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Old 08-03-2010, 05:47 PM
 
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Sounds neat. Although most Africans I've known were Arab/Melkite Christians. I did know one woman who had family in Cote D'Ivoire and in France.

I guess I can see some concern that these nations might experience a "brain-drain" to the US, and other developed nations, which may further hurt their ability to progress. However they might bring remittances home and some of those countries might be too unstable (Somalia), repressive (Ethiopia), or corrupt (Nigeria) for their educated class to be able to do much. Also if you can live in a better country it's certainly sensible or understandable to try.
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Old 08-03-2010, 11:18 PM
 
Location: Brooklyn, NY $$$
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african immigrants are smart , and cool and give blacks in america a good name. west indian folks also.

here in nyc we have many Nigerian/Ghanaian with a lot of Liberians in staten island, and Senegalese in central harlem(116th street).

i hope for a Ethiopian migration to nyc because their women are sexy , Angolan to
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Old 08-03-2010, 11:19 PM
 
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also does anyone know any communities or cities facing a growth of africans, or are these Africans just scattered all over the place?

cause here in nyc the main Africans are Nigerian , and Ghanaian overall.
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Old 08-03-2010, 11:37 PM
 
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I don't know if there is a growth here, but there sure are a lot. The Mission bend area of Houston has a lot of Africans. I think Houston has the largest Nigerian population in the US
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Old 08-03-2010, 11:46 PM
 
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I don't know if there is a growth here, but there sure are a lot. The Mission bend area of Houston has a lot of Africans. I think Houston has the largest Nigerian population in the US
yea Houston is flooded with nigerians , nyc has Nigerians to a good portion of the Africans here are nigerian , but nyc aint competing with Houston with Nigerians.
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Old 08-03-2010, 11:50 PM
 
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I know we have a lot of Ethiopians (not as many as DC) and a lot from Congo
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Old 08-03-2010, 11:52 PM
 
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I know we have a lot of Ethiopians (not as many as DC) and a lot from Congo
i never seen any african from congo or ethiopia in nyc. but nyc needs ethiopians cause their women are sexy .

here in nyc most are ghanian and nigerian, but i have met and seen people from cameroon , serria leone , senegal , liberia , madagascar , egypt , morocco and i think thats about it for what ive seen in nyc
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Old 08-04-2010, 12:00 AM
 
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Its weird, the Ethiopians are black but they have naturally smooth curly hair. That was really odd to me.
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Old 08-04-2010, 12:07 AM
 
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Its weird, the Ethiopians are black but they have naturally smooth curly hair. That was really odd to me.
ethiopians have a lot of arab blood thats why. and also ethiopians may be black but in my eyes their a different type of black. its just like how here in nyc you'll see a Indian as black as a west African but their Indian with the straight regular indian hair.

blacks are a diverse race the most diverse i beleive. and ethiopians show a lot of that diversity.
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Old 08-04-2010, 12:11 AM
 
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ethiopians have a lot of arab blood thats why. and also ethiopians may be black but in my eyes their a different type of black. its just like how here in nyc you'll see a Indian as black as a west African but their Indian with the straight regular indian hair.

blacks are a diverse race the most diverse i beleive. and ethiopians show a lot of that diversity.
you may be confusing the Bangladeshis with the Indians. I know they are one of the darkest races on Earth.
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