Thats a bad comparison to since us is a developed nation and Nigeria is not. For what ever reason yall are offended (for what ever reason) while i see stats like as proof that the "asian model minority " thing is a joke and blacks arent just stereotypical lazy poor etc. Etc.
Actually that is an excellent comparison, because Black people in America lived in a segregated society just up until 47 years ago and the public school system where the majority of African Americans attended were not even funded in most cases. And even after the end of segregation African Americans school systems were grossly underfunded and in most cases ill equipped to educate African American children; to the point that States and the Federal government had to mandate that African American children be bused to white school districts in order to get the same quality of education as white students in America; or in the alternative schools in Black neighborhoods at or near the same levels. So African Americans were living in Third World circumstance right here in the USA just up until 47 years ago, which is comparable to the time that most African nations received their independence.
You don't want to use that, because you know what you are going to find. African American literacy rates are much higher than people have been lead to believe. And African American children are even closing the gap on their White peers in this Country, which is a point that no one is even talking about. Hell even the thugs in our Country can read and write.
https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=27
http://mic.com/articles/87167/7-lies-we-need-to-stop-telling-about-young-african-american-men