Asian Nigerians are
Nigerian citizens whose ancestry lies within the continent of
Asia
Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an are ...
. It also refers to Asian-born persons currently living in
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
. By mid-2008,
Filipino
Filipino may refer to:
* Something from or related to the Philippines
** Filipino language, standardized variety of 'Tagalog', the national language and one of the official languages of the Philippines.
** Filipinos, people who are citizens of th ...
residents in the country had increased to an estimated 4,500, up from 3,790 in December 2005. There is a large population of
Chinese people in Nigeria which comprise Chinese expatriates and descendants born in Nigeria with Chinese ancestry. As at 2012, there are approximately 20,000 Chinese in Nigeria.
Asian immigration to Nigeria
In 1930,
colonial Nigeria's census showed four Chinese immigrants residing there. Hong Kong investors started opening factories in Nigeria as early as the 1950s. By 1965 there were perhaps 200 Chinese people in the country. By 1999, that number had grown to 5,800, including 630 from Taiwan and 1,050 from Hong Kong.
Filipinos arrived in Nigeria as early as the 1970s; the Philippine Barangay Society of Nigeria was founded in 1973 in an effort to coordinate the various Filipino community organisations that had already sprouted up around the country.
Notable people
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Brian Fok
Brian Fok (; born 8 March 1994) is a Nigerian-born Hong Kong people, Hong Kong association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football), centre back for Hong Kong First Division League, Hong Kong First Division club Happy ...
, footballer
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Hamisha Daryani Ahuja, actress, producer, director and businesswoman
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Sunil Vaswani
Sunil Vaswani (born 11 July 1963) is an Indian-born Nigerian billionaire businessman, and the chairman of the Stallion Group; a Dubai-headquartered company with diversified interests in cars, commodities, food, steel manufacturing, plastics, p ...
, businessman
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Ruby Hammer
Ruby Hammer is a MBE makeup artist and a fashion and beauty entrepreneur. She was awarded an MBE in 2007 for her long-standing contribution to the cosmetics industry.
Early life
Hammer was born to Bangladeshi parents in Jos, Nigeria Ruby Ham ...
, makeup artist
See also
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Nigerian people
Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British jour ...
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Chinese diaspora
Overseas Chinese () refers to people of Chinese birth or ethnicity who reside outside Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. As of 2011, there were over 40.3 million overseas Chinese.
Terminology
() or ''Hoan-kheh'' () in Hokkien, re ...
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Asia Town
References
Ethnic groups in Nigeria
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