Becoming an African Diaspora in Australia

‘African-Australian’ Identity in the Making: Analysing its Imagery and Explanatory Power in View of Young Africans in Australia

“…Some scholars have dismissed the term 'African-Australian' as an inadequate, misleading and simplistic label adopted for political, bureaucratic and technical convenience "without critical attention to its relevance and impact" on African migrants (Phillips, 2011, p. 57;Ndhlovu, 2014). This umbrella term has also been criticised for ignoring internal sociopolitical and cultural differences and lumping the diverse ethnicities, races, cultures, experiences and migration histories of Africans into a collection of stereotypes (Jakubowicz, 2010;Mapedzahama & Kwansah-Aidoo, 2013;Ndhlovu, 2014;Zwangobani, 2012).…”

“…This umbrella term has also been criticised for ignoring internal sociopolitical and cultural differences and lumping the diverse ethnicities, races, cultures, experiences and migration histories of Africans into a collection of stereotypes (Jakubowicz, 2010;Mapedzahama & Kwansah-Aidoo, 2013;Ndhlovu, 2014;Zwangobani, 2012). According to Jakubowicz (2010), in Australia the whole idea of 'African' is tarnished by a "map of stereotypes" (p. 4), such as disease, conflict, war, poverty and famine.…”

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“…It prospectively perpetuates the problem of being seen as an "eternal immigrant" (Tettey & Puplampu, 2005, p. 41) or a second-class citizen and, thus, systematically excluded from full membership in mainstream society and discriminated against. Previous studies have shown that, in Australia, African-descent people are rarely considered to be full members of the Australian nation, by virtue of their sociocultural and racial backgrounds, and because their "blackness is associated with a refugee status and being an outsider" (Hatoss, 2012, p. 65;Ndhlovu, 2014).…”

“…Some scholars have dismissed the term 'African-Australian' as an inadequate, misleading and simplistic label adopted for political, bureaucratic and technical convenience "without critical attention to its relevance and impact" on African migrants (Phillips, 2011, p. 57;Ndhlovu, 2014). This umbrella term has also been criticised for ignoring internal sociopolitical and cultural differences and lumping the diverse ethnicities, races, cultures, experiences and migration histories of Africans into a collection of stereotypes (Jakubowicz, 2010;Ndhlovu, 2014;Zwangobani, 2012).…”

“…This umbrella term has also been criticised for ignoring internal sociopolitical and cultural differences and lumping the diverse ethnicities, races, cultures, experiences and migration histories of Africans into a collection of stereotypes (Jakubowicz, 2010;Ndhlovu, 2014;Zwangobani, 2012). According to Jakubowicz (2010), in Australia the whole idea of 'African' is tarnished by a "map of stereotypes" (p. 4), such as disease, conflict, war, poverty and famine.…”