The British Empire took control of and brought Christianity to more than 458 million people and was extremely powerful. In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe‚ British missionaries come to a pre-colonial Ibo society. The Ibo people are very culture oriented and take great pride in their traditions and practices. When Christians arrive in their small village of Umuofia and try to change things‚ most of the people are angry don’t know what to do‚ especially Okonkwo. Some people convert‚ some remain
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English Language and the Igbo Worldview: A Review of Chapter Four‚ Nine & Eleven of Discourses and Interactions in Language & Literature edited by Austin Uzoma Nwagbara Introduction This paper is a review of three profound chapters of Discourses and Interactions in Language & Literature edited by Austin Uzoma Nwagbara; namely chapters four‚ nine and eleven. These chapters are chosen because of their evocative discussions of the English language and the Igbo worldview. Chapter four entitled “The
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colonizers rapidly changed the way of life for the local people. There seem to be two different and often conflicting ideas about tradition in the igbo during this period. From the way that people are wed to the trade of human being‚ almost every aspect of igbo life is affected by the europeans. Religion is one of the more noticeable ways in which igbo society changes. At the beginning of The Slave Girl‚ every member of Ojebeta’s village is what is referred to in the book as “pagan.” As British control
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incorrect to speak of the Igbo as a single people” (XIX‚ Achebe). Although all these people lived in Igboland‚ there were hundreds of different variations of Igbo‚ resulting in cultural differences and differences in language so great‚ that one Igbo group could be misunderstood by another only thirty miles away (XIX). Colonialism‚ a disease that spread through Africa causing destruction‚ disarray‚ and fear‚ was also directly responsible for the overall unity of the Igbo people observed throughout
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TITLE PAGE FEMINISM USING BUCHI EMECHETA’S ‘THE JOYS OF MOTHERHOOD’ AND ZAYNAB ALIKALI’S ‘THE STILL BORN’ BY AKINFOLARIN OLUWATOYIN ORE-OFE MATRIC NO 07/15CD042 A PROJECT SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH‚ FACULTY OF ARTS UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN. IN PARTIAL REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF BACHELOR’S DEGREE (B.A HONS) ENGLISH LANGUAGE. JUNE‚ 2011 THE CERTIFICATION This project has been read and approved as meeting the partial requirement for the Award of the Degree of Bachelor of
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duties as a wife (Emecheta‚ 43). Though Nnu Ego is unhappy with Nnaife’s duties as a domestic servant‚ she stays positive in the marriage in the hopes that her chi will bless the union by allowing her to become a mother. Though her first child dies‚ Nnu Ego eventually goes on to mother eight children. Despite his less than desirable position as a British domestic servant‚ Nnaife fully assumes his position as the male head-of-household in his home in accordance with Ibo custom (Emecheta‚ 47-48). As the
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The Rape of Shavi-An Analysis from an Intercultural Point of View Buchi Emecheta is a Nigerian-born writer. She was born in Lagos in 1944 and since 1962‚ she has been living in England. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology and for a while‚ she worked as a sociologist. A writer‚ a lecturer‚ a college teacher and a sociologist‚ Emecheta is considered one of the most important African feminist writers. As far as her career as a writer is concerned‚ she is the recipient of numerous
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"The Joys of Motherhood" Response "The Joys of Motherhood" by Buchi Emecheta provides the reader with a detailed insight into the life of an Ibo family in the mid 20th century through the story of the tormented character Nnu Ego. The clash between the traditional Ibo culture and that of the modernized culture in Lagos is the strongest theme throughout the novel and provides the backdrop for all of the action in the story. By far the most interesting aspect of the book however‚ is the impact that
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Moll Flanders‚ Madame Bovary‚ & The Joys of Motherhood Daniel Defoe ’s Moll Flanders‚ Gustave Flaubert ’s Madame Bovary‚ and Buchi Emecheta ’s The Joys of Motherhood are three novels that portray the life of woman in many different ways. They all depict the turmoils and strife ’s that women‚ in many cultures and time periods‚ suffer from. In some cases it ’s the woman ’s fault‚ in others it ’s simply bad luck. In any case‚ all three novels succeed in their goal of showing what a life of selling
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