(Im)migrations, Relations, and Identities

Chinwe L. Ezueh Okpalaoka received her PhD in cultural foundations, technology, and qualitative inquiry at the Ohio State University. She is currently the Director of Undergraduate Recruitment and Diversity Services in the College of Arts and Sciences at the Ohio State University.

• Contents: (Im)migrations, Relations, and Identities of African Peoples: Toward an Endarkened Transnational Feminist Praxis in Education (with Cynthia Dillard) – On Naming: Contestations and Nuanced Complexities in Naming the Feminist Spirit – The Diploma Belongs to Us: Mentoring African Immigrant Girls Through/For the Community – Wisdom Lost and Regained: My Life as a Generational Bridge Across Three Migrations – Cultural Memory as Endarkened Feminist Methodology: Maintaining National Voice in the African Diaspora Through (Re)membering – «What’s in a Name?» The Names We Bear and (Im)migrant Ethnic Identity Development.

«Okpalaoka piques her readers’ interest and prompts further investigation; it is a significant contribution. A call for further inquiry does not detract from the value of this work, but attests to its generative quality. Good books, like good conversations, prompt more questions than they answer and keep dialogue moving forward.» (Kathleen Corley, Teachers College Record, October 2014)