History of Nigeria

Written Assignment "How does Ferdinand Oyono use symbolic devices to illustrate the character development of the main character, Toundi, in Houseboy?" With aspiration towards material and his fascination of the white man's world, during the French colonisation of Cameroon in the 1950's, Toundi Ondoua escapes his home and starts to reject native upbringing to be part of the white man's world. mad'. As Toundi, the protagonist of Ferdinand Oyono's novel Houseboy goes to discover his fascination of…

Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart is about the unfortunate downfall of 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…

the transition from one phase of life to another. It is often used to describe the transition between birth and adulthood. In this essay, the rite of passage that will be explained is from the African tribe Yoruba. Yoruba people are from Southwest Nigeria and Benin. They have started to become popular among Africans all over the world who have started to claim Yoruba as their family roots and follow their religion and culture. Yoruba has a special way of bringing newborns into the world. Birth…

Has anyone ever tried to change your beliefs or way of life? Well the people of Umofia were faced with this challenge. Sometimes things change and the reaction to the change is positive and sometimes negative. Depending if the change is positive or negative it can lead our lives in different directions. The people of Umofia reacted differently, some loved the new religion, while others disapproved and hated the new religion. One person in Umofia who accepted the new religion was Nwoye.…

In the novel, Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, Okonkwo, a self-indulgent individual in respect and authority to his clan, Umoufia is conflicted with a reoccurring outside western influence that poses as a threat against the normality of the custom-based society established within Umoufia in which psychologically effects his consciousness empowered over his fear of weakness; however, Okonkwo’s sense of identity before encountering western influence is to meet the expectations and customs…

During the final parts of book we see how the presence of the new religion,christianity, as well as the influence of the white men is affecting the different villages and tribes. This religion seems to go against all of Okonkwo’s ideals as a man and a warrior. The preachings of the new religion and the people that practice it are pacifistic and gentle whereas Okonkwo’s ideals are rather violent and self destructive. The contrast of the two demonstrates the affront Okonkwo feels towards the rapid…

The Tragic Hero The protagonist of things fall apart, Okonkwo is known as a tragic hero who holds a position of power and prestige choosing his course of action that possesses a tragic flaw, and gains, awareness of environment that lead to his fall. In his thirties, Okonkwo is a leader of the Igbo community of Umuofia. Achebe describe him as “tall and huge” with “bushy eyebrows” and a “wide nose that gives him a very server look”. When he walks, his heels barley touch the ground, like he was…

no one’s business. Nigerians have a lot to be proud of being the second biggest super power country in Africa other than their sister country South Africa. Nigeria has the largest population in Africa, and their land is blessed with an abundant amount of natural resources. Natural recourses like petroleum tin ore, and many other minerals. Nigeria is also Africa’s largest oil exporter and the sixth largest oil producing nation in the world. The oil and petroleum generate seventy percent of their…

Miss Trefusis and Mdisho Can you imagine being sent to a foreign country for war when you didn’t have any experience at all! Well a man named Roald Dahl did this exact thing, He is from the great book Going Solo. He met many new people on the way, Two were named Miss Trefusis and Mdisho, they both live in Africa but Roald describes them as totally different personalities, he describes Miss Trefusis as weird and Mdisho as strong. To begin with, Dahl meets a lady named Miss Trefusis.…

Have you ever been to a new country and felt small and difference than the rest? Have you ever felt like there was a sudden drop of unpredictability on your shoulders, fearing how the new country would change your life? In the story “The Thing Around Your Neck,” Nigerian Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie tells a story of an immigrant girl in that exact same situation. By winning the American visa lottery, Akunna is given the chance to move to America by herself to live with her uncle in Maine.…