History of Nigeria

Joel Olsteen once said, “We live in a culture that relishes tearing others down.” When cultures meet, there is almost always and endgame of holding on to full control of everything, and holding that kind of power comes with the harsh treatment towards others.In Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, it can be shown that if a culture shows a lack of sympathy towards another when colliding, then the society will crumble and fall apart. This is also shown through the Nazi control…

When a country is suddenly under foreign rule, adapting is often very difficult. Throughout history, nations have been fighting for power. Many times, those countries are pulled in many different directions, with their traditional beliefs trying to be changed. Colonialism affects people in which their lives are radically changed, for better or for worse. In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, the reader is given insight on the Ibo struggle with colonialism, following the story of an Umuofian…

PURPOSE FOR EVALUATION: In order to critically assess the patient (Okonkwo), it is necessary to evaluate his demographic picture. Okonkwo originates from the heart of Nigeria and therefore strongly believes in his Umuofian culture. He has 3 wives and 8 children, and is considered the Umuofian clan leader. The purpose for evaluation is admission due to symptoms of depression due to psychological alienation. This psychological evaluation will assess three main components behind Okonkwo’s…

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…

Candice gray 4 April 2016 The exploration of hybrid cultures within textiles I will be exploring hybrid cultures within fashion and textiles, by looking at traditional African textiles though their techniques, patterns and colours, of their fabrics and further exploring how fashion and textile designers contemporarise these traditional textiles in to modern and exciting textile pieces. Traditionally, textiles from Africa have originated for thousands of years, and were used used to show…

500 BC. Also known as one of the oldest cities in southwestern Nigeria in Yoruba city. While the Oyo kingdom was founded during the 1300s. But soon became a…

“Arrow of God” published in 1964 by Chinua Archebe, one of the most important writer under the colonial rule; born at Ogidiin eastern Nigeria. Ezeulu due to his position as chief priest of six Nigerian villages is seen as a prominent member of the Igbo people; which gives him the option to join the British colonial administration in the capacity of “white man’s chief.” However, he refused of this offer and led to a short term imprisonment, interrupted his chief priest duties. The people of Igbo…

In the tragic play Death and the King’s Horseman by the Nigerian author Wole Soyinka in 1975, the author provides more insight into the periods of history by making clear allusions to the era of colonialism in Africa, and to World War 2. He is able to provide insights about the periods of history through his retelling of past events from the perspective of Africans. Given that Soyinka wrote the tragic play in 1975, he has been able to learn from others about the past and also lived through some…

COLONİZATİON OF AFRİCA Africa is the second biggest continent on the world with the biggest populace thickness. It covers a region of 32.2 million km² with 6% of the world and 24.4% of the world land territories, together with the islands thought to border to it. It constitutes 15% of the total population thickness with a population of 1 billion individuals. Africa is circumscribed by the Mediterranean Sea in the north, the Indian Ocean in the south, the Atlantic Ocean in the west, the Sina…

destroyed. The disadvantage of one may cause the prosperity of another. This leads to an unfortunate way of life, where the winners naturally get to tell the story of their triumphs, and those conquered do not. One example of this would be Britain and Nigeria during the late 1800’s, when missionaries began converting Ibo people to Christianity, forever changing their way of life. Things Fall Apart, a book by Chinua Achebe, covers this tragedy. We see Ibo culture and life being quickly dissolved…