Angola, Senegal, Nigeria lead with high proportions of immigrants in Brazil
About 10,074 immigrants from Angola reside in Brazil, the largest number of African citizens in the country so far.
This number is out of a total of forty-two thousand people registered in Brazil as immigrants. Senegal follows with 8,961 and then Nigeria which has about 4,915 residents in the Southern American country.
This was revealed by the Founder and Director of Vem Bumbar, a digital platform which aims to promote the social inclusion of people in need and opportunities for Afro-descendants to achieve success in Brazil.
Himself an Angolan, Frederico Eurico who is a resident of Brazil revealed in an interview with local news outlet Angop that five countries, Angola, Nigeria, Senegal, Cameroon and Guinea-Bissau are considered the most dominant in the country.
According to him, language barriers, cultural adaptation and difficulties in preparing a CV are among the biggest challenges being faced by immigrants from some of these African countries.
Frederico further noted that his company, Vem Bumbar has helped such immigrants with inter-culturation training, reception and mentoring, providing intellectual support for life in Brazil.
