INTRODUCTION The Federal Republic of Nigeria is located in the Western part of Africa. It became an independent state on October 1‚ 1960‚ after about 100 years under British colonization‚ and attained a republican status within the British Commonwealth three years after in 1963. Since independence‚ Nigeria has come under both military and civil administrations. On 29 May 1999‚ after a general election which ushered in the present democratic dispensation‚ popularly referred to as “the Fourth Republic”
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examine the growth of civil society and its impact on democratisation in nigeria Civil Society refers to non-state organisations that chiefly seek to advance the interest of the people. It is generally understood in Hegelian terms as the distinct sphere of public space‚ separate from the state which manages the social relations and communication between the state and the citizens. 1CSO action across sub-Saharan Africa became dense and widespread in the 1990s as a result of influx of foreign aid
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17th century allegory Pilgrim’s Progress. The first major works in West Africa appeared in the 1950s at the end of the colonial era were primarily concerned with reinterpreting African history from an indigenous point of view that stressed the dignity of the African past. Chinua Achebe’s novel Things Fall Apart (1952). AFRICAN WRITERS AND POETS Wole‚ Soyinka (Born in Nigeria‚ July 13‚ 1934) is the foremost English language poet and certainly the most celebrated playwright of Black Africa. His work
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and gender equality are presented by the composers through the clever use of devices appropriate to the medium‚ while using the post-colonial context to accentuate these issues. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe is a novel which follows the journey of a Nigerian warrior‚ Okonkwo‚ who reaches the height of power in his village. Achebe uses the colonisation of Nigeria as the setting for his novel‚ which acts as a catalyst for change in the Ibo tribe‚ positioning the reader to criticise the Europeans
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State) by Shell Petroleum Limited in 1958. The History of such a discovery will not be the focus of this paper as it is already well dealt with in several books. Suffice it to say however‚ that the discovery of oil has been a mixed blessing to Nigeria‚ as it has allowed for a valuable source of Foreign Exchange (over 90% of foreign exchange earnings) but has been a feedstock for the monumental corruption and inequality in the allocation of resources‚ which has swept the nation since 1960‚ especially
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labour for effective productivity in a given space and time‚ other factors of production such as capital and land (water and coaster resources inclusive) represent veritable platforms for achieving national growth and socio-economic development. Nigeria‚ with an estimated population of over 140 million (NPC‚ 2000) and no doubt the most populous country in Africa‚ occupies a strategic location within the West and Central African sub-region. The country has a coastline of over 850km and four major
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With Absurd Laws A shocking new law In January 2014 a new law was signed by the president of Nigeria with no announcement. According to the law‚ all same-sex marriages‚ gay groups and public show of same-sex affection is forbidden. The law also affects those who assist gay people‚ which means that this law will endanger the HIV programs in Nigeria. A fact that is worth mentioning is that Nigeria runs second in the number of people suffering with HIV and that is 3.4 million people. After the
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6.1. Why Almajirci? Invisible Facts The question why Almajirci with respect to Traditional Almajiri Education System is very necessary giving its present state. Although Almajiri system was built upon the philosophy of acquiring‚ teaching and spreading Islamic education‚ Islamic religion and productive citizenry. Today‚ it has lost those glories and wander viciously along undetermined route. Abdulkadir‚ (2003) argued that‚ the woes of the Traditional Almajiri System were inflicted by the British
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U N I V E R S I T Y O F L A G O S D E P A R T M E N T O F E N G L I S H M . A . L I T E R A T U R E C O U R S E W O R K: M O D E R N N I G E R I A N D R A M A : S O C I O - C U L T U R A L A N D W E S T E R N I N F L U E N C E S N A M E : A G B A M U A G H O G H O M A T R I C U L A T I ON N U M B E R : 1 0 9 0 1 3 0 4 6 C O U R S E : M O D E R N N I G E R I A N D R A M A E N G 8 5 6 QUESTION: HOW HAS MODERN NIGERIAN DRAMA BEEN INFLUENCED
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"Was the spread of Christianity to Umuofia a good thing or bad thing?"‚ is a question prompted by Chinua Achebe’s book‚ Things Fall Apart‚ which demonstrates the collision caused by Western ideas‚ in this case‚ the British missionaries into Ibo culture. This new introduction of western religion into the Nigerian heartlands is an extraordinarily debatable topic that strives to answer this question. Telling the story from the perspective of a single character allows us to know and feel what Okonkwo
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