It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research. Pew Research Center does not take policy positions. It is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts. Newsletters Donate My Account. Research Topics. Customs and Border Protection officer photographs a woman who had just arrived from Nigeria. Nigeria is the seventh most populous country in the world , with million people.
Nigeria is expected to add more people than any other country during that span. Many people in Nigeria have considered leaving the country. Nigerians have a more positive view of Trump than people in many other countries. Makanjuola, who has a pharmacy degree, works in public health and is the founder and editor in chief of Radiant Health Magazine , came to the U. As an undergraduate student in Nigeria, Jacob Olupona, now a professor of African religious traditions at Harvard Divinity School, was a well-known activist in his community.
He considered a career in politics, but a mentor changed his mind. Like Olayiwola, the importance of education was instilled in him from a young age but so too was the importance of spreading knowledge.
That belief is what translated into his career as a teacher. Olupona stresses that Nigerians have also achieved a lot in their country of origin. Moving to the U. Still, he believes the many academic opportunities in the U. Marry those American opportunities with an upbringing that emphasizes education, a drive to serve the U.
Anyone from the Nigerian diaspora will tell you their parents gave them three career choices: doctor, lawyer or engineer. Raised in the southern port city of Calabar, she had the Nigerian hustle baked into her upbringing. Four and a half years ago, she launched Innov8tiv to highlight success stories back home in Nigeria and throughout the African continent. Through her magazine and through African Women in Technology, which offers networking events, mentorship opportunities and internships, Akpe is helping propel women into careers like hers.
Like Akpe, rapper Mekka Don took a traditional career route at first. He got a law degree from New York University and worked at a top law firm, but he had always wanted to pursue music.
At 25, Mekka, who is the younger brother of Jacqueline Olayiwola, and Sylvia and Okey Onyejekwe, decided to take the plunge. Omalu, the forensic pathologist, was recently in the news again after his independent autopsy of Sacramento youth Stephon Clark showed that the year-old was repeatedly shot in the back by police officers , which conflicted with the Sacramento Police report. And what about Nigerians who come to the U. Choosing the right career is only one part of that.
Akpe feels the same. Now that doctor, lawyer and engineer are no longer the only acceptable career options within the community, the path to professional achievement is rife with more possibilities than ever before.
And the negative stereotypes? Hold onto them at your own peril. 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. Ezekiel Umo Ette , Ph.
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