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In 1735 the Haw Branch Plantation was built by Thomas Tabb and his wife Rebecca Booker. They planation was success until Cary and Gibson McConnaughey took over. The McConnaughey’s were cruel people who treated the servants and slaves like garbage. Mr. McConnaughey was the worse of the two she would beat and mock those who worked for them. One day he was walking through the fields and noticed that Abena an elderly old women was exhausted and on the brink of losing consciousness. He started to…

EDU 701 Counseling Theory and Practice Assignment 1 Essay Name: Gulshan Kumar ID: 2012009572 Lecturer: Dr Sarita Deshpande Guidance and Counseling are referred to as two contradicting factors that enable an individual to solve his problems and achieve psychological, social, educational and professional compatibility; it involves interactive relationship that takes place between the Counselor and its client. Olayinka (1972) defined it to be “a process whereby a person is helped in a…

Chinua Achebe was a one of the towering figures in literature. He was the father of modern African literature who had opened up the eyes of the public to the life of African culture. Growing up in the Igbo society in Nigeria, Achebe was influenced by the many aspects of his culture, his family, and the people that surrounded him. The many aspects of his life growing up in African culture influenced Chinua Achebe in his literary works by being a great believer of peace and equality. Chinua…

• The person that I chose for my biography project was Chinua Achebe. Chinua Achebe was an African author and an important figure in history because he shed light on the importance of African culture in his literary works. • I chose this individual for my biography project because I enjoyed reading his book “Things Fall Apart.” I thought that this book was a very interesting read and hoped, in the future, that I would read some more of his books. • Chinua Achebe lived during the post-colonial…

Family” article, it discusses that the American family is moving away from the traditional family and becoming more socially egalitarian with time (Angier 2). My entire family originated from the Nigeria, Africa. My father was raised as a Muslim in Ibadan city. My mother was raised a Christian in Lagos city. They are both from different indigenous tribes, and they share two common languages. The languages are English and Yoruba. Therefore, my parent’s marriage is ethnically and religiously…

B.Ananda Rao M.A,M.Phil,(Ph.D) Asst.Prof, of English Sri Vasavi Engg College, Tadepalligudem. “A study of tradition and culture in the selected plays of Wole Soyinka and Girish karnad”. INTRODUCTION Wole Soyinka is the first African writer to win the Nobel…

The case study of Edmund Kemper is one of the major examples that provide insight to criminal behaviour and certain types of crimes. For instance, the Edmund Kemper case is distinctive in various ways because it involves unique motives such as ensuring control and ownership over women in order to increase his self-esteem, which caused him to inflict severe injuries and crimes towards certain females (Whyte, n.d., para. 2). Moreover, understanding the case study of Edmund Kemper is also…

Introduction The complex changes in education trends predominantly in the world of work and society calls for proper implementation of guidance and counseling services in Nigeria particularly in the school system. Some of these trends are unstable homes, poor academic performance, drug abuse, high risk of sexual exploitation, cultism; kidnapping e.t.c, of latest concern to the government and stakeholders of education is the trend where some graduates of primary school and secondary school are…

1. Two Time Periods, Two Influences The first thing to remember is that reactions to Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness from one period to another are not entirely the same, especially concerning the theme of racism in the novella. Indeed, it has generated a long debate. Chinua Achebe who condemned Conrad’s work and Caryl Phillips, who defended it, are the best example in that case. In other words, their conclusions are contradictory. With this in mind, it is important to explore their different…

Author’s Bio Chinua Achebe was a Nigerian author and educator that published the groundbreaking novel Things Fall Apart. Achebe was born Albert Chinualumogu Achebe in the Ibo town of Ogidi in eastern Nigeria in 1930. He attended a local mission school, later attending a secondary school in Umuahia. His environment as a child is shown in the exposition of the novel Things Fall Apart. He grew up when the Europeans were settling in Nigeria at the time, “Achebe grew up balanced between the two…