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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.
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]
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.
Some Nigerian ethnic groups, such as the Yoruba, and some northern Nigerian ethnic groups, had traditional, cultural identification marks, such as tattoo and scarification designs. These could have assisted a kidnapped and enslaved person who escaped in locating other members of their ethnic group, but few enslaved people managed to escape the ...
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 ...
Nigerian-American culture and history (2 C, 8 P) Y. Yoruba diaspora in the United States (2 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Nigerian diaspora in the United States"
“It always feels good to see a Nigerian name in the NFL, for sure,” said Okoye, one of 30 Nigerian-born players to have taken NFL snaps. It’s “not a cultural thing for us,” he added ...
Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi is a Nigerian artist, art historian, and curator, currently curator in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at Museum of Modern Art in New York City. He was raised in Enugu and studied under sculptor El Anatsui at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka , before traveling as an artist and curator.