Hello; I have a question. Why do African people who were actually born in Africa, consider us African Americans not African. I use to work with an older gentlemen who is nigerian, and he told me that I was not black, that I was white. I am a medium brown sista with nappy hair, broad nose, and semi big lips. Why do we have this problem with them? It is not our choice to be descendants of slaves. However, this is the fact. Can someone please explain to me?