This study concerns the difficulties encountered by Nigerian students in pursuing graduate degrees in the North Texas area of the United States. The purposes of this study were: (a) to determine the extent to which the perceived difficulties are a result of financial difficulties, (b) to determine the extent to which language is perceived as an inhibiting factor during their period of study, (c) to determine the extent to which family problems contributed to the difficulties, (d) to determine the extent to which normal pressures in graduate school contributed to the difficulties, (e) to determine the extent to which time management contributed to the difficulties, (f) to determine the extent to which changes of schools/colleges within the United States contributed to the difficulties, (g) to determine the extent to which lack of advisement contributed to the difficulties, (h) to determine the extent to which health problems contributed to the difficulties, and (i) to determine the extent to which employment contributed to the difficulties.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Envelope from Grady to Mr. and Mrs. Head from Nigeria. No letter with text is included.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Letter from Aliyu Mustapha to Clarease Rankin discussing Rankin's presentation at the International Symposium on Nigeria and thanking her for her participation in the symposium.

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters of a slideshow showing the works in exhibition for "Well Spring of Life: Contemporary Arts of the African Diaspora". The video includes still photographs of works from the countries of Ghana, Haiti and Nigeria transitioned by a page-turning animation. The art is primarily painting and mixed 2-D media.

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded in support of the Black Art: Ancestral Legacy art exhibition shown at the Dallas Museum of Art from December 3rd, 1989 to February 25th, 1990. The exhibition focused on the African impulse on African American Art. The footage is a documentary-style video featuring narration, art historian, and artist commentary on the exhibition.

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded in Umunze Africa of the Igbodiegwu Cultural and Acrobatic Dance Troupe of Nigeria, in October of 1997. The footage shows acrobatic dancers performing in an outdoor plaza surrounded by a wall. The dancers wear traditionally clothing and perform dances, tricks, and musical instruments in various groups.

Video footage provided by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the Nigerian dance company Ozulumbas program entitled "The Palace Carnival". The footage shows the highlights of the program: the wonder masquerade, maiden dancers, basket masquerade, and the acrobatic-atilogwau dancers. The tape was filmed outside with dancers wearing traditional clothing and costumes.

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a literary voices series event with Nigerian author Dr. Etiese T. Mkpa Abasika hosted over the weekend of October 15-16th, 1999, at the Muse Café Theatre. The footage shows Dr. Abaskika discussing his book "The Black Jesus: The Conspiracy and the World's Best Kept Secret".