Chimamanda Adichie: The Danger of a Single Story I’m a storyteller. And I would like to tell you a few personal stories about what I like to call "the danger of the single story." I grew up on a university campus in eastern Nigeria. My mother says that I started reading at the age of two‚ although I think four is probably close to the truth. So I was an early reader‚ and what I read were British and American children’s books. I was also an early writer‚ and when I began to write‚ at about the age
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COVERAGE OF NIGERIAN WOMEN IN POLITICS (CASE STUDY OF SELECTED NEWSPAPERS) By Ejem Agwu ABSTRACT This study examines the Nigerian press coverage of Nigerian women in politics. It highlights the extent of coverage by Nigerian newspapers of the role of women in polities‚ and the increasing contributions of women to the nation’s political development. Typical of this kind of study‚ content analysis research method was used as I content analyzed three National Newspapers in Nigeria – This Day
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Name Instructor Course Date In the Time of the Butterflies Biography of Julia Alvarez The author of the movie In the Times of Butterflies is Julia Alvarez. She was born in the year 1950 on 27 March in New York City. Julia was brought up in the Dominican Republic but at the age of 10‚ she left the country as her guardians had supported an attempt that was not successful in overthrowing a dictator called Rafael Trujillo and thus the reason they fled to Brooklyn. In 1971‚ she graduated from Middlebury
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The International Asian Research Journal 02 (01): 18-27‚ 2014 The International Asian Research Journal 02(01): pp.18-27‚ 2014 ISSN: 2310-337X ©TIARJ Publications‚ 2014 www.tiarj.com TEACHERS’ AND STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF DOUBLE SESSION SCHOOLING ON ORDINARY LEVEL STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN GEOGRAPHY 1 Garikai Singadi‚ 2Pedzisai Goronga‚ 3Lameck Gatahwi and 4Lizzie Mutangirwa 1 Pedzisai Goronga‚ PO Box MP167 Mount Pleasant‚ University of Zimbabwe‚ Harare‚ Zimbabwe. Abstract: The
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DEITIES OF THE AGOGORO EYO FESTIVAL By: Alaba kehinde Email: kennyfragile007@gmail.com Introduction The word Eyo also refers to the costumed dancers‚ known as the masquerade‚ that come out during the festival. The origins of this observance are found in the inner workings of the secret societies in lagos. It is widely believed that the play is one of the manifestations of the customary African revelry that serves as the forunner of the modern carnival in Brazil. On Eyo day‚ the mainhighway in the
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Women: The neglected force in public administration Being text of the 41st inaugural lecture of Lagos State University (LASU) delivered by Prof. Iyabo Olojede‚ professor of Public Administration on Tuesday‚ May 5‚ 2009 at the MBA Auditorium. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS THIS inaugural lecture is the second from the Faculty of Management Sciences and the first from the Public Administration Unit of the Department of Industrial Relations and Public Administration. My area of specialization is “Women
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# 2009 University of South Africa All rights reserved Printed and published by the University of South Africa Muckleneuk‚ Pretoria EDC1015/1/2010±2012 98473980 3B2 A4 6pica style (iii) EDC1015/1/2010±2012 Contents Unit INTRODUCTION 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 THINKING CLEARLY AND LEARNING FROM EXPERIENCE: THE BEGINNING OF OUR NEW WORLD ASKING QUESTIONS: CHALLENGING WHAT THE WORLD TELLS US HOW IN THE WORLD CAN WE GIVE OUR LIVES MEANING? WHAT OF AN AFRICAN WORLD? CAN WE CHANGE OUR WORLD? RETHINKING
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postamble 3 (1) 2007 Defending Feminism in Africa Simidele Dosekun Introduction In this essay‚ I argue against the popular notion that feminism or feminists are ‘unAfrican’‚ and instead argue for why feminism has a necessary role to play on the African continent today. The claim or argument that ‘feminism is not African’ is certainly not new. It is a claim to which I have been explicitly or implicitly subjected by other Africans as I have come to consciousness as a feminist‚ while still
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Simon Thomson The construction of masculinity in Beowulf: hæleð under heofenum or selerædenne? As it opens‚ Beowulf appears to leap confidently‚ taking audience with narrator into the shared world of story with wit and certainty: Hwæt! We gardena in geardagum (l.1) Listen! We of the Spear Danes in the past days...1 Immediately‚ however‚ this certainty becomes qualified: we are not part of an admiring audience to the glittering past‚ and have not heard of the gardena themselves
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BAB I PENDAHULUAN 1.1. Latar Belakang Angka kejadian krisis tiroid jarang terjadi. Krisis tiroid umumnya merupakan komplikasi dari hipertiroid‚ bisa juga datang pada keadaan toksik multinoduler goiter. Keadaan krisis tiroid juga terjadi dalam keadaaan‚ seperti : trauma‚ infeksi‚ kehamilan‚ tindakan operatif‚ pemberian iodine berlebih. Pada klien krisis tiroid klien menunjukkan keadaan hypermetabolik‚ yang ditandai dengan demam tinggi‚ tachycardia‚ mual‚ muntah‚ agitasi dan psikosis. Pada tahap lanjut
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