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Women Taking Their Place in African Immigration

August 21, 2002
By Julie Madsen 
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A newfound independence in African women is changing the African immigrant community in the U.S. Marieme Daff of Women's E News writes of how these women are forging their own lives in America, often without the husbands they previously relied on for support.
African women have usually waited in their homeland while their husbands sought jobs in America or Europe. But the economy has recently left them with no choice but to immigrate themselves.
The experience has turned many African women into the breadwinners of their family, and in doing so they often turn their cultural roles for women to their advantage. "Our traditional cuisine is in high demand among single African males who were brought up with the idea that a man's place is not in a kitchen," says one immigrant-turned-restaurant owner. "They don't even know how to cook an egg, and therefore order daily from places like mine."
And as these women succeed in business, Daff notes, they are also looking at the traditional role of women in a new light. Because they don't have to depend on husbands for financial support, for instance, physical abuse, so common in African culture, is less tolerated in their new home.
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  • john 5/1/2008 12:00:00 AM

    Womens were now become a highly useful in the society especially
    in this generation. Many of Women in this time are bread winner in
    the reason that they are single parents or ever,womens in this time
    should now be practical,but how difficult the time today womens
    also remember the their function in the society.It also good that
    women not always depend on their husband,especially if you suffer
    great crisis. ____________________________________ john New York
    Immigration Lawyer Marina Shepelsky, located in Brooklyn, assists
    clients from the New York metro area and across the United States
    in all immigration and naturalization matters
    http://www.e-us-visa.com

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