Nigerian



Philadelphia’s African Communities

Objectives

1. What ethnic groups are coming to Philadelphia.

2. From what countries are African immigrants coming

3. Various examples of the diversity in languages, foods, celebrations, religions, music, sports, etc.

4. Where African immigrants reside in Philadelphia.

Grade Level

K-12

Disciplines Encompassed

History, Geography, Reading and Writing

State Standards

Reading, Writing, Speaking & Listening, History, and Geography

Lesson

1. Read to students or have students read the Introduction. Write the top 5 (or more depending on the size of the class) African groups in Philadelphia on the board.

Nigerian

Liberian

Ethiopian

Ghanaian

Sierra Leonian

2. After the students have read the Introduction, ask them to pick a country group. Help students evenly divide into country groups. In their groups, students must research their African immigrant community. For younger grades: give groups a cheat sheet with all the facts listed. For older grades: have students research on the internet, through books, encyclopedias, etc. Students must find out these facts about their African immigrant community:

Ethnic groups

Languages spoken

Traditional foods and where to buy the ingredients in Philadelphia

Where the group tends to live in Philadelphia

What occasions/holidays call for celebration

Religion/where they worship

Music

Sports

Community Associations in Philadelphia

3. After students have completed the research, the class comes together. Each groups will take a turn showing the similarities and differences between their group and broader American culture. This is done by drawing two larger circles, over lapping in the middle. One side will be the African group the other will be the U.S.A. Things that pertain only to one group stay on the side of the circles, things that the groups have in common are written in the middle of the two circles. Each group will take at turn at showing the similarities and differences.

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4. After all the groups have had a chance to present, the class will come together for a game of jeopardy using the knowledge they have gained from the lesson. Jeopardy game can be drawn on the board. Students or teachers can have the role of asking the questions and keeping score.

| |Nigerian |Liberian |Ethiopian |Ghanaian |Sierra Leonians |

|Where do they live? |10 |10 |10 |10 |10 |

|Foods |20 |20 |20 |20 |20 |

|Ethnic Groups |30 |30 |30 |30 |30 |

|Languages |40 |40 |40 |40 |40 |

|Music |50 |50 |50 |50 |50 |

|Sports/Games |60 |60 |60 |60 |60 |

|Community Associations |70 |70 |70 |70 |70 |

|Religion/Places of Worship |80 |80 |80 |80 |80 |

|Celebrations/Holidays |90 |90 |90 |90 |90 |

Groups can play against each other, but if they get an answer wrong on incomplete, other teams can steal for the point.

| |Nigerian |Liberian |Ethiopian |Ghanaian |Sierra Leonian |

|Where do they live? |10 |10 |10 |10 |10 |

|How many? |over 20,000, |10-15,000 – one of the largest |5,000+, West Philadelphia |2,300 in city and 5,000 in|3,000 +, |

| |Dispersed throughout city and |Liberian communities in the | |greater Philadelphia area,|West and Southwest |

| |suburbs |U.S., | | |Philadelphia |

| | |West and South Philadelphia, | |Dispersed throughout city | |

| | |Upper Darby. | |and suburbs | |

|Foods |20 |20 |20 |20 |20 |

| |Fufu, egusi, Groundnut stew, |BEEF INTERNAL SOUP, |thick stew, served atop |FuFu, Banku, Egusi, Rice, |Cassava, yams, |

| |Yams, Palm oil, Eba, Plantains,|JOLLOF RICE, COLLARDS AND |injera, usually eat with hands|Kenkey, Plantains, Palm |plantains, bananas,|

| |Pineapple, Oranges, Mangos, |CABBAGE, | |Oil |red palm oil, |

| |usually eat with hands |SWEET POTATO PONE, | |Pineapple, Oranges, |peanuts and |

| | |GINGER BEER | |Mangos, Jolloff Rice, |bananas, mangos, |

| | | | |Usually eat with hands |pineapple, oranges,|

| | | | | |rice |

|Ethnic Groups |30 |30 |30 |30 |30 |

| |Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa |largest are the Kpelle, 95%, |Oromo are the largest ethnic |Ga, Ashanti, Ewe, Ada, |Mende, and Temne, |

| | |Americo-Liberians, who are |group in Ethiopia at 32.1%. |Hausa, Fanti |Limba, Kono |

| | |descendants of freed slaves |The Amhara represent 30.2%, | | |

| | |that arrived in Liberia as of |while the Tigray people are | | |

| | |1821, make up an estimated 5% |6.2% of the population. Other | | |

| | |of the population, of whom half|ethnic groups are as follows: | | |

| | |from US origin and half from |Somali 6%, Gurage 4.3%, Sidama| | |

| | |the Caribbean. |3.4%, | | |

|Languages |40 |40 |40 |40 |40 |

| |Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo, Pidgin |Liberian English, |English, Amharic, Oromifa and |Twi, Ga, Ga-Adangbe, |Krio, Mandingo, |

| |English |Liberian Kreyol, |Tigrinya. |Ewe, Hausa, |Mende, Temne – over|

| | |Kpelle, | |Pidgin English |15 languages in |

| | |Kru, | | |Sierra Leone |

| | |Maninka, | | | |

| | |Mende | | | |

|Music |50 |50 |50 |50 |50 |

| |Highlife, Palm Wine Music |High life, Its musical heritage|Ethiopian music |Highlife, Afro pop, |Palm Wine, Gumbe, |

| |Apala, Fuji, Jùjú, and Yo-pop. |includes several important | | |Afropop |

| | |genres of pop derived from | | | |

| | |neighbors like Ghana and | | | |

| | |Nigeria. Liberia also boasts an| | | |

| | |array of indigenous folk music,| | | |

| | |Christian music and influences | | | |

| | |from its Americo-Liberian | | | |

| | |minority. R&B and Hip-hop | | | |

|Sports/Games |60 |60 |60 |60 |60 |

| |Soccer- 1st ranked in Africa, |Soccer |Long and mid distance running,|Football/Soccer, Track and|Football is by far |

| |Women’s team competed in the | |Track and field |field |the most popular |

| |recent Women’s World Cup | | | |sport in Sierra |

| | | | | |Leone. Cricket, |

| | | | | |basketball, table |

| | | | | |tennis, volleyball,|

| | | | | |tennis, boxing and |

| | | | | |track are also |

| | | | | |popular in the |

| | | | | |country. |

|Community Associations |70 |70 |70 |70 |70 |

| |Many local and national |Mt. nimba Information and |Ethiopian community |Ga-Adangbe Association |Sierra Leon Women’s|

| |organizations ex: Nigeria |Advisory Board, Union of |Association of Greater | |Club, Tegloma |

| |People’s Forum |Liberia Association |Philadelphia, Oromo Caommunity| |Association |

| | | |Association, | | |

|Religion/Places of Worship|80 |80 |80 |80 |80 |

| |The three main religions are |Christian 40%, Muslim 20%, |Christians make up 61% of the |60% Christian, 15% Muslim,|60% of Sierra Leone|

| |Islam, Christianity, and |indigenous beliefs 40%, |country's population, Muslims |25% traditional African |population are |

| |Animism. Christ Apostolic |Christ Assembly Lutheran |33%, and practitioners of |religions |Muslim; 30% are |

| |Church of Philadelphia , Masjid|Church, Christ International; |traditional faiths 5%. |Ghana has the highest |Christian; 10% |

| |Al-Jamia |Baptist Church |Ethiopian Orthodox, |percentage of Christians |adhere to their |

| | | | |in West Africa, but the |ethno-cultural |

| | | | |belief in traditional |religions and |

| | | | |animist religions is still|faiths, Mount Zion |

| | | | |extremely common, |United African |

| | | | |United Ghanaian Community |church |

| | | | |Church | |

|Celebrations/ |90 |90 |90 |90 |90 |

|Holidays |Christian and Muslim holidays, |Christian and Muslim holidays ,|Ethiopian Christmas, Timket |Christian and Muslim |Crowing of chiefs, |

| |Births, weddings, funerals, |New Year's Day, Armed Forces |(Epiphany), Victory of Adowa, |holidays, Independence |Christian and |

| |naming ceremonies, housewarming|Day, Decoration Day, J.J. |Mawlid al-Nabi (Birth of the |Day, Births, weddings, |Muslim holidays, |

| | |Robert's Birthday, National |Prophet), Labour Day, Patriots|funerals, naming |Independence Day – |

| | |Unification Day, Africa Day, |Victory Day, Downfall of the |ceremonies, housewarming |27th April, Boxing |

| | |Independence Day, National Flag|Dergue, Ethiopian New Year | |Day-December 26th |

| | |Day, All Saints Day, |(Entutatash). | |Eid-Ul-Fitri* |

| | |Thanksgiving Day, W.V. S. |Finding of the True Cross | |Moulid Ul Nabi* |

| | |Tubman's Birthday   |(Meskel). | |Eid Ul Adha* |

| | | |Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan). | |*lunar, they change|

| | | |Eid-al Adha (Arafat). | |every year! |

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