Politics of Nigeria

because they are the two most popular tribes in Nigeria. They are the two most known ethnic groups other than Hausa and Fulani cultures. The Igbo and Yoruba cultures are closely related and will make one culturally aware of Nigeria’s way of life through their background, history, music, religious beliefs, political structures, and traditional marriage. The Igbo and Yoruba are two of the most diverse cultures in Nigeria. The evolution of Nigeria 1849 until it attained independence in 1960 is…

the problem of grand corruption in Nigeria did not attain its all-pervasive status during the colonial era. According to Tignor, ‘concerns about corruption were seen as one of the reasons colonial rule was needed as it provided good government in place of oppression and chaos’. On the contrary, Osoba argues that the British colonial administration laid the foundation of what metamorphosed today as endemic grand corruption emphasising that ‘corruption in Nigeria is a kind of social virus which…

Returning back to the Igbo-Hausa case in Nigeria, the effects of the British colonial rule in the escalation of ethnic conflict is crystal-clear if the perspective of Horowitz is applied to the case. The British colonial rule had established there an artificial political entity composing of distinct ethnic groups, in 1914, by juxtaposing them into a new country that they have named Nigeria. There were three major ethnic groups which were settled in different parts of the new country. As Horowitz…

language or have a sense of their history.” [ Nigel – do I a) have to reference this quote (I did refrence it at the end) and b) indent it? ] Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Adichie is a compelling novel about life during the Biafran War. Set in Nigeria, it concerns itself with several characters and how they experience love, turmoil and hardship that appears throughout the duration of the war. Also included in the novel is the importance of language during such a fragile time. This can…

be teachers (e.g., small elementary students) or nurses. In contrast, males were favored over females to be involved in more aggressive topics that were pertinent to male-friendly occupations, such as politics and money (Koch, D’Mello, & Sackett, 2014). Females who were and are involved in politics or male-friendly occupations often were compared to a man rather than simply being classified as a woman who is…

Niger Introduction: Niger is a landlocked and developing country in western Africa, named after the Niger River and officially the Republic of Niger. It is bordered by Chad in the east, Burkina Faso and Mali in the west, Nigeria and Benin in the south and Algeria and Libya in the north. Niger covers a land area of 1,267,000 square kilometres and with estimated population of 11,666,000. History of Niger: Thousands of years ago, Niger had wet and favorable conditions for agriculture and…

life caused him much distress and much loss, Okonkwo lost seven years of his life, his titles, and now his son. The violence in the Igbo region of Africa did not end with Okonkwo’s death, there has been continuous violence and political unrest in Nigeria and with the Igbo people; the political scene and treatment of the Igbo people has not been good even into modern days. For example, in October of 1967, shortly after the Nigerian civil war had broken out, federal troops entered Asaba, a small…

time he and his family returned it had been taken over by Catholic missionaries. Okonkwo and his family in the novel are from the Igbo tribe in Nigeria. The Igbo culture consists of occasional wrestling matches, less clothing, and no official ruler. Before Christianity was introduced, Igbo practiced their own religion. The Igbo people migrated to Nigeria and were colonized by British who assimilated their nation. The religion of the Igbo people is a large part of their culture which was effected…

Privately Owned Newspapers in Nigeria” was motivated by the need to check crises in the country as well as proffer solution to resolving the crisis in the Niger Delta region especially as the crisis had taken a rather horrendous dimension in recent years. The media have been said to be at the fore front of the crisis, either escalating or helping to resolve the crisis. The purpose of the study was to find out whether government and privately owned newspapers in Nigeria represented by The…

the subject of power in the country. In the time in which the book is set, Nigerian politics was ripe with corruption following its independence from Britain, who had been its territory since 1885, and with independence came greed for power from the elite of Nigeria. Although the book is set in an unnamed country, Achebe is most likely basing the events of the book on events that took place in postcolonial Nigeria. The main character, Odili is a young young teacher from a small village, early in…