Books by Onoso Imoagene

InBeyond Expectations,OnosoImoagenedelves into the multifaceted identities of second-generation Nigerian adults in the United States and Britain. She argues that they conceive of an alternative notion of black identity that differs radically from African American and Black Caribbean notions of black in the United States and Britain.Instead of considering themselves in terms of their country of destination alone, second-generation Nigerians define themselves in complicated ways that balance racial status, a diasporic Nigerian ethnicity, a pan-African identity, and identification with fellow immigrants. Based on over 150 interviews,Beyond Expectationsseeks to understand how race, ethnicity, and class shape identity and how globalization, transnationalism, and national context inform sense of self.