The city of Houston, Texas has become a favorite destination for many African immigrants looking for a home in their adopted country.

In fact, Houston hosts one of the largest Nigerian populations outside of the African continent.

Rasak Odewale came here in 1998 from Lagos, Nigeria and opened several restaurants featuring his national cuisine.

He runs them with his wife Tiffany, who hails from Missouri.

You come here as a migrant.

Yes.

And you own three restaurants.

Tell me the story.

Well, I didn't do everything by myself.

My wife played a very, very important role.

You better say that.

I saw her pinching you under the table.

I just love it in America.

I really do.

This is the best country for a Black person to live and be successful.

Everybody wants to come here.

There's opportunity as long as you work so hard.

You know, like with me, I drove taxi, I drove limo.

For a long time, we saved up money and the opportunity came.

We saw this place and say, "You know what?

We gotta make a break for this."

The difference is social mobility.

There's less social mobility you're saying in Nigeria than here?

Exactly.

You know why it is in Nigeria, you're gonna know people.

I don't have anybody in the government.

I don't have anybody in the military.

I don't come from a rich family.

If you're born in a rich family, then it's more likely that you continue that.

But if you're not, it's difficult to get to that level.

When did you meet this beautiful princess?

It was like right around, like after the towers fell.

I wasn't looking to be married, but I always tell people we met the old fashioned way in our apartment complex, in the laundry room.

So he hit on you in in the laundry room?

Yeah.

Wow.

That's shameless.

Did you ever think that you would marry a non-American?

I kinda wanted to marry an African, honestly.

You did?

So you were looking for an African?

Yeah, I didn't know what country, but I wanted my kids to kind of like have ties to Africa.

I felt like honored.

You know, you kind of wanna identify with a culture that you look like and you kind of share the same skin tone or whatever.

So that was my reasoning, you know, because I just wanted to feel a part of something.

Not that I don't feel a part of America, but it's good to know that he has a history, a rich culture, that can go back centuries.