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Nigerian Immigrants in the United States

Race, Identity, and Acculturation

Ezekiel Umo Ette

Africans in America come from different regions of the continent; they speak different languages and are from different faith traditions. Nigerian Immigrants in the United States: Race, Identity, and Acculturation attempts to generate an interest in the study of African immigrants by looking at issues of settlement and adjustment of Nigerians in the United States. The literature is scanty about this group of immigrants and little is known about their motivations for moving to the United States and the issues that they face. The book therefore seeks to contribute to the immigration literature and knowledge base as well as document the African narrative showing the flight of Nigerians to the United States. The book further seeks to shine a light on the lives of these transplants as they settle into a new society. It describes those Nigerians who decided on their own to live permanently in the United States, reviewing the social circumstances and behaviors of immigrants from Nigeria, and noting the stressors that affect successful integration and adjustment. The book explores the factors that contribute to the adaptation and integration of Nigerian immigrants living in some metropolitan areas of the United States and asks: how do the immigrants themselves interpret their experiences in a new society? In an attempt to answer this question, others are generated such as: Who are these Nigerians that have left their homeland? What has been their experience and how has this experience shaped them and their understanding of the immigration process? Lastly, it asks what we can learn from this experience. Employing the study of this population through the method of phenomenology, Nigerian Immigrants in the United States leads the reader to understand the experience of being different in America from the immigrants' perspectives and to see the experience through their eyes. Those who work with Nigerian immigrants will find this book insightful and revealing.

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Lexington Books
Pages: 192 • Trim: 6¼ x 9¼
978-0-7391-7039-7 • Hardback • October 2011 • $120.00 • (£92.00)
978-0-7391-7040-3 • eBook • December 2011 • $114.00 • (£88.00)
Subjects: Social Science / Sociology / Marriage & Family, Social Science / Demography, Social Science / Emigration & Immigration, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General, Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Social Science / Minority Studies, Social Science / Regional Studies, Social Science / Research, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies, Social Science / World / Africa

Ezekiel Umo Ette, Ph.D., is chair of the research committee and assistant professor of social work at Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa, Idaho.

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Acknowledgment

Foreword

Part I Historical and Theoretical Approaches

Chapter 1 The African Immigrant in the United States

Chapter 2 Historical Review

Chapter 3 Theoretical Analysis of Immigration Policies

Chapter 4 Meaning making in the Immigration Experience

Part II Individual Stories of Immigrants: Approaches and Relevance in Human Services

Chapter 5 The Men Who Came as Students

Chapter 6 The Women who Came as Wives

Chapter 7 The Women who came as Students

Chapter 8 Permanent Visitors

Chapter 9 Visa Lottery Winners

Chapter 10 Adaptation and Integration into the American Society

Chapter 11 Tools and Resources of Adjustment

Chapter 12 Working With Nigerian Immigrants

References

About the Author

Index

Nigerian Immigrants in the United States

Race, Identity, and Acculturation

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  • Africans in America come from different regions of the continent; they speak different languages and are from different faith traditions. Nigerian Immigrants in the United States: Race, Identity, and Acculturation attempts to generate an interest in the study of African immigrants by looking at issues of settlement and adjustment of Nigerians in the United States. The literature is scanty about this group of immigrants and little is known about their motivations for moving to the United States and the issues that they face. The book therefore seeks to contribute to the immigration literature and knowledge base as well as document the African narrative showing the flight of Nigerians to the United States. The book further seeks to shine a light on the lives of these transplants as they settle into a new society. It describes those Nigerians who decided on their own to live permanently in the United States, reviewing the social circumstances and behaviors of immigrants from Nigeria, and noting the stressors that affect successful integration and adjustment. The book explores the factors that contribute to the adaptation and integration of Nigerian immigrants living in some metropolitan areas of the United States and asks: how do the immigrants themselves interpret their experiences in a new society? In an attempt to answer this question, others are generated such as: Who are these Nigerians that have left their homeland? What has been their experience and how has this experience shaped them and their understanding of the immigration process? Lastly, it asks what we can learn from this experience. Employing the study of this population through the method of phenomenology, Nigerian Immigrants in the United States leads the reader to understand the experience of being different in America from the immigrants' perspectives and to see the experience through their eyes. Those who work with Nigerian immigrants will find this book insightful and revealing.

Details
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  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 192 • Trim: 6¼ x 9¼
    978-0-7391-7039-7 • Hardback • October 2011 • $120.00 • (£92.00)
    978-0-7391-7040-3 • eBook • December 2011 • $114.00 • (£88.00)
    Subjects: Social Science / Sociology / Marriage & Family, Social Science / Demography, Social Science / Emigration & Immigration, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General, Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Social Science / Minority Studies, Social Science / Regional Studies, Social Science / Research, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies, Social Science / World / Africa
Author
Author
  • Ezekiel Umo Ette, Ph.D., is chair of the research committee and assistant professor of social work at Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa, Idaho.

    .

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgment

    Foreword

    Part I Historical and Theoretical Approaches

    Chapter 1 The African Immigrant in the United States

    Chapter 2 Historical Review

    Chapter 3 Theoretical Analysis of Immigration Policies

    Chapter 4 Meaning making in the Immigration Experience

    Part II Individual Stories of Immigrants: Approaches and Relevance in Human Services

    Chapter 5 The Men Who Came as Students

    Chapter 6 The Women who Came as Wives

    Chapter 7 The Women who came as Students

    Chapter 8 Permanent Visitors

    Chapter 9 Visa Lottery Winners

    Chapter 10 Adaptation and Integration into the American Society

    Chapter 11 Tools and Resources of Adjustment

    Chapter 12 Working With Nigerian Immigrants

    References

    About the Author

    Index

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