U.S. Sees Rapid Rise in African-Borns

Africa: African-Born U.S. Residents Now Total 1.6 Million

AfricaFocus, 14 October 2014

According to a new brief from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey, based on data from 2008-2012, there are approximately 1.6 million people living in the United States… Read more »

Africans in the U.S. have high educational attainment rates.

Nigeria: Africa's Loss, U.S. Gain

Vanguard, 26 March 2012

FROM far away United States of America comes once again a cheering news: Nigerians are the most highly educated immigrants in most parts of the world's number one superpower. Our… Read more »
Africa: Diverse NYC African Diaspora Expresses Unity, Pride and Maybe Clout

VOA, 26 August 2014

Over the last two decades, New York City has seen a surge in immigration from Africa. But until recently, newcomers from Sierra Leone, the Ivory Coast, Liberia, Guinea, Ghana other… Read more »

Top 10 countries of origin of African Immigrants in the United States of America

Africa: New Data On African Immigrants to U.S.

AfricaFocus, 18 August 2011

"From 1980 to 2009, the African-born population in United States grew from just under 200,000 to almost 1.5 million. Today, Africans make up a small (3.9 percent) but growing share… Read more »
Nigeria: Diasporas Are the Most Educated Immigrants in the United States

This Day, 7 April 2012

The recent revelation by the US Bureau of Statistics that Nigerians are the most educated immigrant community in the United States did not come to me as a surprise. Read more »
Africa: The Lives of African Immigrants Explored in 'Soul Diaspora'

allAfrica, 19 March 2010

"Soul Diaspora," a new feature film by Nigerian filmmaker Odera Ozoka, recently won the Audience Favorite Narrative Feature Award at the annual Pan African Film Festival in Los… Read more »

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