ROYAL DUTCH/SHELL CASE 1.Does Shell bear some responsibility for the problems in the Ogoni region of Nigeria? I believe Shell bears much responsibility for the problems in the Ogoni region. One reason is the fact that Shell has received nearly $30 billion worth of oil from the Ogoni land but has not helped the Ogoni people by providing them with jobs or money to develop their lands. If Shell had provided money to the Ogoni people they could have built schools and provided health care that would
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The Impact of Colonization in the Country of Botswana Botswana’s peaceful transition to independence was unique and historical on the continent of Africa; yet Botswana’s road to a stabilized government and economic success lack perfection. Unlike any other country in Africa‚ Botswana applied for their independence from the British and their request was accepted. Simultaneously the British became the protectorate over Botswana territory at the request of the Tswana chiefs. According to Gretchen
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because of their evocative discussions of the English language and the Igbo worldview. Chapter four entitled “The Language Repertoire of Nollywood Movies” by Emmanuel Adedayo Adedun posits that the Igbo language‚ among the three major languages in Nigeria‚ has been less preserved especially in the production of Nollywood movies. It argues that Igbo films in English language are an “expression of a commercial mentality”‚ etc. However‚ using Austin Uzoma Nwagbara’s “Mbari Heritage and Chinua Achebe’s
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united‚ tolerant and have faith in their fatherland. They de-emphasize their differences and stress more on their common goals and aspirations and any other thing that can bring about unity in diversity. Nigeria is a country that has about 250 ethnic groups with diverse cultural backgrounds. Nigeria is the most populous black country in the world with a population of over 100 million people made up of over 250 different ethnic groups. The predominant ethnic groups are the Hausa/Fulani‚ Yoruba and
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siblings. But living the “American Dream” was there biggest enjoyment of being a foreigner from a poor country of Nigeria and coming to America with no money‚ barely any family basically nothing. Having a lot of setbacks but still didn’t let that derail them and continued to push and bet the odds that they biggest accomplishment. Now they can share their story to family members coming from Nigeria to not lose the goal of being in this country in the first place and always stay focused to strive for greatness
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The traditional homeland of the lgbo people lies in the south-eastern region of Nigeria. The geographical location of Igboland lies between the great River Niger and Cross Rivers State‚ with the Ibibio‚ Ijo‚ Igala‚ Idoma‚ and Edo as their neighbours. The ancient settlement at Igbo-Ukwu in Eastern Nigeria was an outpost for West African’s long-distance trade routes‚ one of which was the Trans-Saharan trade routes. The main items traded were gold‚ slaves‚ salt‚ cowry shells (the major unit of currency)
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1.1 Definition of terms NYSC : The NYSC is a scheme established by the government of Nigeria which involves inculcating university graduates into the labour market for a compulsory one year service to the nation except in special cases were individuals are exempted. The full meaning of the NYSC is ‘National Youth Service Corps.’. Corp member/Corper: The formal and informal names respectively‚ given to the individuals involved( with
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The Osun Festival There are many Festivals in Nigeria‚ some of which date to the period before the arrival of the major religions in this ethnically and culturally diverse society. Does anyone know about The Osun Festival in Nigeria? The early history of the Oshogbo people is founded on mythical and spiritual beliefs‚ along the lines of the traditions of the Yoruba people. The Osun River goddess is credited with the founding and establishment of Oshogbo town. Some accounts describe her as Oso-Igbo
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We were asked to read the story “Marriage Is a Private Affair” written by Chinua Achebe. The story was about a young man from Ibo‚ Nnaemeka‚ who was from the Igbo/Ibo tribe and who was now living in the city of Lagos. Nmaemeka who went home to talk to his father about a girl named Nene whom he was deeply in love with. Okeke‚ his father‚ refuses to accept Nene as his son’s wife in the future. In fact‚ Okeke has chosen a wife for Nmaemeka who was Ugoye Nweke. Ugoye was a girl who Okeke believes to
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Between the 1500’s and 1600’s European countries sent out voyages that were told to find countries to colonize‚ colonization was essential to the mother countries economy and political agenda and also countries in the old world over populated and some were looking for religion freedom. They used the new words materials such as Furs‚ tobacco‚ meat‚ grain‚ flour‚ bread‚ barrel staves‚ lumber‚ horses‚ cloth‚ and iron just to name a few and also import goods from the mother country to help the economy
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