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The Nigerian Americans / Kalu Ogbaa.
Penn Museum Library E184.N55 O36 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ogbaa, Kalu.
- Series:
- New Americans (Westport, Conn.)
- New Americans, 1092-6364
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nigerian Americans.
- Immigrants--United States.
- Immigrants.
- Social conditions.
- United States.
- Nigerian Americans--Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- x, 183 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2003.
- Contents:
- 1. Nigerian American Ethnic Roots: The Land, History, People, and Culture 3
- Land 3
- History 4
- People 10
- Culture 12
- Part II Coming to the United States 19
- 2. Nigerian Immigration to the United States: An Overview 21
- General Background of Nigerian Immigration 21
- Causes and Characteristics of Nigerian Immigration 23
- Part III Adjustment and Adaptation 37
- 3. Dropping the Cultural Baggage 39
- Premigration Family Structure and Traditional Institutions 39
- Nigerian American Family Life and Values 43
- The Basis of Nigerian American Family Values 45
- Maintaining Nigerian American Family Values 52
- Embracing the Emerging Culture 54
- 4. Educational and Economic Adjustment 59
- Educational Trends 59
- Economic Adjustment 69
- 5. Adjustment through Associations and the Media 81
- Associations 81
- Newspapers and Other Media 97
- 6. Intergroup Relations 103
- Relations with White (European) Americans 104
- Relations with African Americans 111
- Relations with Other African Immigrants 117
- 7. Evolving Nigerian American Identity: Impediments, Legacy, and Hope 121
- Factors that Affect the Development of True Nigerian and Nigerian American Identity 125
- 8. The Impact of Nigerian Americans on American Society 137
- Education and Professional Service 138
- Sports and Entertainment 139
- Cultural Enrichment 141
- Economic Contributions 142
- Political Participation 143
- Nigerian Ethnic Church 143
- Appendix Noted Nigerian Americans 147.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [169]-175) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0313319642
- OCLC:
- 51518309
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