Nigerian Immigrants: A Qualitative Study

Where are you from? It is a simple question yet; it is difficult to answer as an immigrant who has lived in multiple places. I was born in Lagos, Nigeria. A few years after my birth, my dad's job required my family to move to the United States. My family first "settled" down in Walnut Creek, California; however, less than a year later, we moved down to Houston where just like in California, we lived for less than a year before being catapulted to the beautiful yet cold country to the north of the border: Canada. After living in so many places and being exposed to many different societies, I never found a culture that I fully identified with. Instead, I now identify as not only a first generation Nigerian immigrant but also as a global citizen.

If you take the time to look around and see, you will realize that the life journey of every single person is unique. It is highly unlikely that you will find two people whose life journey is the same. Growing up in this country as a first-generation Nigerian-American allowed me to be knowledgeable about the cultures, problems, and successes of both Nigeria and the United States. Many years ago, my parents took a leap of faith and moved my family to America in pursuits of a better life. They left everything they had and knew to come to a foreign land to ensure that their children and the future generations of our family would have a better education, better health, and an overall better life. This was an ultimate sacrifice on their part

Qualitative Research is a systematic process by which we attempt to answer a question or resolve a problem of a phenomenon. Qualitative research is non-experimental in its approach to conducting research. Qualitative research stays within the phenomenological paradigm meaning it is subjective in nature, uses inductive analysis method. Its purpose is to explore, explain, and describe a problem and uses multiple strategies of inquiry to collect data. Also, Qualitative research is concerned with finding the answers to questions that begin with why? How? In what way? For example;

get older because they feel the children have a solid foundation academically and are responsible. Like Amy Chua, Nigerian Parents “assume strength not fragility” (Chua, 2011 p.52). Nigerian parents/student immigrants understand this because of where they come from. For all Nigerian/African immigrants, America is deemed as the land of opportunity and so there is no room for failure when transitioning from no opportunity to many opportunities and possibilities. “Believe that their kids owe them everything” (Chua,2011, p.53). I find similarities in this statement by Amy because again Nigeria is still going through many economic issues and first generation Nigerian Immigrants did not have an easy life, so they look to their children to do far

My family moved here to the United States in 1989; from Eritrea, located in east africa. My father lived in the largest city in Eritrea, named Asmara and my mother lived in the second largest city named, Keren. My mother made an hour and a half trip to school everyday. My parents met when they were only 16 years old. In 1988 my mother Kudusan gave birth to my brother Michael. My parents planned to have more kids but they wanted to provide a better life for a family. My parents decided to move to the United states where they didn’t know anyone, they didn’t have a job, and they didn’t know a lot of english. They moved to the states with just enough money to last them an apartment for a couple months while they looked for work. My father found

As a second-generation immigrant, I grew up with two distinct perspectives of the world. While I identify as an American, I spent nearly every summer in Pakistan, my family’s home country. While in Pakistan, I developed respect for the distinct traditions and beliefs, even those with which I did not agree. I came to appreciate my unique ability to traverse between two cultures, and grew more culturally sensitive. As a medical volunteer in Peru, I noticed many of the other volunteers struggled to acclimate to the foreign environment. The food was different, our rooms were drafty, and we were lucky if there was enough water to shower. My trips to Pakistan taught me to adapt to culturally diverse environments. While Peruvian culture is vastly

According to Schneider, Elliot, LoBiondo-Wood & Haber (2004), qualitative research methods, search for the meaning and understanding of human experiences in a naturalistic setting. A researcher obtains subjective facts in order to explore the experiences of each participant (Schneider, Elliot, LoBiondo-Wood & Haber 2004). As a result, qualitative research is a means in which a researcher gains an insight into the participant's point of view concerning their personal experiences; in order gain an understanding of the information given. Therefore this allows a researcher to collect subjective information to create a description of the phenomenon (Vishnevsky & Beanlands 2004).

Government policies are not simple problems that can be solved with a one-size-fits-all solution. They are bitterly contested in practically all forms of government around the world. Even in the United States, the Government suffers from lifelong politicians arguing incessantly with the opposing side. It must be said that if intelligent senators who have spent practically their entire adult life in the political arena are unable to come to a unified solution on hot-button issues, it is unlikely that one paper will change all of that; yet what I endeavor to do today is present a clear and accurate take on certain social issues, as well as the general necessity of a separation of powers in the three branches of government.

For my study I would use one quantative question and one qualitative approach. I would survey 50 African American women and 50 White women from all over the world, who are already in the Broadcasting Journalism field. The survey would contain one quantative multiple-choice question, and one short answer which will be a research qualitative question .By using survey research, I can analyze if African American women actually feel like the minority of the group, and if White Women feel racial discriminated at the

The study is a qualitative study, which explores subjective and descriptive information from its participants to gather information such as opinions, ideas, and behaviors. The information that is gathered can help provide an understanding of a problem or provide possible resolutions to problems

Every year, many African immigrants’ migrants to the United States. There are various numbers of reason immigrants decide to come to the United States. For instance, to escape poverty, oppression, seek greater economic opportunity and provide a better life for their family. Born in Nazret, a small city approximately 70km from Addis Ababa the capital of Ethiopia, Selamawit was raised by her mother and father. Selamawit spent the first 26 years of her life living in Ethiopia, which is considered one of the poorest countries in the world. Wanting to seek a better life for her family Selamawit applied for the Diversity Immigrant Visa. She was selected by random draw in 2014. Although nervous to leave her country Selamawit and her family were overjoyed to embark on their new journey.

Although Nigerians consider it to be a “nightmare”, it is very common for them to utilize the United States’ educational system and enhance intellectual ability to achieve their desired career goal. Nigerians in the United States are known for graduating high school at the top of their class and furthering their education at a highly-established intuition. As an alternative to the “Nightmare”, Afolayan suggests that one should truly learn how to “understand how and why Nigerian immigrants are having such a hard time becoming successful” (Afolayan pg.6). He continues his thought by stating, “one must first understand their background and reasons for coming to America” (Afolayan pg.6). He goes on to compare lifestyles of living in the United

I believe the employee truly believes his/ her position is at risk because of the immigrant. I would have to let the employee who the reason for the hire was because, the applicant had a set of skills no one in the U.S. currently has. I think have someone from a different country working for you allows new ideas to be introduced that you may not be used to, allowing the company to expand.

After migrating to Miami to further my education, I realized it was a very diverse place. I met many different people of different cultures and have made new friendships. I met a Nigerian woman during my time here and we have become friends. Being around her, I was able to observe and note her behaviors for this project. She is very driven and motivated. She recently shared with me that she has studied pharmacy and is now studying fashion. She works part time in a local pharmacy. This is very important to her as she is helping her husband provide for the family. Before, it was only him taking care of the finances. She shared with me

Qualitative research is a technique of promoting research that stresses the quality according to the user’s point of view and approaches. In depth interviews and focus groups are best examples of qualitative research. [Laura Lake, 2009]