The images portray deep love and dazzling looks.
Having my family and children live a great life in this country.
What are Nigerian values?
Riot Muse
Helping one another and love.
Why did you emigrate from Nigeria?
I came to join my husband and children so we can live a better life.
Here, Talib-Oso, at age 48, wears a traditional Nigerian hairstyle.Photographer:Riot Muse.Fashion Stylist:Alexander-Julian
What is your favorite thing about the United States of America?
I like that it’s a free country and a land of opportunity.
What is your least favorite thing about the US?
Trujillo at 28.Photographer:Alexander Saladrigas.Fashion Stylist:Alexander-Julian
Gun violence is a lot.
What would you like to see happen in the US?
A final end to racism in this country.
Photographer:Travis Matthews.Fashion Stylist:Alexander-Julian
Within a few years my mom had her ownbeauty salon.
That’s the American Dream.
What did the American Dream mean to your parents?
Finally having peace of mind.
The American Dream meant never having to wonder how we would eat again.
Are you patriotic toward the United States of America?
I do love the US and consider myself a patriot.
To beable to succeed and be equal among those of other races.
To break the chain of a systematicimage that we cannot do as other races can do.
To show a Black-owned business can strive andis as talented as others.
The American Dream wasn’t created for everyone to reach.
Melanie Moise, at 87 (center):For my kids to be free and great.
This story originally appeared in the November 2022 issue of Allure.
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