Culture of Nigeria

In Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe explores the complex social structure of Ibo culture. Taking place in Nigeria during the turn of the eighteenth century, Achebe shows how women were both revered and oppressed. Held in high esteem by worship, connection to god, and societal customs; the Ibo women were oppressed by power structures The most revered gods of the Ibo culture were women. As a sign of respect, the Ibo celebrated[PER1] “[t]he Feast of the New Yam was held every year……

The Benin Empire was a pre-colonial empire situated in the western Africa country known as Nigeria in the forest region. Nigeria is located along the south west of Africa, surrounding countries are Niger, Benin, and Cameroon. This empire was located near the south west of Nigeria close to the coast. In summary the Benin Empire can be dated back to 1180-1897 C.E. the fall of the Empire is the result of the British Empire coming in and burning down the empire after the King of the empire grew…

African concept of time is the idea that the past is the present is the future. It is represented by the idea of Sankofa which directly translates to “go back and get it,” and means that to learn about the future is to go back to the past. In American culture, we use our concept of time to separate ourselves from our history, specifically the institution…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The ROYAL SHELL DUTCH usually called as SHELL by people all over the world. And, is known as SPDC in Nigeria (Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited). SPDC along with JV with NNPC, NAOC and TOTAL had planned to develop the Dodo - NAG Wells Project to meet the objectives of the company. Along with business objectives the idea of SPDC was to help locals by supplying domestic gas and bring the gas flares down (Flaring into atmosphere also known as emission of…

The TEDtalk video of Chimamanda Adichie’s, “The Danger of a single story” deals with how the spread of havoc stories about a culture, or personal experiences that leave only the negative aspects having people believe them. Adichie explains from these single stories we overhear develops stereotypes that give us an idea about a person or heritage we may not even fully comprehend. She tells about her Nigerian childhood when she started reading at the age of four and the books were British and…

must also look at his background, professional life and education, and the strange stories and conspiracies told about him. Achebe was born on November 16, 1930, in Eastern Nigeria and was given the name Albert Chinualumogu. His parents, Isaiah and Janet Achebe, were missionaries of the Christian faith and roamed Nigeria in an attempt to convert…

personal life and experiences to illustrate the danger of reducing other people and cultures to a single story rather than recognizing that we all have overlapping, multiple stories. She begins her talk by discussing her childhood in Nigeria, moves on to her experience as an African woman in the U.S., and then discusses the Nigerian experience today. As a child growing up in a university campus in eastern Nigeria, Adichie loved reading and writing. When she began writing at the age of seven,…

idea of the impact of foreign cultures and religions on the Igbo customs along with the deterioration of their religion and culture in his novel, Things Fall Apart. Using literary elements such as symbolism, personification, and imagery. Throughout the novel, the Igbo culture uses many symbols for items to represent sacred beings in their culture. After analyzing the book over again, it’s prevalent Achebe included symbols relevant to both the theme and the tribal culture; “The drums were…

from Southwest Nigeria and Benin. They have started to become popular among Africans all over the world who have started to claim Yoruba as their family roots and follow their religion and culture. Yoruba has a special way of bringing newborns into the world. Birth is one of the major rites because it believed by nearly all African cultures that infants come from the spirit world as important information and bringing unique talents and gifts. Before a child is born in the Yoruba culture, it is…

of English Sri Vasavi Engg College, Tadepalligudem. “A study of tradition and culture in the selected plays of Wole Soyinka and Girish karnad”. INTRODUCTION Wole Soyinka is the first African writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986. He is a poet, Novelist, autobiographer, script writer and critic. He is considered…