Lagos

Nigeria. As if this was not enough, there is also a division among the black race. We have the Hausas and the Igbo tribes. Mr. Ugwu and his family belongs to the Igbo tribe, while people such as his houseboy is a Hausas The Ugwu family used to live i Lagos which is the biggest city in Nigeria, but they moved to a more uncivilized part of Nigeria because Mr Ugwu got a job there. From the Ugwu family’s point of view the bush is not a desirable place to live. ''Bringing his family to this place…

consider the style and subplots, Nnu Ego’s own tragedy, and the political/economic realities exposed as a combination of factors that forfeit the woman's esteem in exchange for the success of the capitalist, damning the entire colonial system. In Lagos, it is the woman's duty to care for the home, the family, and provide sexual pleasure and reproductive labor to the husband. This objective idea is called out early in the novel, as when Nnu Ego’s new friend simplifies to her, “We woman mind the…

No city is without ideology. Like any other human construction, the metropolis is imbued with a certain ideology that underlies the mere corporeal aspects of its buildings or streets, and the modern metropolis is no exception. The current conception of what a metropolis is, is largely defined by Western ideas of logic and rationality, and the city has become synonymous with this idea of progress. However, this notion of progress becomes complicated within a postcolonial setting, where…

Woman Crush Everyday) Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Teju Cole in their globally acclaimed novels, you know it’s definitely worth checking it out. The Jazzhole is more than just a store, it is an oasis from the hustle that lay just outside its walls. Lagos, its incessant traffic jams, its hustle and bustle, and all that lies therein can be really stifling at times, but the Jazzhole is like a cool drink, a breath of fresh air and a blast of air conditioning, all at once.…

For this term’s occasional paper, we are tasked to read a story written by Chinua Achebe entitled “Marriage is a Private Affair” which is basically about a couple named Nnaemeka and Nene that concerns about the return of Nnaemeka to the countryside where he grew up. Nnaemeka wants to marry Nene. Nene is a young woman that Nnaemeka met in the city. But Okeke, Nnaemeka's father strongly disagreed to Nnaemeka's decision when he said that he wanted to marry Nene because she is from another tribe.…

grew up expecting for herself does not come to pass. She expects to become a wife and mother, working hard in her youth for her family, but being taken care of and honoured by her children in her old age. However, her children grow up in the city of Lagos with very different values than she was raised with. Several of her children even move away to Western countries, and feel little obligation toward their mother. Though Nnu Ego lives in early 20th century Nigeria, where colonialism and…

colonial rule. This paragraph will explicitly discuss the key political and administrative arrangement through which colonial authority was maintained. The key component in the case of colonial Nigeria is indirect rule. In 1860, the British annexed Lagos as a Crown Colony.…

Facts: The defendant in this case, Atwater, was pulled over by Officer Turek in Lago Vista, Texas. Atwater was pulled over due to the fact that neither she nor her children, who were sitting in the front seat, were wearing their seatbelts. Officer Turek verbally scolded Atwater, handcuffed her, placed her in his squad car, and drove her to the local police station. Upon arriving to the police station, she was forced to remove her jewelry, shoes, and eyeglasses and was instructed to empty her…

luck’. A few instances of actual encounter will unravel some shocking near death encounters that enabled me to conclude that I have no happiest moment in this life. In the year 1971, immediately after the Nigerian civil war, my uncle brought me to Lagos to stay with him; I was about 5…

closely related, both play a huge role in Shakespeare’s Othello. Achieving loyalty is not as simple as it sounds, it takes a combination of trust and love. Othello and Desdemona fall in love, their “loyalty” would be tested early in shakespeare’s piece. Lago is the source of this conflict, jealous that he was not promoted by Othello, plans revenge; He and Rodrigo reported to Desdemona’s father that a black man has wedded his beloved daughter; her father prejudiced and ignorant, condemned such…