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who 's working on her hair is Aisha. She tells Aisha she has been in America for 15yrs when in actuality it 's only 13yrs. Chapter 2 : Ifemelu send ’s Obinze an email, checking up on him, and asking how he is and informing that she’s coming back to Lagos. Obinze is at one of Chiefs party and he thinks back to the first time he met chief. He was with his…

estate. Although we were friends, I only knew the surface of her personality and background. In fact, I did not take the opportunity to get to know her more about her cultural background until this interview which I appreciate. Vernessa was born in Lagos, Nigeria and her and her family moved to Richmond,…

"Othello" is the best representation of the great tragedies of William Shakespeare; the Moor of Venice, a military with strong character. Shakespeare enhance the barbarity of the Moor, but from my point of view, Othello has essentially been nothing more than a simple soldier, naive, basic, black mindset. On the other hand, William Shakespeare also presented us the beautiful young wife of Othello, Desdemona, and her conflict with her father Brabantio, because of Othello 's race. Desdemona…

Ifemelu had own perspective towards things and independently made her own decisions. “You looked like the kind of person who will do something because you want to, and not because everyone else is doing it,” (Chapter four, page 61). Ifemelu and Obinze became distance towards each other when Ifemelu moved to the United States and brakes off contact with him. When Obinze contacted her while she was in the United States, she ignored him because she was depressed. She became depressed after she was…

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Home Beyond Recognition A home is not synonymous with a house. A house is merely a structure, a place of residence, a location where a person lives for a period of time. A home, on the other hand, is a part of a thriving and wholehearted community, a place where a person feels acceptance, love, and safety, and generally has ties back to one's family. So in the case of a home beyond home, one of these locations is often a house, whereas the other is the true home. This is the case for the Jonga…

Lastly, diplomatic treaties and capitulations was another type of imperialism form which the British merchants established in order to secure the trading centers on the coast. The trading center in the delta of the Niger River near the port of Lagos became a crown colony because it was so treasured to British government. However some African rulers who accepted to sign an agreed treaties by the British were protected and the others who rebelled against it. They were taking down by the British…

In this culture, gender roles are strictly set for the men and women. Among the Igbo people, man rule ultimately. The more masculine one is, the higher they are respected among the community. In Things Fall Apart, Okonkwo, the main character, is one of these respected men. In order to be a man however, as the narrator states, “No matter how prosperous a man was, if he was unable to rule his women and his children (and especially his women) he was not really a man”(Achebe 53). With that being…

victim, Miss Bisi Tawa (a school teacher and old classmate of Prince Aderopo), prince Aderopo, Oba Akote’s only son (murderer) in making an escape and trying to kill koya (a farmer and old classmate), he is shot by the inspector because he refuses to surrender. 2.7 The Cast and Characterisation 2.7.1 Sadiq Abubakar Daba Figure 3: October 1 Known simply as Sadiq Daba, is a Nigerian actor and former broadcaster. Daba has worked as a broadcaster for the Nigerian Television Authority. His career…

Nissan’s innovation weaved into Ma’ Africa About twenty years ago, Nissan set foot in Africa. At the time, Nissan imported and shipped its vehicles directly from Japan, appointing traders with a focus on sales with not much else happening. By the start of the 21st century, several automotive manufacturers grasped Africa’s enormous potential, and suddenly, distributors and small manufacturing plants set up shop all over in emerging Africa counties. By 2005, the industry was starting to take…