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Total Nigerian Diaspora-
Who we are & What we have done.

The Nigerian Diaspora is made members of the Nigerian Diaspora who have
lived the first parts of their lives in Nigeria before travelling to England in
search of a better life and achieving success of it.
Over the last 40 years in the United Kingdom many Nigerians (who grew up in
Nigeria) have made excellent contributions to the UK society, to a level that
today, up to 50 of them have been recognised by her majesty, The Queen of
England with British titles OBEs, CBEs, and MBE, s. Believe me this was not in
the script. In 2024 we also have Nigerians in the UK now been awarded
recognitions by King Charles III.
It is now standard across the United Kingdom to find thousands of educated
Nigerians contributing daily to the UK society at a good level via their
employers or their own businesses. The Nigerians who grew up in Nigeria
before coming here to live are the ones who started this modern trend in
England. There was history before but the Nigerians who came over to England
in the last 35-40 years created this new community now known as the Nigerian
Diaspora.
These Nigerians arrived in England young, meshed in the Nigerian culture, and
determined to succeed. They worked very hard, overcame many challenges,
including been in England on their own, understanding a new culture etc. They
just kept on setting new goals for themselves. They were relentless. England
gave them the opportunity and they took it by hard work.
If you look currently at the IT sector in England, the Health sector, the social
sector, the sports sector, the legal sector, the entertainment sector, the
engineering sector, the banking sector, the political sector etc you will see the
participation of the Nigerians who grew up in Nigeria before travelling to
England in search of a better life. Their footprints are everywhere.
These Nigerians are responsible for exporting the Nigerian culture and
tradition to England on an almost commercial scale. Including turning Jollof
rice to a national dish. They built different Nigerian communities here,
nurtured them, cared for themselves over here and their communities and
their communities at home in Nigeria. They did it all.
Some members of the Nigerian Diaspora who came after spending over 20
years in Nigeria are retired now, some are still middle aged, some are now
parents with teenage/adult children whilst some have even become
grandparents, but the work of this generation represents our modern Nigerian

history in England. Their efforts are why we have a thriving Nigerian diaspora
community today in England.
The Nigerian diaspora will go on for many years even when many of us are long
gone.