Nigerians in the United States: Potentialities and Crises PDF
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Archives i B96 |ENSE PETIT PLACIDAM SUB LIBER C > Z m < m Joseph V. Healey Library o c TO UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS en BOSTON ml -\\ < m 2 MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON -n Iff Research Report No. 30 07 11% Nigerians in the United States: Potentialities and Crises by Paul E. Udofia 1996 This Research Report examines the various waves of Nigerian immigration, community and leadership development, as well as crises in the United States. Paul E. Udofia is a Research Associate at The William Monroe Trotter Institute, University ofMassachusetts Boston. Contents List ofTables iii List ofIllustrations iv Foreword v Acknowledgments vi Introduction ; 1 Part I: Patterns and Characteristics ofNigerian Immigration to the United States 3 A Nigeria: BriefHistorical Overview 3 American Concentration and Immigration 10 Nigerians in the Southern United States 20 Part II: Toward a Nigerian Community: Adjusting into the American Mosaic 25 Part III: Leadership in the Nigerian Community 32 Ethnic-Conscious Leadership 32 Elected-Type Leadership 34 Attorney- or Representative-Type Leadership 36 Conclusions 40 ' Endnotes 44 n Digitized by the Internet Archive 2012 with funding from in University of Massachusetts, Boston http://archive.org/details/nigeriansinunite30paul .. Tables Table 1 Population ofAfrican Immigrants in the United States, by Decade, <1960-1990 11 2. The Sub-Saharan African Ancestry Group in the United States, 1990 12 3 Nigerian Physicians in the United States by Number and Regions ofProfessional Certification, 1952-92 15 4. Major Sub-Saharan African Immigrants Admitted to the U.S., 1981-1995 .... 18 5. Census Population ofMajor Foreign Born Sub-Saharan Africans in the United States, by American Geographical Regions, by Non-Citizenship and Citizenship, 1990 21 6. Sample Profiles ofNigerian-U.S. Based Entertainment and Cultural Groups 29 in .. . Illustrations Figure 1 Map ofNigeria with its States 9 2. Overview ofPattern and Percentage ofNigerian Immigration to the U.S 13 3 Overview ofNigerian Physicians in the U.S by Decade ofProfessional Certification, 1952-1992 16 4. Graphic Overview ofGraduate Weight Levels ofNigerian Physicians Educated at African Universities, 1952-1992 17 IV
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