...portraits of diverse ethnic populations, revealing the surprising new realities of immigrant life in twenty-first-century New York City...essays focus on the Chinese, Dominicans, Jamaicans, Koreans, Liberians, Mexicans, and Jews from the former Soviet Union now present in the city and fueling its population growth. They discuss both the large numbers of...Mexicans living in legal limbo and the new, flourishing community organizations offering them opportunities for advancement. They recount the experiences of Liberians fleeing a war torn country and their creation of a vibrant neighborhood on Staten Island’s North Shore...

War is Not Over When It’s Over gives readers...the opportunity to really listen. Personal stories as told by women who endure atrocities are the driving force behind the book. Still, you can’t escape the numbers: In Liberia’s three recent wars, 90 percent of women suffered physical or sexual violence; three out of four women were raped. Sierra Leone’s “trademark atrocity” was amputation, but an estimated 250,000 women and girls were sexually assaulted in that country’s civil war.

On October 1, Nigeria will celebrate its 50th year of independence from Britain. During the month, and through the autumn, there will be a series of events to mark Nigerian culture, the first being Nollywood Now!