Igbo language

arrive. Lines 3-6 in “The Second Coming” can be used to illustrate the destruction of the way of life experienced by the Igbo people in TFA. The line of the poem which lends its name to TFA is “Things fall apart; the center cannot hold;” (Yeats 3). In TFA, white settlers bring Christianity to the Igbo tribe of Nigeria. The settlers are welcomed at first, but they soon threaten the Igbo way of life. The settlers build churches (150, Achebe),…

African culture. The colonization of Africa really made the locals adopt the western culture, neglecting their own. He urged Africans to embrace and value their culture as the whites were. “Things fall apart has been translated into more than fifty languages in several countries, sold more eight million worldwide. The novel has also been adapted into plays and drama for home video”(African…

Colonization, Thenceforth Colonization has played an enormous role in shaping a multitude of 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…

Comes up to the missionary saying that “he would not do any harm to him if he were to just go back to his house and leave us alone… but this shrine which he built must be destroyed. We shall no longer allow it in our midst. I t has bred untold abominations and we have to come to put an end to it.” (Achebe, 176) This is showing that the people judged and disliked the white men pretty much because of the past and what has happened. In though Mr. Brown seem to start to build some…

Acknowledged as one of the foremost living playwrights of the world, Wole Soyinka is the first African Nobel laureate who was awarded the covetous Nobel Prize for literature in 1986. As a playwright, Wole Soyinka has basically operated within two categories – the tragic and the satiric.Although the dramatic form itself and the Western generic categories are Western import, Soyinka has injected fresh energies into every genre by the incorporation of traditional Yoruba elements. Soyinka’s dramas…

missionaries left evident negative effects and change on Igbo society. European colonialism efforts destroy families, friendships and peace between the tribes. There is a clear proof of how colonialism’s changes ravage people and their overall way of life to a point…

The Orange Sun, Bioethics and Praxis of Systemic Annihilation in Kaine Agary’s Yellow Yellow ABSTRACT From the quasi-oral form, African Literature has cascaded through systemic phases in less than two hundred years of contact with the Western written form. It has migrated from that dark romance portrayed by western writers to contemporariness of self-reappraisal. The primary inclination of these texts has been the ultimate question. What have we achieved with our independence? The unsavoury…

The Igbo and Yoruba cultures strongly relate to each other because they are the two most popular tribes in Nigeria. They are the two most known ethnic groups other than Hausa and Fulani cultures. The Igbo and Yoruba cultures are closely related and will make one culturally aware of Nigeria’s way of life through their background, history, music, religious beliefs, political structures, and traditional marriage. The Igbo and Yoruba are two of the most diverse cultures in Nigeria. The evolution…

traditions and values of Igbo society. The interrelation is visible throughout the novel of religion beliefs, language customs and government structure. The authority of the clan is in the hands of the Oracle of the Hills and Caves and clan elders. The Oracle of the Hills and Caves seems to be a chief authority that directs his orders through his priestess. Interestingly, when Oracle commands Ikemefuna to die no one question that decision even though…

of religion and language – causes the two characters to cope in different ways leading to different endings in their stories. Saul takes the opportunity of hockey that presents…