In search of communal identity: The role of the Black community in identity formation among Nigerian...

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" In search of communal identity: The role of the Black community in identity formation among Nigerian youth "
Buster C. Ogbuagu

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	53475
Doc. No	:	TL23429
Call number	:	‭NR50969‬
Main Entry	:	Buster C. Ogbuagu
Title & Author	:	In search of communal identity: The role of the Black community in identity formation among Nigerian youth\ Buster C. Ogbuagu
College	:	McGill University (Canada)
Date	:	2008
Degree	:	Ph.D.
student score	:	2008
Page No	:	354
Abstract	:	This study explores the impact of racism on the identity construction of Black Nigerian youth in Montréal. Several themes, related to socialization, family, education, integration, employment, racism, marginalization and social exclusion emerged from phenomenological interviews of 10 Nigerian youth, 5 parents and 3 community leaders. These expressions of their lived experiences exposed the negative impact of racism and racist discourses of the Canadian society on minority groups. It simultaneously showed, through the acquisition of pro-social skills, the extent that marginalized groups, as depicted by Nigerian youth, formulate resiliency and strategies to resist and deconstruct their "othering," in order to construct a healthy identity.
Subject	:	Social sciences; Communal identity; Black community; Identity formation; Nigerian; Youth; Quebec; Black studies; Social work; 0325:Black studies; 0452:Social work
Added Entry	:	McGill University (Canada)