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novel Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Ifemelu an African immigrant from Nigeria experiences the reality of what the “American Dream” as an immigrant is truly like. Adichie uses her character's life as African immigrants to show how race affects her in America. Ifemelu moved to the United States thinking that she would easily be able to get a job, go to school, find love and be able to send money home in Nigeria but instead was faced with many obstacles. Racism is one of the major social…

In Things Fall Apart, the reader is introduced to a main by the name of Okonkwo. Okonkwo is hardworking and aggressive, traits that bring him fame and wealth at the beginning of the novel. This same fear also causes Okonkwo to be impatient and brash, however, leading to his eventual downfall when he can't adjust to the changes occurring in the clan. Though Okonkwo is a respected leader in the Umuofia tribe, he lives in fear of becoming his father, a man known for his laziness and cowardice.…

The title of this book is “Zebra” and it was written by Chaim Potok. The main character in this story is Zebra (Adam). There are many different settings in this story. Some of them are the art class, the school courtyard, the hill where he breaks his arm, and Mrs.English’s office. Zebra breaks his arm when running because a car hits him. He becomes dull and depressed and starts telling sad stories in his English class. In the meantime, he meets an armless man named John Wilson, who is teaching…

“Blindly following ancient customs and traditions doesn’t mean that the dead are alive, but that the living are dead” (Ibn Khaldun). There are the benefits and costs that come along with any religion or custom, but as seen in the novel Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe demonstrates how the consequences of the customs of the Umuofia tribe outweigh the benefits. While many of the tribe members of Umuofia all follow the tribe’s customs, one member in particular who is well respected, lives by the…

Ken Saro-Wiza was a Nigerian activist and author. He is most notably known for his novel, Sozaboy, which promotes his antiwar platform. In his book, we see Wiza use language in an original way while also being effective in his own way. He does this by using pidgin English to preserve and promote Nigerian culture, and by comparing the disorganization and corruption in Mene’s life to the brokenness and the disorder of the pidgin English that is spoken by the characters in the novel. In the…

The story "The Man to Send Rain Clouds," demonstrates two elements of cultures between Father Paul and Native American protagonists. In the Christian world, only God can cause rain, but for the Pueblo world, it is a task to every man to communicate to the cloud people to initiate rain. The characters in this short story show the power struggle between the white world made of Christians and the Pueblo community. There is the struggle between integration of the two cultures. The central theme here…

Blood Diamond and The Constant Gardener are two Western movies each attempting to utilise the idea of Africa as a mysterious continent with an exotic, but Western dependant population, as a setting. The Constant Gardener does make an attempt at avoiding Hollywood-Africa stereotypes, however it fails to completely exclude them. Blood Diamond’s entire plot, on the other hand, revolves exclusively around stereotypes. In The Constant Gardener, Ralph Fiennes as Justin Quayle, plays the lead role as…

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 industrialization are rapidly changing the world in which she lives, we can still relate to her today. All over the world, the way we live is changing. Think about your grandparents. When they were just starting to have…

The purpose of this article is to analyze the short story “Civil Peace” by the Nigerian writer, Chinua Achebe, in the light of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. The story happens in Nigeria, which has a long history of being colonized by English troops till 1960, when the Nigerians eventually gained their independence. Achebe uses English language as a postcolonial tool to defend his people. The story “Civil Peace” opens right after the Civil War and ends after so much blood shedding and brutality.…

Achebe's writing, "The Novelist as Teacher", presents a request to African writers to take on the role of teacher in their works. After reading Achebe's "The Novelist as Teacher", we can identify two differences that Achebe examines as a point of reference to literature of postcolonial and western writers. Firstly, Achebe wants his audience to look to him as a teacher of the culture. Postcolonial readers must look to their writers for the recurrence of their culture and common concerns. Secondly…