Biafra

Ruben Seide African Slave This land is foreign to me; brought here against my will, living in Virginia, slavery and servitude is the norm in my life now. I do not have the same rights granted to the common man of this land. Born in the Bight of Biafra, I am a son of the Igbo people in Africa. Captured while protecting my family, and sold to British merchants; shackled and beaten, I was overpowered onto this vessel to America. Precious memories of home and my people are what I hold dear; I miss…

Human rights, according to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, are given to every individual, regardless of status, and are interdependent, indivisible and interrelated. Human rights include issues such as gender equality, trafficking, torture, slavery, poverty, housing, and minorities. Due to the diversity of ideologies across countries, human rights can cause conflict as the traditions of one country may contradict another. Human rights are affected by worldwide exchanges…

privately nick-named him "the Holy General" because Ojukwu treated everyone fairly. Unlike no other military leader, Ojukwu had secertly relied on God and His divine providence for deliverance, forgiveness and mercy. During difficult times in the Biafra- Nigeria war, he ordered for Catholic Mass:…

Imagine you are an international student studying in France and your French is limited to the classroom conservations. I am sure you will be frightened and anxious. Fortunately, you have a friend studying in France that is bilingual. He or she helps you navigate the system. You are now happy and ready to tackle your education. Well this is similar to the story of my best friend and I. I am from the Republic of Benin in West Africa and the official language is French. I completed my elementary,…

Nigeria is in West Africa, along the eastern coast of the Gulf of Guinea and just north of the equator. On the west of Nigeria is Benin, on the north is Niger and Chad, and on the east is Cameroon. Nigeria covers an area of 356,669 square miles (923,768 square kilometers), or about twice the size of California. There are more than 250 ethnic tribes in Nigeria. The three most largest ethnic groups are Hausa, Yoruba, and Igbo (pronounced ee-bo). Some other smaller groups include Fulani, Ijaw,…

provide scholarships for homeless children! The NAEHCY really does want to help homeless youth in so many ways. “You can spend money on new housing for poor people and the homeless, or you can spend it on a football stadium or a golf course.”-Jello Biafra. This organization uses its money on the education of the…

In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, we are introduced to the peoples of Umuofia and their battle to save the sanctity of the Ibo culture from the oppression by British Colonists. Near the end of the 1800’s the “Scramble for Africa” was well under way, and British colonist influence began to appear in Nigeria as well as the presence of missionaries, who brought with them the word of God. Colonization, is the migration of a large quantity of one or more groups to a colonial area, whom keep…

A brief summary Nigeria was colonised in the year 1885 by the British, it then went on to become a protectorate under the Britain. Nigeria got her name from Flora Shaw who coined it from Niger and Area as there was a river called Niger flowing through the country. In the year 1960 on the first of October, Nigeria gained her independence after many meetings and conferences were held. Leading patriots, politicians and scholars of the time namely Nnamdi Azikwe, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa amongst many…

European thirst for gold and land led them conquer the new world and fulfilled their own interests from the wealth of the land. After the discovering of the equatorial island of Principe and Sao Tome on 1480, the european demand of cheap indian labor increase and encourage the slave trade in europe. Meanwhile, on 1479 the castalian concessions granted the spanish crown the right to conquer any lands at the west of the earth and gave the east of the earth to the Portugueses. In 1492 the…

The purpose of this article is to analyze the short story “Civil Peace” by the Nigerian writer, Chinua Achebe, in the light of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. The story happens in Nigeria, which has a long history of being colonized by English troops till 1960, when the Nigerians eventually gained their independence. Achebe uses English language as a postcolonial tool to defend his people. The story “Civil Peace” opens right after the Civil War and ends after so much blood shedding and brutality.…