Get your Gele: Nigerian dress, diasporic identity, and
translocalism. Abstract: In the U.S., Texas is home to the
largest Nigerian-American community, specifically in Tarrant,
Harris, Dallas, & Travis Counties. This study was designed to
explore Texan-Nigerian-American's levels of ethnic identity and
self-esteem as compared to other immigrant groups and ethnic
minority groups in Texas. This project specifically looked at
correlations between ethnic identity in relation to dress and
tradition. This was a triangulated exploratory study, which uses
online surveys to measure ethnic identity, face-to-face
interviews, and participant observation/focus groups within the
Nigerian-American community. Results showed that Nigerian-
Americans have considerably higher ethnic identity rates than
other ethnic minority groups in Texas and wear ethnic dress with
higher frequency. Qualitative analysis found that there was a
preference for ethnic anonymity amongst younger Nigerian-
Americans, even among those who wear Nigerian dr