Being Nigerian-American and African-American [Chiney Ogwumike | Vlog 10] 

I'm Nigerian American as well, born and raised in the US. My parents are from Nigerian and went to the US to pursue an education here. I'm truly blessed, and have the best of both worlds! I always get the stupid comments of Ppl saying I'm not Nigerian. so that's why I say that my parents r from there and I'm Nigerian American from the US

am igbo nigerian raised in holland. keep making us proud sister.

Am Nigerian yoruba and am so proud to see things like this may God continue to blessed u and I know the hole igbo land there are really proud of u girl. One lv from Germany Berlin ✊👐

Nigerian is a nationality. American is a nationality. Africans and African- Americans are of the same race. African people's are separated by nationality all over the world to keep them from coming together and finding out they have common interest...........

As a fellow Nigerian American (33% Nigerian ancestry), I can fully rock with this. Fully loved finding out about Nigerian ancestry and want to learn more about our culture.

black people in america must educate themselves that they are not from the middle east but from AFRICA, they must find pride in that and I promise you they will trive in whatever they do🙏🙏🙏

I just found out today that the majority of my ancestry comes from Nigeria. I want to consume myself I'm all that's Nigerian. Do I now refer to myself as Nigerian American?

thank you for finding the courage to talk about your identity and your community. clearly, it shows the growing trend or desire of young people of african decent to learn more about their root.

Ada! We igbos are proud of you and your sister. Many thanks to your parents for instilling in you our culture and values. Igbo kwenu!

I am proud of you I like Nigerian culture too.

My siblings and I grew up the same way you and your siblings did. Its funny because we understand Igbo and we kinda speak a little as well so i liked watching this video because I feel like theres a lot more "Nigerian American" kids who get the best of both world as you mentioned who can relate to this video. So thank you 😀

This was dope!

I am so proud of you my dear.Keep it up.

I’m Nigerian American too and my family speaks Igbo

I feel laid back when i saw ur sister nneka playing in usa basketball team against Nigeria..i respect u guys no doubt

I "like" this..My late father was educated in America MSc and PhD in America but decided not to stay back despite certain "overtures" by the then U.S. government for his own reasons. That was his generation. And although I have direct relatives that are first generation immigrants like your parents, I also have friends who are first generation immigrants of MY generation. ( became citizens after marriage etc sometime after the turn of the millennium). This "conversation" is very relevant today because we "progressive" Nigerians have to really define ourselves, because I feel that the solution to Nigeria's complex problems lie within Nigerians living in America of this generation and the next. Meaning Nigerian American are very relevant. I have never been to America ( two of my direct siblings visit America constantly, one an Olympic Gold Medallist and one works with Google..I even have a teenage niece in an American high school..while both parent are in Nigeria) but my interest in Nigerian Americans is because of what I believe the progressive Nigerians "oh"!! can do for both worlds and even for African Americans..and even Americans ( as we are known to do) as a whole. But it's a long journey......

I'm also Nigerian.

I love you baby sister Iam Igbo too.

We say Igbo young ladies rock.

Im Liberian American. My sibs’ dad (my stepdad) was African American and I was raised in a multicultural household for sure.

No matter where you are from as long as you are a black person you are an african...

Hi from England and Saudi Arabia! Thanks for telling us about yourself! It's great to connect with fellow human beings around the world and share our thoughts, experiences, feeling and perspectives. I have some questions, if I may? 1. How does it make you feel to be "African American" or "Nigerian American", as opposed to just 'American'? What benefit do you get out of the prefix or subcategory? 2. Do you recognise any potential harm to a nation or issues that might arise with the use of such terms? 3. Are you sure that pride is an appropriate word/emotion in relation to an attribute we have no influence over?

Nwanyi oma. Your parents must be proud of you girls.

Eme Ora Tribe is families Village in Benin, City 🇳🇬

That is nice to know you are from igbo

I'm from Nigeria, simply identify as African.

She shouldn't be label Black American we have our own culture as Foundational Black Americans.

So I am also learning

You can't be both. African Americans are an ethnic group and you can't just become a part of that ethnic group, just as if I went to Nigeria I couldn't just become an Igbo or something.

sorry Igbo. I misspelled below.

I feel your pain

I also want to learn my culture but I grew up in SA . I am also Igbo

You're Nigerian American, not ADOS (African American). I am West Indian American not ADOS although I share closer historical ties to ADOS than you do, my Caribbean culture is different.

igbokwen!!!!

The video was very insightful. That said, here are some healthy (and healing) starter tips for African Diasporans in the United States: 1. drop the term 'Black American' (or any similar ideological variant, like FBA or ADOS) all together; 2. create consensus on an African/Bantu-derived linguistic term to re-define the group, 3. encapsulate all your experiences, achievements and ethos narrative under the new ethnic group name such that a new chapter is created for your progress, 4. drop all individual slave names and thus, research and legally take-back African (Bantu) names, 5. explore and embrace Ubuntu as an African philosophy of humanity (and human kindness), 6. use and engage Africa as a multi-faceted resource, e.g., naming of Black organizations in the United States with African words; setting-up business links with African nations; touring African nations; pursuing dual-citizenship in African countries; plus more. The aforementioned collective set of ideas is inexpensive, but rich in content regarding healing, mental health and positive cultural energy. It will set (or re-set) the groundwork/foundation for healing and solutions in multiple areas, e.g., male-female relations; community building; conflict management; economic empowerment, etc. Items 1-6, if implemented, will help the Black Diaspora from being a continued footstool for the empowerment of wazungu (white folks). Respectfully, my training and research informs me that all ethnoracial groups of people should identify themselves from a word or phrase which linguistically connects (or references) them to their ancestral origin geospace. Regarding the African Diaspora peoples in the United States, a KiSwahili root would make sense. Ex. Maboma (mah-boh-mah) or Watu wengi (also, Watuwengi) which translates as 'many villages' or 'many peoples', respectively, in context to the fact that Black people were brought to the United States from many communities, villages and areas across Africa. In fact, the geoorigin of the African Diaspora throughout the so-called Americas collectively represents the Senegambia-DRC-Angola tri-node region+Mozambique area+Madagascar, a wide swatch territory which I have coined as Kijiji Kikubwa ('big village' in KiSwahili). The words that I mentioned (Maboma; Watuwengi) as possible group names for Black people in the United States are just selected examples; there are many more terms which can be derived. However, the main point (to be reiterated) is that Black people should name themselves from the use of African languages as a resource. I look forward to reading response comments to my views. (from Baruti, DARC analyst, ufundi320@yahoo.com)

I am a Nigerian African-American.

Holla at the conference of Berlin.

Why is western or European education better than Nigerian education or was it just some type of exchange program that is financially advantageous?

Ur Nigerian American bcos ur born here,If u were born in Nigeria u'd be a Nigerian living in America.,we didn't die and slave 400 yrs to just give our identity away.

9jan americans don blow for this age. ( when your pidgin game is weak)

This your Chinenye pronunciation sounds so American phonetic, deviating from Igbo meaning Chinenye ,Try calling your name very well,I think you need to take Akpo or pounded yam with egusi to be able to pronounce your name very well.

I wonder what will happen if a lot of AA went to Nigeria to live. What will be there experience.

"At the end of the day you are a Black person walking down the street......" No No No. You have to do what Nigerians do ( Technology, Science and Applied Mathematics etc )and SPEAK Nigerian Languages as we (Nigerians) speak those languages to " fit in" and be called Nigerian.. Nigerians are NOW producing STRONG Cars, STRONG Buses............................, etc at an Igbo Car Manufacturing Company at Nnewi, Nigeria. Get a Google Search page and type in with your Computer or Cell Phone KEY BOARD: IVM or Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Nnewi, Nigeria. If you cannot do ( Technology, Science and Applied Mathematics etc ), then "RESPECT" the Nigerian Igbo Tribe because they CAN do it. Be HONEST, the People with "Technology" today have MORE Dignity in the World than those WITHOUT Technology. White People have Technology. Each of their High Technology (High-Tech. ) Companies makes PROFITS in Billions of Dollars every year. Look at Korean Samsung of yesterday making almost $200 Billion every year (since the Year 2014 to the present ) in PROFITS from their Cell Phone and other Electronics products like Computers, Video Cameras etc. Japanese Mitsubishi, Fuji, and SONY each averages $60 Billion every year. Japanese Car Manufacturing Companies ( Honda, Toyota, Nissan, Mitsubishi, etc ) EACH makes PROFITS in Billions of Dollars every year. ________________________________ African People CANNOT identify as "BLACK". We identify by our African Country of origin and possibly with the Tribal name attached. _______________________________ Be very HONEST please....................................Black Americans DO NOT do Technology, Science and Applied Mathematics Black Americans DO NOT VALUE Technology, Science and Applied Mathematics. They (Black Americans) CANNOT represent African People that value Technology, Science and Applied Mathematics etc..........................and we( Africans ) will NOT follow Black American way of living or be defined or identified as "Black" because that term "Black" puts Black American NEGATIVE Stereotypes on whoever identifies as "Black". They will "brag" on being given a $300 million Music Recording Contract by a Big Company like SONY Records, RCA Records, Werner Bros, ARISTA Records.................etc when they will get a tiny percentage of the contract as income. They CANNOT study Electrical and Computer Engineering and produce Compact Discs and have a Recording Company.They ( Black Americans ) even define Blackness as engaging in VIOLENT Gun Shooting behaviour, being "Loud", being able to "Steal". Identify by your NATIONALITY or TRIBE/CULTURE. Examples ( Nigerian/ Igbo Tribe, Kenyan/ Kikuyu Tribe, Ethiopian, Trinidadian, Dominican, Guyanan, Jamaican, Belisean, Brazilian, Panamanian, Venezuelan, Colombian...............etc) . Because we "KNOW" African People's behaviour by their Nationality and Culture.

just met a Nigerian woman that emigrated to the states when she was 13. She appears to now be about 25. She says that I am simply "American", not AA because my African has been washed out, I have no ties to Africa. She says she's AA because she's from Africa. Is this a common feeling from Nigerians? Is she the exception?

MY WiFE NNEKA iS SO FiNE AN iS SO PRETTY MY LADY MY WiFE NNEKA

I don't care what anybody says, if both of your parents came from Africa, and you are born in America, you are a "NATURALIZED CITIZEN" of America, period. When your family happens to go back HOME, that is when they are full citizens! Anyone can SOJOURN to other countries, but that doesn't mean children born in that country are 100% a citizen of that country! Think, think, think people! Even when any one of the parents is a citizen of another country, the blackness and the culture of the blackness takes over as African! An American woman married to a Nigerian man, the children are Africans regardless of what color is the woman! Conversely, An American man married an African woman, still the same as an African. The bloodlines are so strong! I have German-born children, children born of a German woman and father Nigeria, see them, they are almost white! guess what they regarded themselves as, NIGERIANS! So a man born in German has children by an African woman, of course, who do you think would claim? Nigeria! It is fact of life, my sister. Thank you for keeping rooted in your culture!

I'm African American....my Lineage is Cameroonian.....Myself and my family represent Both....Our African Side and our American side. I'm just a displaced Cameroonian American. We are all African. Many of us are also passionate about our African Heratiage and culture. I see you too as African American....because you were born here in America. We have to stop this division between us.

I think the problem for years Is The term AFRICAN american should been called BLACK american when referring to Anerican Blacks Not immigrants who are technically african or wherever country they orgin... Blame Jesse Jackson for this crap

Must of been nice smh it would be nice if Nigerians gave a damn about African Americans

Your parents made a MISTAKE for NOT teaching you the Igbo Language. You should START NOW to learn the Igbo Language and Culture and SPEAK it fluently without American ACCENT otherwise you CANNOT fit neatly in both "Worlds" as you say. MY POINT: Speak Igbo like the Igbo People speak it, that makes you FULLY Igbo AND speak English Language as it is spoken here in the USA with American ACCENT. Then you have the BEST of both Worlds. If you DO NOT speak Igbo Language like Igbo People speak it, ( WITHOUT American ACCENT ) you will have difficulty fitting in with Igbo People. Just go to your Family home in Nigeria and live there for ONE to FIVE years, then come back to USA.

But Africa is a continent not a country, Nigerian American is the appropriate way to identify yourself, Blacks that been in America for over 700-1000 yrs in USA are just Black American, the word African American is a tricky way to take away American Negroes identity from being Aborigines, makes no damn sense..its rubbished.

We are the lost 12 Tribes of Israel. we are not Africans we are Hebrews Israelite. the eboes are Hebrews Israelite also the word eboe is French for Hebrew.

What has the continent of afrika done for blacks but send refugees to Amerikkka after the civil rights brown vs board of education These nigerians come here living off black accomplishments then have the audacity to speak on being black