Nigerian Immigrants to Great Britain
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Since the end of the Second World War, a substantial number of Nigerians have become immigrants to Great Britain. They have experienced culture shock in their removal from a familiar environment into the unfamiliar and in some ways hostile environment of British society. The difficulties of adjustment may in some ways have been eased by Nigeria's British colonial experience, which introduced elements of British institutions and values into Nigeria. On the other hand, the degree of superficial similarity of institutions and social forms may have made adjustment in some ways more difficult, since British and British origin Nigerian institutions may be far more different in practice than outward appearances would suggest. The following is an outline for a study of Nigerian immigrant assimilation into British society since World War Two, emphasizing the role of two principal instruments of socialization, schools and churches. The role of schools is twofold: first, and more narrowly, to provide the knowledge and skills needed to function effectively and productively in society, and second, and more broadly, to socialize the young, teaching (for the most part informally) roles, attitudes, expectations, and values. The role of churches (or their counterparts, such as mosques) is likewise twofold. For the individual worshipper, the church provides an avenue for confronting spiritual and emotional challenges, and for integrating the self. But
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urveyed. Do important class distinctions exist between the experience of well educated Nigerian immigrants and those with lower educational levels?
1. Attitude of Britons toward Immigrants
2. Racism
3. Attitudes of Other Immigrants toward Nigerians
4. Attitudes of Nigerian Immigrants toward Britons
5. Attitudes of Nigerian Immigrants toward Other
Immigrants
6. The Politics of Immigration
IV. Nigerian Immigrants and the Schools
This chapter begins with a survey of education in Nigeria and in Britain respectively. It then inquires into the Nigerian immigrant experience in British schools, and the response of the British educational system to Nigerian immigrants.
A. Education in Nigeria
1. Traditional
What sort of educational patterns formal and informal existed in Nigeria prior to the era of British rule? Do these patterns have any enduring presence or influence in modern Nigeria?
2. British Educational Foundations
What educational institutions were introduced by the British colonial administration? How do they function?
3. Church
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Approximate Pages = 9 (250 words per page)
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