American dream lures Africans

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More Africans have arrived in the US in the past 12 years than were forcibly shipped across the Atlantic during two centuries of slavery.

The arrivals are changing the structure of America's black population. The Africans, often from states such as Nigeria, Ghana and Liberia.

Sylviane Diouf, a historian, told the Times UK that African immigrants were fitting in very well. "They are better educated, and they're here to work, to prosper, they're more compliant and don't pose a threat".

The best known of the new wave is Senator Barack Obama of Illinios, who has a Kenyan father and an American mother. The Democrat is only the third black elected to the chamber in 150 years.