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This is a list of notable Nigerian Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Nigerian American and must have references showing they are Nigerian American and are notable.
Nigerian Americans; Total population; 760,079 (2023) [1] (ancestry or ethnic origin) 476,008 (2023) [2] (born in Nigeria) Regions with significant populations; Texas (especially Houston, Dallas–Fort Worth and San Antonio) • Northeastern US (especially NYC, Boston, New Jersey and Philadelphia) • California (Los Angeles, Bay Area) • Florida (Miami, Tampa, Orlando) • Georgia • Chicago ...
Yoruba Americans (Yoruba: Àwọn ọmọ Yorùbá Amẹrika) are Americans of Yoruba descent. The Yoruba people are a West African ethnic group that predominantly inhabits southwestern Nigeria , with smaller indigenous communities in Benin and Togo .
Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman, known around the world simply as Zendaya, was born in Oakland, California, on Sept. 1, 1996.Her father has Nigerian ancestry, her mother has Scottish and German ...
Nigerian petroleum executive Femi Otedola briefly emerged as a billionaire in 2009 but did not remain one in subsequent years. He returned to the list in the company of a fellow Nigerian, sugar tycoon Abdul Samad Rabiu, in 2016, but both were dropped from the rankings the following year. [7] Otedola re-emerged as a billionaire in 2024 ...
Most Black Americans feel at least somewhat successful, but nevertheless feel financial pressures, regardless of income, according to the Pew Research Center. ... Animals. new; Business.
Igbo Americans, or Americans of Igbo ancestry, or Igbo Black Americans (Igbo: Ṇ́dị́ Ígbò n'Emerịkà) are residents of the United States who identify as having Igbo ancestry from modern day Bight of Biafra, which includes Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé and Príncipe & Nigeria.
The concept harkens back to the American soda shops of the 1950s, where in many states, due to Jim Crow laws, Black people were banned from entry. Mick poured a house-made sugarcane tonic over rum ...