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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 ...
The Ijaw culture of the South has been influenced greatly by its location on the coast and the interaction with foreigners that it necessitated. Its members amassed great wealth while serving as middlemen, and the preponderance of English names among them today is a testament to the trade names adopted by their ancestors at this time. [45] [46]
Njideka Akunyili was born in 1983 and raised in Enugu, Nigeria. [4] [5] She is of Igbo descent and grew up bilingual in Igbo and English. [6]One of six siblings, Akunyili Crosby's father, Chike Akunyili, was a surgeon and her mother, Dora Akunyili, was a professor of pharmacology at the University of Nigeria, [7] and the former director of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration. [8]
Omuku's work is painted directly onto strips of sanyan, a thick traditional Nigerian fabric. Nengi Omuku, "Rabble Rousers," (2024). Courtesy the artist and Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London, and ...
Pages in category "Nigerian-American culture and history" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Latunde Odeku, first Nigerian neurosurgeon trained in the United States; pioneer of neurosurgery in Africa; Chidi Chike Achebe, physician executive and son of Chinua Achebe; Bankole Johnson, psychiatrist; discoverer of topiramate, a gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) facilitator and glutamate antagonist, as an effective treatment for alcoholism.
Former Chiefs great Christian Okoye, the first Nigerian position player in NFL history, is reveling in the arrival in Kansas City of countryman Kehinde Oginni ... and believes he will be part of a ...
Today, many African Americans share ancestry with the Yoruba people. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] After the slavery abolition in 1865, many modern Nigerian immigrants of Yoruba ancestry have come to the United States starting in the mid-twentieth century to pursue educational opportunities in undergraduate and post-graduate institutions.