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| Total population | |
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| 90,000 - 100,000[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Brazil: Mainly metropolises in country's Central-Southern half and Northeastern region such as São Paulo, Brasília, Salvador, Rio de Janeiro, Recife and Porto Alegre | |
| Languages | |
| Predominantly Portuguese and English | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Muslim and Christian | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Nigerian and Brazilian people in general, Afro-Brazilians |
A Nigerian Brazilian (Portuguese: Nigeriano-brasileiro) is a Brazilian person of full, partial, or predominantly Nigerian ancestry, or a Nigerian-born person residing in Brazil.[2]
The over 90,000 Nigerians living in Brazil. In September 2008, the Nigerian government opened the Casa da Nigéria or "Nigerian Culture House" in the historic Pelourinho neighborhood of Salvador, Bahia, with the support of the governments of Bahia and Brazil.[citation needed]
2011 Polemics on Racist University Professor in the Northeast
[edit]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.[3] Thousands of students subsequently signed a petition calling for the expelling of the professor.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Brazil grants Amnesty To 2000 Nigerians". Archived from the original on 2019-02-07. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
- ↑ "'New Brazilians': the African migrants who are changing the face of São Paulo". BBC (in Portuguese). 20 November 2018.
- ↑ "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.
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