Nigerian Brazilians
People with Nigerian ancestry
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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]
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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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
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]
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