Nigerian Brazilians
(Redirected from
Nigerian immigration to Brazil
)Total population | |
---|---|
90,000 - 100,000[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Brazil:
Mainly metropolises in country's Afro-Brazilians |
A Nigerian Brazilian (
Nigerian ancestry, or a Nigerian-born person residing in Brazil
.
The over 90,000 Nigerians living illegally in Brazil without proper documentation before 1 February 2019 are to be benefited from amnesty offers by the Brazilian Government. The Nigerian Ambassador to Brazil, Kayode Garrick, made this known to the
Salvador
, Bahia, with the support of the governments of Bahia and Brazil.
2011 Polemics on Racist University Professor in the Northeast
A case of xenophobic/racist prejudice of a university professor against a Nigerian student in the Federal University of Maranhão shocked the country in mid-2011.[2] Thousands of students subsequently signed a petition calling for the expelling of the professor.[3]
See also
- Ethnic groups in Brazil
- Brazil–Nigeria relations
- Afro-Brazilians
References
- ^ "Brazil grants Amnesty To 2000 Nigerians". Archived from the original on 2019-02-07. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
- ^ "Nigerian student says he will not go back to Africa, after polemics about racism" (in Portuguese). São Paulo: G1. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
- ^ "Students ask for dismissal of a teacher suspected of racism in Maranhão" (in Portuguese). G1. Retrieved 23 March 2012.