

Using the Alliance of Jamaica Alumni Associations (AJAA) as a case study, this paper demonstrates that the Jamaican diasporic community in Toronto created organizations as vehicles of cultural retention, community responses to anti-immigrant and anti-Black racism, and community development—both in the host and home countries.

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IYARIC
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2024-09-30
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https://doi.org/10.25071/2816-8275.18
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Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
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"It is not about us; it is never about us": An Analysis of the Alliance of Jamaican Alumni Associations (AJAA) in Canada, 1980s-2000s

Arshad Suliman
IYARIC
Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
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"It is not about us; it is never about us": An Analysis of the Alliance of Jamaican Alumni Associations (AJAA) in Canada, 1980s-2000s

Arshad Suliman
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Using the Alliance of Jamaica Alumni Associations (AJAA) as a case study, this paper demonstrates that the Jamaican diasporic community in Toronto created organizations as vehicles of cultural retention, community responses to anti-immigrant and anti-Black racism, and community development—both in the host and home countries.

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"It is not about us; it is never about us": An Analysis of the Alliance of Jamaican Alumni Associations (AJAA) in Canada, 1980s-2000s — Arshad Suliman · IYARIC (2024) | TGRS Research Map | TGRS