Politics of Nigeria

In this talk, Chimamanda Adichie speaks on the "danger of a single story". That is, the dangers of uneducated assumptions of an idea, people, or nation. Adichie gives her story of growing up in Nigeria, and learning to read and write from a young age. She speaks of the western children's books that she read, and how they influenced her writing to exclusively include characters like those she read about. They had to be white, have blue eyes, ect. For years, she grew up with the "single story"…

When two cultures collide and they ignore eachothers values it results in destruction of these cultures and consequences as seen through Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, slave trade in Nigerian history, and the Indian Ocean Trade. In Achebe’s text, two cultures colliding resulting in the destruction of those cultures is . The Igbo clan clashes with the christians and they will not agree on anything causing major conflicts. The first seen example of the refusal to accommodate the Christians…

Christianity and its powers; destroying or guiding? Achebe in Things Fall Apart, illustrates the diversity of religion and how it affects the culture in Umuofia. Religion represents order in both societies, but they are demonstrated and practiced differently. Gods in Umuofia are more frightening because clan members are at mercy due to the natural cycles for their livelihood. The nature of the Igbo beliefs is contradictory to the Christian religion encouraged by the missionaries. The disruption…

Nigeria, a country with over 140 million people is located in West Africa. Nigeria has over 270 ethnic groups, each group has its custom, tradition and dialect. Although diverse in their way of live, Nigerians are unified by the language of death. For the sake of understanding, there are three major ethnic groups in Nigeria, they are the Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba. Although rural-urban migration has caused us to live together, each ethnic group has its designated primary location. Although death…

close ties to Saudi Arabia, including the most beneficial actor in the community would be difficult and this relationship is highly indicative of the growing problem of apathy toward corruption in lower quantity oil producing counties like Brazil and Nigeria. However, if the issue is not addressed in the near future, these issues will leak into the public sphere through violent conflict and…

the turn of the twentieth century. The book was first published in 1958 and reprinted in 1962 (Achebe), which became the first novel in the African writer’s series. This book was written by a Nigerian and it set the village of Umuofia in eastern Nigeria. Achebe portrays a remarkable movement in Africa history as the man who invented African literature to fight against the dissimulation of colonial rule. With the sympathy and dignity, which Achebe showed by focusing on the complexity and…

The partition of Africa at the Berlin Conference in 1884-1885 did not only involve invasion, it also included occupation of the territories. There was multiple reactions on the African side on the idea of colonization including resistance and collaboration. The colonization of Africa by the European countries was the turning point for the development of Africa. Journal articles on the state of the African continent attest the impact of colonization as being the ultimate factor on the current…

Achebe states that in her ordinary life she “was a widow with two children” (Achebe 49). It is very interesting that he specifically refers to them in a way that would make the reader think of two very separate people. It shows the way the people of the Ibo culture think about the roles of women. They have normal everyday lives similar to the women of Heart of darkness but there are also specific roles that seem to be specific to women only, which have great importance to their culture. In Ibo…

Chenyang Li 110527822 AWE194-09 According to the TED talk, “the Danger of a single story”,by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, I found that the “danger stories” are almost everywhere in our lives. The “single stories” always focus on negative parts of thing and they definitely cause some really serious consequences. If other people show one thing over and over again, people may think it is true, although it was not true. I agree with Adichie. I think people should not judge anybody or anything…

In Chinua Achebe’s novel “Things Fall Apart” which centers on the struggles of the protagonist Okonkwo when he encounters with the British imposed colonialism on Nigerians opens a new prospective into the life of African tribes. In particular, the novel draws the unique picture of the cultural traditions and values of Igbo society. The interrelation is visible throughout the novel of religion beliefs, language customs and government structure. The authority of the clan is in the hands of the…