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The Benin Empire was a pre-colonial empire situated in the western Africa country known as Nigeria in the forest region. Nigeria is located along the south west of Africa, surrounding countries are Niger, Benin, and Cameroon. This empire was located near the south west of Nigeria close to the coast. In summary the Benin Empire can be dated back to 1180-1897 C.E. the fall of the Empire is the result of the British Empire coming in and burning down the empire after the King of the empire grew…

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe is about a man named Okonkwo who is respected and honored by the Ibo people, but he is afraid that he will be a coward like his father and he is often cruel. After an incident with a boy named Ikemefuna, Okonkwo’s life changes drastically. A recurring theme in Things Fall Apart is the struggle between tradition, change, and others. This theme is seen after Ikemefuna’s death, Okonkwo’s exile, and the invasion of the white men. The first event is Ikemefuna’s…

Cultural Collision “Like all people, we perceive the version of reality that our communicates. Like others having or living in more than one culture, we got multiple, often opposing messages.” Okonkwo's sense of identity was challenged with the introduction of western ideas into the ibo culture. Okonkwo started out in the novel as ruled by a fear of appearing weak and feminine, collision of the british colonists and Ibo people affected okonkwo to the point of him committing suicide. The…

From the dawn of civilization, myths have defined our culture, shaping it in more ways than one can comprehend. Just like the natural events that so shape our world, the evolving and changing of myths have a vast impact on the development of a culture. Through studying these myths, we can see the history of this change, becoming literary archeologist in order to better understand the interactions between the cultures of our world. By brushing off the dust and comparing the creation myths of…

“Fortunately, among these people a man was judged according to his worth and not according to the worth of his father.” (Achebe 9) This quote is significant to the novel because it tells the reader Okonkwo's motives for all his actions during the course of the story. Okonkwo wanted to be the complete opposite of his father and everything his father represented. He wanted to be judged by his own accomplishments and not the lack of his father's. In Igbo culture, since you are valued by your own…

Jaren Foreman IB English III Ms. Rowe 6/13/16 A Land Divided The novel, Sseason of Mmigration to the Nnorth, the author Tayeb Salih told the story of Sudan, a small cast of characters play out their lives representing the greater nation as a whole and in this Salihy depicts how the country falls into disaster. Sudan was a timebomb, it sat armed ever since the British colonization when their culture was destroyed and their people divided, as their customs had been replaced leaving them with…

Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness” is a novel with a plot immersed in social and political themes, allusions, and messages. Most notably, the novel can be interpreted as an exposition on British imperialism in Africa. At the time of its original publication, “Heart of Darkness” exposed a Western audience to African communities that, while fictitious, were quite representative. Most Western accounts of Africans in the late 19th century and early 20th century characterized Africans as being…

Saint Thomas A. Becket was born on December 21st of 1118 in London to a prosperous London merchant. Growing up fast and receiving a good education it was no surprise when he became an agent to Theobald, Archbishop of Canterbury, who sent him on several missions in Rome. His outstanding excellence was soon noticed by Henry the Second who after seeing his great efforts made him his chancellor and the two quickly became close friends. After Theobald’s death, Henry gave Becket his job making him…

Cultural collisions between different groups of people that are forced to live together are bound to happen, especially if those two groups have completely different ways of life. Chinua Achebe depicts what cultural collision can do to two different groups of people in his novel Things Fall Apart between the main character Okonkwo and the colonizers that come to his village, Umuofia. Okonkwo, an aggressively over-masculine, hot-tempered, traditional man, comes to face his old traditions and ways…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The ROYAL SHELL DUTCH usually called as SHELL by people all over the world. And, is known as SPDC in Nigeria (Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited). SPDC along with JV with NNPC, NAOC and TOTAL had planned to develop the Dodo - NAG Wells Project to meet the objectives of the company. Along with business objectives the idea of SPDC was to help locals by supplying domestic gas and bring the gas flares down (Flaring into atmosphere also known as emission of…