Read the Document on myanthrolab.com Until the 1960s and 1970s, when African nations won their independence from their European colonizers, African peoples did not identify as “African,” even though...

Read the Document on myanthrolab.com Until the 1960s and 1970s, when African nations won their independence from their European colonizers, African peoples did not identify as “African,” even though Europeans identified them as such. Self-identifications were tribal and ethnic. Today, people choose from among numerous possibilities for self-identification based on circumstances. For example, “Nigerian students in London or New York are more likely to identify themselves as African than as Nigerian unless the situation clearly indicates that identification of country is expected or required. To another Nigerian, they are most likely to identify themselves with state or region; if they are speaking to a co-ethnic, they are likely to name the provincial or administrative headquarters to which they belong. Thus, identity is likely to change as the frame of reference changes” (Uchendu 1995, 131).