May 29 2008
Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who’s the smartest of them all?
Africans, that’s who!
“Their good work ethic, focus and a drive to succeed that is honed by the limited socioeconomic opportunities in their native African countries.”
This is one of the main reasons that makes African immigrants so successful in the United States and elsewhere throughout the Diaspora, according to this article.
The professor cited in the story spent six years researching how Africans were incorporated into the U.S. society, discovering that overall, African immigrants not only perform better in education and employment than other immigrants, but also than the rest of the U.S. population in the same areas.
How cool is that?
The research also tried to correlate country of origin as a factor determining higher chance at success. Immigrants from English-speaking countries are more prepared, while immigrants from countries like Somalia, where many come as refugees, are less prepared.
Not so sure how the research was conducted, and am interested in finding out more about the results. But, the article is written for a student publication so it’s not very detailed.
How accurate do you think this research is?
I also remember reading somewhere that collectively, in the US at least, African immigrants are the best educated immigrants…..therefore by the looks of things we really do go out into the West and get our slice of the American dream.
When you look at how tenaciously Africans work and think of how University and higher education is forced and expected of you from a very early age, it’s really no surprise.
More specifically, Nigerians were the most educated:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5791096.html