Culture of Nigeria

Nigeria is located in Western Africa and is the most populated state throughout the whole continent. Nigeria’s population in 2013 was estimated at 174 million people. Among those, there were around 86 million females, and almost 88 million males (Statistical Report of Men and Women in Africa). Within the female gender, 64.5% of women 15-64 work, while an average of 70.3% of men work regularly. This number of women in the workforce has increased greatly from 37.2% back in 1966. This country, as…

BUSINESS IN LAGOS, NIGERIA SINCE 1903 Oladipo O. Olubomehin, PhD Department of History and Diplomatic Studies, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, Nigeria. E-mail:olubomehind@yahoo.com Abstract Cinema business constituted an important aspect of the local economy in Nigeria during the colonial period. The business flourished from 1903 when the first film was shown in Lagos through into the 1970s and 80s. Lagos, being the nerve centre of commercial activities in Nigeria with a…

In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, we are introduced to the peoples of Umuofia and their battle to save the sanctity of the Ibo culture from the oppression by British Colonists. Near the end of the 1800’s the “Scramble for Africa” was well under way, and British colonist influence began to appear in Nigeria as well as the presence of missionaries, who brought with them the word of God. Colonization, is the migration of a large quantity of one or more groups to a colonial area, whom keep…

think in English, but that our education devalues our cultures, that we are not taught to write Igbo and that middle-class parents don’t much care that their children do not speak their native language or have a sense of their history.” [ Nigel – do I a) have to reference this quote (I did refrence it at the end) and b) indent it? ] Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Adichie is a compelling novel about life during the Biafran War. Set in Nigeria, it concerns itself with several characters and…

issue that keeps existing in different countries including Nigeria. It is manifesting in different aspect and in different parts of Nigeria. Women are seen as lesser beings and are discriminated in every area of their life, including politics, education, military, marriage… Gender equality bill received little attention during the Senate meeting in Nigeria as some women brought up the issue to the senate, and it was voted against by the Nigeria senates…

ever happened to me, which is none other than my “CULTURE.” According to Google, “culture is the characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, defined by everything from language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts”. I’m proud to be a part of such an amazing culture, but before I talk about it, I want to give credit to the country where this culture originated. I come from a country in Africa called Nigeria. Nigeria is the most populated country in West Africa…

who had opened up the eyes of the public to the life of African culture. Growing up in the Igbo society in Nigeria, Achebe was influenced by the many aspects of his culture, his family, and the people that surrounded him. The many aspects of his life growing up in African culture influenced Chinua Achebe in his literary works by being a great believer of peace and equality. Chinua Achebe was born on November 15, 1930, in Ogidi, Nigeria. He and his family belonged to the Igbo tribe and was one…

Setting: In the 1950’s, in the years preceding the independence of the country then-known as Colonial and Protectorate of Nigeria, a colony of the British Empire, a battle between the cultures of the local past and the foreign future had been fought for many years now. The predominantly Christian south of the country, mixed with the African culture that survived the invasion of the British, and the own-made traditions of each tribe, made sure that the battle would be a long one. As seen in the…

In this talk, Chimamanda Adichie speaks on the "danger of a single story". That is, the dangers of uneducated assumptions of an idea, people, or nation. Adichie gives her story of growing up in Nigeria, and learning to read and write from a young age. She speaks of the western children's books that she read, and how they influenced her writing to exclusively include characters like those she read about. They had to be white, have blue eyes, ect. For years, she grew up with the "single story"…

years Nigeria has gone through many changes; while bringing modernization, enslaved many of the Nigerian people. For years and years Great Britain has played a major role there and has had major effects on it. Great Britain had a great part in the modernization of Nigeria because they colonized, transitioned many Africans out through slavery, and changed old traditions. Starting from the beginning the Nigerian people were strong and independent. The iron age is the earliest known culture in…