Half of a Yellow Sun is Ngozi Adichie’s second novel set before and during the Biafran war in Nigeria. Eight years before Adichie was born‚ her two grandfathers died in Biafra as refugees after fleeing hometowns that had fallen to federal troops during the war. Adichie grew up hearing stories of the war. She composed this novel because she wanted to write about love and war. Moreover the author wanted to engage with her history in order to make sense of her present and bring honor to her parents
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UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA‚ NSUKKA TOPIC: THE ROLE OF AGE GRADE IN CONFLICT MANAGEMENT IN IGBOLAND A TERM PAPER SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE COURSE GSP202 (NATURE AND CONCEPTS IN PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES NAME OF LECTURER: MAY‚ 2013 THE ROLE OF AGE GRADE IN CONFLICT MANAGEMENT IN IGBOLAND DEDICATION THIS WORK IS DEDICATED TO ALL THE AGE GRADES IN AFRICA ACKNOWLEDGEMENT My special thanks go to Prof.O. I. Okoye of the department of Igbo & Linguistics
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Unit 3 Summative People who work in air conditioning‚ vending machines and barely any physical activity‚ have it easy. However‚ working on a ship as an african slave does not have that many advantages. One author that depicts such disadvantages in Nigeria would be Chris Abani‚ who often constructs poems about his past events. One of these poems would be "Blue" which portrays an african slave working on a ship. Although the text seems self explanatory‚ without know who Chris Abani is‚ or about slavery
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that any nation can have and therefore‚ need to be developed and empowered. Not only are they legitimately regarded as the future leaders‚ they are potentially and actually the greatest investment for a country’s development” [Federal Republic of Nigeria: 1999]. Now question need to be thrown to them; what measure has been taken to quell Boko Haram insurgence? A pellucid answer would be Amnesty and probably the reinforcement of security forces- these certainly are not proactive means to curtail insecurity
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Civil Peace by Chinua Achebe: Summary The well-known Nigerian author Chinua Achebe’s short story ’Civil Peace’ is a realistic story which presents the condition immediately after the Civil War. The story is about a Biafran civil war and its effect on the lives of ordinary Nigerian people. Chinua Achebe It is an interesting and touching comment on quick and easy recovery from hardship after the war. Most people are damaged by the aftereffects of the war‚ but Jonathan Iwegbu thinks himself very lucky
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Some ninety years after the first huge success of American cinema‚ “The Great Train robbery” was released‚ we were introduced to a new brand of films. The cult classic “Living in Bondage” was distributed. This low- budget film produced in Onitsha‚ Nigeria set the scene for what would become an explosion. So impressed were the filmmakers and actors by their work‚ they coined the term Nollywood- the Nigerian Hollywood. The different environments and practices have resulted in obvious differences and
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different.” Everyone has their different views and opinions about religion. Religion has began to evolve over time. Religion can help us make sense of the world and motivate us to do better. Things Fall Apart is a novel based in a village in southeastern Nigeria. The village is called Umuofia which means “people of the forest.” Umuofia is a fictional village based off of the author’s hometown of Ogidi. The novel is told through Okonkwo which is one of the most respected men in the village of Umuofia. In “Things
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concern. Nigeria is one such country‚ like many others in which food security is of high concern. No longer a third world country‚ as of 2005‚ Nigeria has been declared a middle class country and continues to develop from there. However‚ this does not make Nigeria exempt from the brutality of hunger and the shortage of food. Officially named the Federal Republic of Nigeria‚ Nigeria is a country located in West Africa with its borders being surrounded by Chad‚ Benin‚ Cameroon and Niger. Nigeria is the
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novel‚ the arrival of the swarm of locusts was intended to foreshadow the white missionaries invading the villages’ culture‚ land‚ and society. The event of the locusts arriving in Umuofia symbolizes the Christians’ tactical plan to invade Southern Nigeria and how it lead to the destruction of the Igbo culture. (NEED TOPIC SENTENCE) The locusts’ arrival was an unexpected due to its occurrence only being about
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