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Nigerian Immigrants in the United States
Race, Identity, and Acculturation
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2011
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Africans in America come from different regions of the continent; they speak different languages and are from different faith traditions. Nigerian Immigrants in the United States: Race, Identity, and Acculturation attempts to generate an interest in the study of African immigrants by looking at issues of settlement and adjustment of Nigerians in the United States. The literature is scanty about this group of immigrants and little is known about their motivations for moving to the United States and the issues that they face. The book therefore seeks to contribute to the immigration literature and knowledge base as well as document the African narrative showing the flight of Nigerians to the United States. The book further seeks to shine a light on the lives of these transplants as they settle into a new society. It describes those Nigerians who decided on their own to live permanently in the United States, reviewing the social circumstances and behaviors of immigrants from Nigeria, and noting the stressors that affect successful integration and adjustment. The book explores the factors that contribute to the adaptation and integration of Nigerian immigrants living in some metropolitan areas of the United States and asks: how do the immigrants themselves interpret their experiences in a new society? In an attempt to answer this question, others are generated such as: Who are these Nigerians that have left their homeland? What has been their experience and how has this experience shaped them and their understanding of the immigration process? Lastly, it asks what we can learn from this experience. Employing the study of this population through the method of phenomenology, Nigerian Immigrants in the United States leads the reader to understand the experience of being different in America from the immigrants' perspectives and to see the experience through their eyes. Those who work with Nigerian immigrants will find this book insightful and revealing.
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Copyright year
2011
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-7039-7
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-7040-3
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
192
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Acknowledgments No access
Foreword No access
Ch01. The African Immigrantin the United States No access
Ch02. Historical Review No access
Ch03. Theoretical Analyses of Immigration Policies No access
Ch04. Meaning-Making in the Immigration Experience No access
Ch05. The Men Who Came as Students No access
Ch06. The Women Who Came as Wives No access
Ch07. The Women Who Came as Students No access
Ch08. Permanent Visitors No access
Ch09. Visa Lottery Winners No access
Ch10. Adaptation and Integration into American Society No access
Ch11. Tools and Resources for Adjustment No access
