Nigerians are known to travel far and wide. There is hardly any country in this world that you will not find someone with Nigeria accent. Nigerian's are scattered over the world and most of these travellers are seekers of greener pastures, people in search of higher educational learning who travel abroad to further their studies and people who relocated from Nigeria to stay with their families abroad.

As they migrate to countries oversees, most of them got married and have kids and these kids grow up and continue to increase the population of Nigerians abroad.
Most of these kids are referred to as the "Black Americans".
Few of them are now the superstars of their generation and even with their popularity, fame and respect, they never deny their roots even though the country is an area of concentrated disadvantage, flooded by terrorists,human traffickers, corrupt politicians, internet fraudsters and other atrocities that can be related to the city of Sodom and Gormorrah, these Nigerian-American celebrities seems to be the only ones representing the country in a good way.
In the entertainment industry today, there are several famous Nigerian-American that have done extremely well in their field.

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People sometimes assume that they are from other African countries, but it's now known to all that some of these black superstars are of Nigerian roots.
Some of the stars on this list were born in Nigeria but raised abroad, while others were born outside the shores of the country, nevertheless, they have one or both Nigerian parents.

17 Famous International Celebrities You Never Knew Were Nigerians.

Chiwetel Ejiofor

This face will definitely ring a bell if you're a lover of movies. He's number one on our list and probably the most famous among them. Chiwetel Ejiofor starred in the movies like "12 years A Slave", 'Half of A Yellow Sun', 'Deadly Voyage', 'Secret In Their Eyes', among others. He was born and bred in the U.K by his Nigerian parents from the Igbo tribe.

Jidenna Theodore Mobisson

Wale

Hakeem Kae-Kazim

Tyler The Creator

John Boyega

Sade Adu

Olurotimi Akinosho

Adepero Oduye

Sophia Okonedo

David Oyelowo

The Hollywood actor was born on the ist of April, 1976, in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, to Nigerian parents. He has featured in movies like: 'The Butler, Small Island, Rise of the Planet of Aoes, Middle of Nowhere, Lincoln, and Blood and Oil', (a movie centered on the Niger-Delta, oil and Militancy in Nigeria).

Hope Olaide Wilson

Hollywood actress, Hope Olaide Wilson is from the Yoruba tribe of Nigeria. She moved to the U.S in 1996. She starred on Tyler Perry's movies 'I can do bad all by myself', 'After the Dark and Faith & and dreams' amongst others. Though it's been a long time since she left the shores of Nigeria, she still speaks the Yoruba language fluently. She also speaks English and French fluently and she won the 2009 Diversity Awards Female 'Nova' Award Receipent for promising talent.

Nonso Anozie

The English actor is of Nigerian decent. He was cast to play in TV series on 'Game of Thrones" and 'Dracula'.

Caroline Chikezie

The actress was born in England to Nigerian parents. She was sent back to Nigeria by her father in an attempt to make her abandon her dreams of becoming an actress. So far, the 42-year-old has featured in movies like 'Holby City', 'Casualty', 'Babymother', 'As If','Judas Kiss', 'FreeFall' among others.

Adetomiwa Edun

The British actor was born in in 1984 to a Nigerian father from the Yoruba tribe and a half Ghanian, Half English mother. He moved to England at the age of 11 and has featured in movies like 'Slaves, Law & Order: the UK, The Hour, Passengers amongst others. He played 'Sir Elyan' in the popular TV series, Merlin,and he became the second black in 2009 to play Romeo at the Globe Theatre. He speaks Yoruba, English and French fluently.

Richard Ayoade

The British actor is born to a Nigerian father and a Norwegian mother. The popular comedian, actor and writer has written several award-winning stageplays in the UK.

Tinie Tempah

Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu, better known by his stage name Tinie Tempah, was born November 7 1988 , Plumstead, London, England. He's an English rapper, singer and songwriter. He has been signed to Parlophone Records since 2009. He created his own record and fashion label, Disturbing London Records in 2007 along with his cousin, Dumi Oburota.