Both of my parents were born in Nigeria and both of them identify with the culture extremely well. From language to history, food, music, and customs, the African culture is so rich. Although I would consider myself a Nigerian before an American, I still have plenty to learn about my Nigerian culture. Moreover, because I was not born there and have American tongue it is a bit difficult to learn and speak the language. Also, because I’ve only visited twice for a few short weeks, I am ignorant of Nigerian history.…
The Igbo people The author, Chinua Achebe, writes in the novel Things Fall Apart about a Nigerian man named Okonkwo, whose main goal is to not become like his father. The novel starts after he successfully becomes the village wrestling champion at the age of eighteen. After Okonkwo makes a mistake he and his family are forced to leave his village for several years. By the time he and his family returned it had been taken over by Catholic missionaries.…
Culture of Ghana and west African Countries through Changes The culture of Ghana and other West African countries are very much similar and diverse. People around the world are very closed minded in such a way that they think that the entire African culture is only based on movies and in such a way they think all African countries are based on jungles and wild life. The African culture in general is based on religious beliefs, family, ethics, and different cultural groups. Some interesting factors that are quit catchy are close family, food, the way people dress, and the way people treat each other (the way women are treated in the society).…
Without culture, we would be empty, boring shells. What is culture? “Culture is the characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, defined by everything from language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts” (Kim Ann Zimmerman). Culture is so influential that it can influence what kind of person you’ll be. Culture is music, sports, traditions, food, religion, language and more.…
Although I reside in Texas now, I was born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria. I am still growing as a person and though I am now accustomed to Texas tradition, my home country still holds a strong place in my heart. Growing up in different environments and being influenced by different cultures is truly an impactful gift. I have spent about half of my life in Nigeria and half of my life in Texas and growing up in these two vastly different environments has lead me to be more adaptive of my surroundings and more accepting of others and their cultures.…
The culture of inquiry that I have chosen is Gambia. This is particularly intriguing to me, because I am not very knowledgeable about the origin of my parent’s culture. Ultimately, I would like to obtain as much information as I can pertaining to the culture in Gambia – especially topics related to marriage. To obtain a better understanding – I have chosen to compare and contrast Gambia and America 's marriage customs – this will allow me to visualize the ideals and the differences between a culture I am familiar with compared to one I would like to learn about. Let’s take a closer look at the marriage customs in both America and Gambia by researching sources and referring to the textbook Communication between Cultures.…
The Igbo culture is one of the three main cultures in Nigeria West Africa. The Igbo resides at the East of Nigeria and they have the largest population in the east of Nigeria. The Igbos love to travel and there is no country in the world where you will not find an Igbo person. The Igbo culture can be seen in their religion, food and music. The Igbo family includes not only their immediate family but also their extended families.…
This essay will discuss African culture and how it influenced Africa a lot back then. The definition of culture to me is a way of life that you hold dear to you and you pass it on to your kids. When most people think of African culture they mostly think of hair and dance, and even tho those things played a pretty big role in African society, there is a lot to learn when it come to it. There are over 800 ethnic groups in Africa, each with its own language, religion, and culture. So in this essay not only will I be talking about their culture but how it influenced them in their everyday life.…
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a novel, which is a cultural opprobrium of Nigeria and America. This novel points out the materialistic desires of Nigeria—how women want to marry rich, and the wealthy are supposed to be automatically respected. As well as the racism, racial hierarchy, and real struggles with American freedom that Ifemelu faces when she comes to the “Land of The Free.” These cultural criticisms support our American exceptionalist views; therefore, considering the other novels and film we have explored and discusses in class, Americanah would fit into the class curriculum and support the exceptionalism America has.…
Igbo are the people that lives in Southern Nigeria, they are known to be the second largest tribe in the south. Their culture is very different from a western perspective, but it still should be respected because their culture is as rich as others. They have their own beliefs, social system, and values that is been there for many years. In the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, the Igbo culture was emphasized, it describes many events and practices of their own before the Western people started to invade and change their culture. Some of the things that were being emphasized in The Things Fall Apart are: difference of Western beliefs to Igbo beliefs, proverbs, gender roles, social classes, and events that will create the whole importance…
There are many topics of discussion within these years that connect the colonial past to contemporary Nigeria. However, these themes are quite expansive. For the sake of this paper, the main focus will regard one major theme experienced under British colonial rule. This paragraph will explicitly discuss the key political and administrative arrangement through which colonial authority was maintained. The key component in the case of colonial Nigeria is indirect rule.…
Nigeria, a country with over 140 million people is located in West Africa. Nigeria has over 270 ethnic groups, each group has its custom, tradition and dialect. Although diverse in their way of live, Nigerians are unified by the language of death. For the sake of understanding, there are three major ethnic groups in Nigeria, they are the Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba. Although rural-urban migration has caused us to live together, each ethnic group has its designated primary location.…
The primary outcome was that Nigeria remained a solitary country with the opposite ethnological groups who still do not get. The military governor of the Igbo-dominated southeast, citing the northern ‘wholesale killing’ and electoral fraud, proclaimed with southern parliament…
CULTURE I grew up in eastern part of Nigeria, and my first knowledge of culture as a way of life was being passed to me through the oral tradition as I moved along with parents and relatives. I can remember my interpretation of culture had to do with language, food, dressing and mode of reference. In fact, people’s dress code or language mode easily exposed from which part of location they were from and this made me to associate culture with location and race. I remembered in an occasion my dad told me that people could change their mode of dressing in order to feel belonged to a particular group.…
Although language brings about culture diversity, it is one of the major issues why some discourse can be observed amongst Nigerians. As a result of this language issue it is not very common to find individuals who speak different languages come together to build a family. Rather the more common marriages are usually culture-specific, within a particular ethnic…