taught him many of the values of their traditional Igbo culture‚ and it is not surprising that they reflect even in his works. In 1944 Chinua Achebe went to Government College in Umuahia. Like other major Nigerian writers including Elechi Amadi‚ Wole Soyinka‚ John Pepper Clark‚ John Okigbo‚ and Cole Omotso‚ he was also attended the University College of Ibadan‚ where he studied English‚ History and Theology. In 1953 he graduated with a BA‚ before joining the Nigerian Broadcasting Service (NBS‚ later
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Wole Soyinka‚ a contemporary Nigerian poet‚ says‚ “Power is domination‚ control‚ and therefore a very selective form of truth which is a lie.” The Wife of Bath‚ in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales‚ claims that this power and domination is what women crave‚ but specifically over their husbands and lovers. Amy Elliott‚ the main character in Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl‚ manipulates her husband emotionally and physically by framing him for her abduction and murder. When Amy’s plan goes awry‚ she decides to return
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Nigeria Essay Located in West Africa‚ Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and the seventh most populous worldwide. Thanks to its natural resources‚ especially oil‚ its economy is among the fastest growing in the world. From 1901 until its independence in 1960‚ Nigeria was a British colony. Great Britain decided to grant Nigeria its independence because after World War II Nigeria’s economy was very poor. Comprised of over 250 ethnic groups‚ as well as a population that is split religiously
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Africa‚ by David Diop David Mandessi Diop (19271960) was a revolutionary African poet born in France but with parents of West African descent. His poems highlighted problems of Africa brought about by colonialism and gave a message to Africans to bring about change and freedom. He was known for his involvement in the negritude movement in France‚ a movement started by Black writers and artists protesting against French colonialism and its effects of African culture and values. His views and feelings
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Feminist and Womanist Criticism of African Literature: A Bibliography By Sharon Verba July 20‚ 1997 Those women who struggle without giving up hope‚ herald the impending change...: change in attitude for both men and women as they evaluate and re-evaluate their social roles.... -Rosemary Moyana‚ "Men & Women" Rereading‚ willful misreading‚ and de- and re-coding are tools used in African literature and womanist or feminist discourse to challenge "canonized ’literature ’"
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Louis Gates‚ Jr. (Criticism 155-164) and “Tragedy‚ Mimicry‚ and the African World” by Olakunle George (Criticism 207-222) in your essay. The Real Tragic Hero Of The Nation The drama “Death and the King’s Horseman” written by Wole Soyinka tells a story that relates to the burial of the dead king of the Oyo‚ which is held by the ancient Yoruba in Africa. According to the tradition of the Yoruba‚ after thirty-day of the king’s death‚ his horseman Elesin must commit suicide in the
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experience and expression in an alien tongue received worldwide acclaim. Their success proved‚ as critics like Srinivasa Iyengar pointed out‚ A shot in the arm of modern English Literature has had to come from West Africans like Amos Tutuola‚ Wole Soyinka and Gabriel Okara. (16) The role of poetry‚ in African literature‚ has
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Homeland and Migration‚ either as a theme or sub-theme‚ reappears regularly in postcolonial literature. The foremost Nigerian poet‚ Odia Ofeimun‚ is notable for his reiterative exploration of these themes in his London Letter and Other Poems (2010). Ofeimun’s concern in London Letter is mainly on how the persona views his homeland from the diaspora‚ more so‚ the relationships that exist between Lagos and other cities he travelled to during his sojourn in Europe. This study‚ therefore‚ examines the
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Literary Background African Literature Despite the ignorance of most so called "literati" to the domain of African literature‚ African literature in fact is one of the main currents of world literature‚ stretching continuously and directly back to ancient history. Achebe did not "invent" African Literature‚ because he himself was inundated with it as an African. He simply made more people aware of it. The Beginnings of African Literature The first African literature is circa
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Historia de la Lengua Inglesa – Año: 2011 Segundo parcial: domiciliario NIGERIAN ENGLISH Berardi‚ Lucía Introduction As Jennifer Jenkins states in her resource book World Englishes “... there are approximately seventy-five territories where English is spoken either as a first language (L1)‚ or as an official (i.e institutionalised) second language (L2) in fields such as government‚ law and education.”[1] There were two dispersals or diasporas of English that contributed
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