Beyond Expectations: Second-Generation Nigerians in the United States and Britain

by Onoso Imoagene

In  Beyond Expectations,  Onoso Imoagene delves into the multifaceted identities of second-generation Nigerian adults in the United States and Britain. She argues that they conceive of an alternative notion of "black" identity that differs radically from African American and Black Caribbean notions of "black" in the United States and Britain. Instead of considering themselves in terms of their country of destination alone, second-generation Nigerians define themselves in complicated ways that balance racial status, a diasporic Nigerian ethnicity, a pan-African identity, and identification with fellow immigrants.  
 
Based on over 150 interviews,  Beyond Expectations  seeks to understand how race, ethnicity, and class shape identity and how globalization, transnationalism, and national context inform sense of self.

312 pages, Paperback

Published February 21, 2017

Reviews

[Mackenzie]

Read this for my soc of immigration class.
Honestly very interesting
Big takeaways:
Surprised by the reception of Nigerian immigrants in US by African American students
And success explained with ethnic values BUT truly due to social capital and advantage

Proximal hosts was a new term!
Hyper-selectivity at play