%0 Journal Article
%T ¡°Togetherness in Difference¡±: Perceived Personal Discrimination and Acculturation Preferences among Internal Migrants in a Poor Urban Community in Accra
%A Edmund Essah Ameyaw
%A Janice Desire Busingye
%A John Boateng
%A Raymond Asare Tutu
%J Journal of Asian and African Studies
%@ 1745-2538
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0021909616679683
%X This paper assesses the relative effects of acculturation preferences (assimilation, separation, integration, and marginalization) on migrants¡¯ perception of acceptability in James Town, a traditional urban neighborhood in Accra, Ghana. There is a paucity of academic work on the relationship between migrants¡¯ acculturation inclinations and their assessment of the hosts¡¯ attitude towards them in Ghana. Cognizant of the fluidity of acculturation strategies, the study focuses on individual inclinations towards acculturation. To examine migrants¡¯ perception of acceptability by the host, we use perceived personal discrimination. We utilize results from a semi-structured questionnaire administered to 301 migrant individuals from different migrant households in James Town. Our findings suggest that migrants with assimilation preferences are less likely to have a higher rating on the extent to which they are discriminated against by the host population. Such an exploratory study is pertinent to understanding relationships (conflicts or ¡°togetherness in difference¡±) in poor multi-ethnic settings
%K Acculturation
%K internal migration
%K Ghana
%K assimilation
%K integration
%K cultural relations
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0021909616679683