As I write this‚ thousands of miles from my homeland of Nigeria‚ I think on the path that led me to Public Health. I often wonder when people talk of healthcare disparities‚ if they can ever truly grasp what it means‚ what crushing poverty entails‚ and even what an underdeveloped nation looks like. I was born and raised in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria‚ a place where most people are suffering from one disease or another‚ conditions that are either unknown in the US‚ or are highly preventable
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References: Aina‚ L. O. (1987). Newspapers as a tool in educational research in Nigeria. INSPEL 21 (3): 163-167. Cheney‚ D.‚ Knapp‚ J.‚ Alan.‚ R.‚ & Czapla‚ P. (2006). Convergence in the library ’s news room: Enhancing news collections and services in academic libraries. College & Research Libraries 67 (5): 395-417. Ola‚ C.O.‚ & Ojo‚ R.J. (2006). Creating electronic access to newspaper information in Nigeria: The information aid network (IFAnet) experience. Educational Research and Reviews 1
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formal education‚ you see‚ and neither does his wife. I suppose that’s what makes him so obvious.’’ They show us the glamour of the rich life as they are upper class affluent‚ rich and powerful Nigerians. They are used to show the class system in Nigeria and the diff between them is clearly shown by how they treat those in lower classes‚ “her father said they pay them good salaries‚ and her mother said thanking them would give them room to be insulting”; another example is how Mrs. Ozobia treats her
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INTRODUCTION The last two decades have witnessed secret cult violence in tertiary institutions in Nigeria. Universities‚ polytechnics‚ colleges of education and other tertiary institutions have experienced unwarranted intimidation executed by members of secret cults. These institutions include university of Ibadan‚ Obafemi Awolowo University‚ Ogun State University‚ University of Jos‚ University of Nigeria‚ Nsukka‚ Ahmadu Bello University‚ University of Benin‚ University of Calabar‚ Delta State University
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language originated from various types of dialects. This essay will discuss the clash of cultures the Igbo community faces with the coming of the British colonizers and Christian missionaries in the novel Things Fall Apart. Set in pre-colonial Nigeria in the 1890s‚ Things Fall Apart highlights the clash between colonialism and traditional culture. Achebe’s father was among the first to be converted in Ogidi‚ around the turn of the century. Achebe himself was an orphan raised by his grandfather
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colonisers arrived in African tribal communities‚ they often brought Christianity and forced the Africans to convert‚ destroying traditional religion. European colonisers also banned certain traditional practices. In the case of the Yoruba people in Nigeria‚ the practices of polygamy and burying the dead within the home were banned. These practices were important to the Yoruba society and colonisation has negatively impacted the richness of Yoruba culture. It is arguable that a society should be left
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framework of learning by participation is no longer available to a greater percentage of them. Since the youths are said to be the leaders of tomorrow‚ this implies that the future is culturally bleak for them. Colonialism The colonization of Nigeria by Britain saw the forceful imposition of British/European values upon Nigerians. The political culture‚ the religion culture‚ the economic system‚ the traditional modes of education and socialization‚ etc. were first denied‚ then condemned as “primitive”
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The problem with using this fictional novel as a historical source is because the author Chinua Achebe used events that occurred in his life to write his novel. Albert Chinualumogu Achebe was born on November 16‚ 1930‚ in Ogidi‚ a large village in Nigeria. Despite the fact that he was the child of a Protestant missionary and received an education in English at an early age‚ his childhood was greatly impacted by the inhabitants of Ogidi. These people influenced Chinua to live a multicultural life through
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Danger of a Single Story In her inspirational speech on the TED television series‚ Chimamanda Adichie argues that single stories of specific races or regions often create misconceptions of their true natures. Adichie‚ born and raised in colonial Nigeria‚ uses previous life experiences to support her claims regarding false stereotypes‚ most evidently during her childhood and her first visit to the USA. Living under a colonial environment‚ Adichie was constantly being exposed to foreign ways of life;
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Adaptations of Greek Tragedies” African Literature Today. Vol. 11. 1980. 179 – 189. 4. Begho‚ F. O. “The Dance in Contemporary Nigeria Theatre – A Critical Appraisal” Nigerian Journal of the Humanities. Vol 2 September‚ 1978. 31 – 36. 5. Etherton‚ Michael. The Development of African Drama. London: Hutchinson University Library‚ 1982. 7. Gbilekaa‚ Saint. Radical Theatre in Nigeria. Ibadan: Caltop Publications (Nig) Ltd‚ 1997. 8. Illah‚ Egwugwu. “Rotimi and the Development of Culturalist Assertion: The
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