MY HOMETOWN Our hometown is where our roots lie; that is where our ancestors were born. My roots lie in a colossal town called Onitsha in Anambra State‚ Nigeria. Onitsha is what can be referred to as the "Nigerian New York." This is because of the similar features it has to New York in terms of job opportunities. It is a place where a person can better his way of life financially. Onitsha is a very large and heavily populated town primarily known for the gigantic market it has called the Onitsha
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(Adichie‚ 2014: 432) This quote occurred at the end of the novel Half of a Yellow Sun in the very last pages. This is a great way to end off the novel because it shows that even though there has been a war and everything was taken away from all of the Igbo people; their family‚ their money their jobs‚ and all they have left is their memory of the war as well as all the trauma they had experienced. Odenigbo tell Olanna that she is a burning memory because she reminds him all the bad memories they have
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Cited: Adinma‚ J.I.B. "Practice and Perceptions of Female Genital Mutilation Among Nigerian Igbo Women." Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 19.1 (1999): 44-49. Crossette‚ Barbara. "Senegal Bans Cutting Off Genitals of Girls." New York Times 18 January 1999‚ late ed.: Al+. Kluge‚ E.W. "Female Genital Mutilation‚ Cultural Values and Ethics
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Violence has been one of the main events of humanity’s long history. Humanity has fought over food‚ territory‚ drought‚ politics and religion. Civilization across history have been torn apart because of conflict. The Ancient Roman civilization was destroyed because of conflict in the political world of Rome and the war they were facing against the Barbarians. Both Things Fall Apart and "The Second Coming" suggest that conflict can bring on an end of an era in a society. "The Second Coming" and Things
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the Umuofians over to Christianity. Speaking of the interest of both parties‚ the man “built a school and hospital in Umuofia (Achebe‚ 181).” He doesn’t try to thrust his religion upon them‚ but rather‚ leads by example because he sees value in the Igbo culture. In other words‚ it seems like Mr. Brown is willing to be
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The Defense of Culture in Ama Ata Aidoo’s No Sweetness Here: The Use of Orality as a Textual Strategy Ode Ogede‚ Ahmadu Bello University‚ Nigeria In her book African Novels and the Question of Orality‚ Eileen Julien bitterly attacks the notion that there is anything particularly African about orality or anything essentially oral about African culture. The "oral form‚" she contends‚ "is not the concrete literary simulacrum of African essence but is‚ rather‚ a manifestation of social consciousness
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ETHNO RELIGIOUS CRISIS IN NIGERIA: CAUSES AND REMEDY. BY MUHAMMAD GAMBO ISGOGO HASSAN ADAMU MAKUKU UMAR HAMIDU ALIYU ABSTRACT Introduction Nigeria is no doubt a populous nation of over 88 million (1991 population census) but as at now Nigeria’s population is estimated to be above 120 million people of diverse ethnic groups and many religions. Its people are differently distributed in the 36 states that made up the nation. In addition to this‚ the nation is blessed with many economic potentialities
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are divided into further subgroups. The official language of Nigeria is English but there are ethno linguistic categories that can be differentiated by sub regions of Nigeria these languages are: Hausa and Fulani in north‚ Yoruba in southwest‚ and Igbo in southeast and also Kanuri‚ Ibibio‚ Tiv‚ and Ijaw. These ethnic groups play an important role in the social and political framework of the country as traditional customs and ethnic loyalties have divided the country since its inception. Nigerian
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There are some parts of our lives that will bash or run into each other.Majority of the time it tends to be people’s ethnics and their traditions. Other cultures can widely affect your family’s not variety of ways. One person may be from another country and the other from another. Everyone will have different perspective cultural traditions that they will have to face. Some of them have to sacrifice themselves in order to save another person’s life. In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe‚ Okonkwo
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The Second War of Kappel was a result of religious conflicts between protestants and Catholic Cantons. This war was fought in 1531‚ in Switzerland. Over 7000 Protestants and 2000 Catholics fought in the war leaving about 700 dead‚ including innocent civilians. The Catholics won this war leaving the Protestants in defeat. The Crusades were many religious wars and fights that were fought between Christians and Muslims. These wars originally started out as religious arguments and fighting over
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