Culture of Nigeria

author and an important figure in history because he shed light on the importance of African culture in his literary works. • I chose this individual for my biography project because I enjoyed reading his book “Things Fall Apart.” I thought that this book was a very interesting read and hoped, in the future, that I would read some more of his books. • Chinua Achebe lived during the post-colonial period in Nigeria when Britain granted Africa its independence. Achebe’s works were associated with…

societies and cultures around the world. While it may be argued that the colonization of less advanced countries is ultimately helpful for their people and economy in the long run, what does it cost their cultures? Moreover, how does it affect the people living in these countries, and what roles do they play within the process of colonization and their societies? In Chimamanda Adichie's novel, Purple Hibiscus, she accurately portrays not only the initial effects of colonization in Nigeria, but…

A key point that I have learned this week is that terrorism can’t happen without the proper funding. Some terrorist groups raise money through employment at their job, while others have fundraisers and take charity donations. Don’t be fooled, most of these charity donations are a scam. Money laundering is one of the most popular ways that terrorist and criminals receive income. The difference is that terrorist will launder money to support their cause for terrorism, and criminals will launder…

Stories have been a part of human culture since before time. Storytellers generation after generation create a picture in our heads as they tell their stories. As any story is told, there can always be a second point of view. Looking at something from another standpoint can help explain the story or situation, and it fill gaps in the facts. In the past, a similar case has can be found in Africa during the mid-1900’s. Authors Sembene Ousmane and Chinua Achebe both documented the revolution in…

territory since 1885, and with independence came greed for power from the elite of Nigeria. Although the book is set in an unnamed country, Achebe is most likely basing the events of the book on events that took place in postcolonial Nigeria. The main character, Odili is a young young teacher from a small village, early in the book he meets Chief Nanga, who happens to be his former teacher turned Minister of Culture for the African country. Odili is invited to Chief Nanga’s house in the capital…

85% of West Africa with deserts, semi-deserts, steppe, grasslands, forests, and rain forests. The government is a federal republic, and the states in the region is far away from each other and the religion revolves around the everyday lifestyle. Culture is very traditional in West Africa. Receiving a good education in West Africa varies on your gender and social class you were born into. Poor women between the ages of 15 and 30, hasless of an education than poor men. Today, many men and women…

the protagonist, Okonkwo, and the Igbo culture. Okonkwo is an honored and effective leader within the Igbo community of Umuofia in eastern Nigeria. Things Fall Apart set about instituting the legitimacy of life in tribal Nigeria in the late 19th century, before the arrival of the "civilising" colonialism of Christian missionaries. There are many themes in Things Fall Apart but one theme that is very prominent is anti-colonialism and the clashing of cultures. Things Fall Apart is fairly…

his readers about the value of his culture as an African and about every aspect of Igbo culture…

4.10 Local effects of Shell and Statoil's CSR in Nigeria The CSR concept however has the capability of both positive and negative effects. There is no doubt saying Chevron and Shell's CSR concepts have brought quit a number of developments and knowledge that the host communities benefited from (Tuodolo, 2009). Chevrons Agbami scholarship and Shell's CD programs has contributed immensely to the building up of local capacity, encourage growth of local economy and social capital establishment.…

influence would highly overcome the focus of Ibo and other African tribe cultures if the book was written through a missionary perspective, which would in turn change the book’s current audience, plot, rhetoric, and theme. Missionaries who turned up in the 19th century, expected to convert local populations and deafricanize them into christianity, this is no secret. So of course,…