From Colonization to Despaired Hope
“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery (Galatians 5:1)”. Through the 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 Nigeria (Exploring Africa). This is important because it …show more content…
“One evening as Obi was admiring his work he was scandalized to see an old woman from the village hobbled right across the compound, through a marigold flower-bed and the hedges ( “Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing” 463). In Nigerian, sacred roads were never to both taunted with. The older Nigerians knew the importance and value of them, while the younger were just learning. “‘The path,’ said the teacher apologetically, ‘ appears to be very important to them. Although it is hardly used, it connects the village shrine with their place of burial,’”( 464). This quote from the story because it starts to show the transition from knowing the importance of the path to not even really caring about it at all. Obi, the protagonist of the story, does not care about the old traditions set from years and years ago. He chooses to build this building and landscape right where this sacred path lays. Of course the elders are furious and do not want this to be. Tragedy strikes and of course they blame this one the covering of the path; yet he still sees no wrong in his
“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery (Galatians 5:1)”. Through the 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 Nigeria (Exploring Africa). This is important because it …show more content…
“One evening as Obi was admiring his work he was scandalized to see an old woman from the village hobbled right across the compound, through a marigold flower-bed and the hedges ( “Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing” 463). In Nigerian, sacred roads were never to both taunted with. The older Nigerians knew the importance and value of them, while the younger were just learning. “‘The path,’ said the teacher apologetically, ‘ appears to be very important to them. Although it is hardly used, it connects the village shrine with their place of burial,’”( 464). This quote from the story because it starts to show the transition from knowing the importance of the path to not even really caring about it at all. Obi, the protagonist of the story, does not care about the old traditions set from years and years ago. He chooses to build this building and landscape right where this sacred path lays. Of course the elders are furious and do not want this to be. Tragedy strikes and of course they blame this one the covering of the path; yet he still sees no wrong in his